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JRJN
Mountain climber
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jun 28, 2017 - 04:33pm PT
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I've never been rock climbing before and would love to learn how to do it. I tried it in high school but that was a decade ago haha. How did everyone do it? Did you take a course on it? Did you learn from friends? I don't know where to start. I've tried looking at courses but there weren't any in southern Nevada. I want to know the equipment and techniques.
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Killer K
Boulder climber
Sacramento, CA
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Jun 28, 2017 - 04:42pm PT
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Where to go in southern Nevada.....
Hmmmmmmmmm...
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Jun 28, 2017 - 04:46pm PT
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Go to a climbing gym, make friends with people, go a lot so that you get strong, and keep talking with people. Don't talk with other noobs, and don't assault the really strong climbers with questions. Be humble, you're new at this sport. Boulder, a lot. Run laps on stuff. Reverse as many moves as you can. Run for fitness. When you end up climbing outside with someone for the first time, make it be with someone older and way more experienced than you. Find the old dude who's willing to show you how to stay alive. Don't stop at clipping bolts, learn how to plug cams and place nuts. Keep climbing and being positive and you could just blow all our minds in fifteen years.
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JRJN
Mountain climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 28, 2017 - 05:20pm PT
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Brandon, thanks for the amazing advice! I had to screenshot it. I'm definitely taking your advice and go from there. Thank you!
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Jun 28, 2017 - 05:32pm PT
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What area? I go through Laughlin occassionally and am interested in getting some climbing at Xmass Tres pass this winter. Way hot now.
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ionlyski
Trad climber
Kalispell, Montana
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Jun 28, 2017 - 05:38pm PT
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Here fishy fish fishy fish. Come on in girl, come come.
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JRJN
Mountain climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 28, 2017 - 05:45pm PT
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Jon Beck, I'm in the Las Vegas area. Southwest part of Vegas.
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Jun 28, 2017 - 06:45pm PT
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Geez, too bad there's no decent climbing anywhere near Las Vegas ;-)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 28, 2017 - 08:33pm PT
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There's climbing everywhere, although you might get tooled, or worse, where some of us used to indulge: buildings, freeway pillars, bridge abutments.
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Jun 28, 2017 - 08:39pm PT
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There is no climbing in Las Vegas.
Only a 3 hour drive to J Tree though. About the same as from the SF Bay area to Yosemite.
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Srbphoto
climber
Kennewick wa
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Jun 28, 2017 - 08:48pm PT
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Doesn't Lake Mead have some pretty good bass fishing?
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Jun 28, 2017 - 09:05pm PT
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Good luck JRJN . . . the traditional way of becoming a climber is to follow your nose. Get out there and explore the crags, absorb the readily available instruction and figure it out for yourself . . . no one else can determine if you are inclined to ascend.
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Jun 28, 2017 - 09:15pm PT
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Climbing sucks balls. Water ski or move to a beach town and surf.
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