Rock climbing is a sport that can be done indoors on pre built plywood climbing structures, or done outdoors on mountain sides, There are many forms of rock climbing, Find the ones below that best suit you.:

Indoor climbing

Indoor climbing will be the starting point for most people looking at getting into this wonderful sport of rock climbing. Climbers scale indoor climbing structures made of plywood or concrete and hold onto artificial handholds/footholds bolted onto the structure. Indoor climbing is also one of your safest forms of climbing as the climber climbs with the protection of a rope that's already suspended through an anchor (also known as a "Top Rope") at the top of a route. A belayer controls the rope, keeping it taut and thus preventing long falls

Most of your indoor climbing gyms will have all the gear needed so one will not need their own, but if you will be visiting a climbing gym frequently you could save money having your own gear as you will not have to pay gear rental.

Skills: Beginners to advance

Training need: No formal training is needed.

Basic Gear used:
Harness
Belay device

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Sport climbing

This type of climbing is normally the next step in ones climbing adventure and sport climbing is the most popular type of climbing amongst the climbing communities. Sport climbing is done on mountain faces and the climber is now required to take the rope from the ground up (Also known as lead climbing). The climber will be using racks of quick draws that will be clipped into pre installed anchor points along the way with the anchor points been at intervals of around 2.5M apart. Once at the top the climber will then secure themselves with slings and then proceed to clean the route, the cleaning of the route is done so that the climber can collect their quick draws used to safely ascend the rock face and once the climber is on the ground they can then simply pull down the rope and move onto the next climb.
Sport climbing will require one to have their own climbing gear.

Skills: intermediate to advance

Training: Formal training will be needed so one knows what gear is needed, how to set up ones gear and basic climbing and route cleaning techniques.

Basic Gear used:
Climbing harness
Climbing shoes
Chalk bag
Rack of quick draws
Set of slings
Set of screw gates
60M Dynamic climbing rope
Belay device

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Bouldering

Bouldering is a form of climbing done without a rope and is normally not higher than 4M, Bouldering is done on any boulder one can find and one will make use of crash pads below and a spotter to help you land on your feet or to move the crash pad so it is at all times below you. Bouldering also allows you to try more technical problems than that of longer sport climbing routes.

Skills: Beginners to advanced climbers

Training: No formal training is required

Gear used:
Chalk bag
Crash pads

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Traditional rock climbing

Traditional climbing (also known as trad climbing) is the sort of climbing you typically see in movies and in nature documentaries. The main difference between Traditional climbing and Sport climbing is that there are no pre-installed anchor points and the traditional climber will use racks of highly specialized gear to ascend the rock face.  The climbers will place cams, wedges, nuts and other forms of protection from their racks into cracks in the rock. The rope is then hooked to these pieces of protection so that, if a climber falls, the rope will safely catch them.

Skills: Advanced climbers

Training: One needs to be proficient in sport climbing before attempting trad climbing

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Ice climbing

Ice climbing is like traditional climbing except that the climber is scaling an ice formation (such as a frozen waterfall or a glazier) rather than a rock formation. Specialized equipment that can screw into the ice is used instead of the wedges, nuts and cams as used on rock formations.

Skills: Advanced climbers

Training: One needs to be proficient in sport climbing before attempting Ice climbing