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Ben Emery
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Dec 13, 2009 - 04:53pm PT
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Taking babies to the crag can be done "safely" enough; we've taken our kid (now just on one year old) from the age of a few months.
We just make sure to go with friends so there's someone to stay with her at all times, and limit where we go to places with some flat ground at the base and with no real potential for rock/gear falls from above.
Now she's getting older she seems to really enjoy her days out; she hangs out charming the other climbers, plays with the rack and claps whenever anyone falls.
Leaving a kid at the base while you go off on a multipitch though? Not cool.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Dec 13, 2009 - 05:00pm PT
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It's actually pretty fun to go climbing with an adequate staff of fellow parents and small kids.
I remember pulling the crux on some Limestone thing in Heber, Az and hearing, "Nice move! Oh and you have two diapers left and you're almost out of wipes."
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 13, 2009 - 05:02pm PT
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Jaybro - later in life those words will take on a different meaning.
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50
climber
Stumptown
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Dec 14, 2009 - 01:10am PT
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Wow, this was a while ago Tradster. I believe it was you that first responded to the gagging baby and cleared the airways. I was in more of a support role. Kudos to you dude.
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Gerg
Boulder climber
Calgary
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Jan 25, 2011 - 02:14pm PT
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This is the proper way to have a baby at the climbing crags.
depends what crag you go to. In Canada lots of crags have even small loose pebbles and at Mock 5 could hurt a baby. the amount of people who wear helmets at even popular crags should be a sign.
Also bears waltz about, and if your belaying and your wife is on lead, this could lead to problems!
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Jan 25, 2011 - 03:00pm PT
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The form of child abuse I see most often at climbing areas is sun exposure.
Last summer on the trail out to the Needles I came upon a young couple with an infant in some sort of all terrain stroller. The child had pure white skin, almost no hair, no hat and no shade. This on a blazing hot sunny July afternoon.
I said to them "You know, up here at over 7000 feet the sun is very intense, much more so than at the beach. Does your baby have sunscreen on? Do you have a hat for your child?"
I gave them my hat. Best I could do.
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hoipolloi
climber
A friends backyard with the neighbors wifi
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Jan 25, 2011 - 04:51pm PT
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HAH!
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