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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Mar 23, 2019 - 12:50pm PT
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A pair of white socks
and shoes that climb rocks.
I don't know the brand
but there is a toe rand.
VERY good question, Roger.It looks big and scary.
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10b4me
Social climber
Lida Junction
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Mar 23, 2019 - 01:07pm PT
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 23, 2019 - 12:01pm PT
Never used ropes or anything, so I don’t know how to belay. I see how it works though.. I’m mechanically minded, I’d pick it up fast. Wouldn’t be an issue
It would be for the person you're belaying.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Mar 23, 2019 - 01:14pm PT
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Come out to NH and I’ll show you some stuff.
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skywalker1
Trad climber
co
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Mar 23, 2019 - 02:22pm PT
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If this is a legit post I would repeat much in the up threads. Ex.
Any climber I know would not take you on a Big and Scary High Sierra
climb without knowing that you could save his life if something happened
to him. Start off small with a good mentor and then go bigger.
I'm self taught with a little help from a few books I found in the library and some goofy friends. We started small and I scared the crap outta myself more times than I can even remember. It took years to develop the skills and learn all the systems, and close calls, that lead up to my first "Big Climb".
While that first "Big Climb" was intimidating it wasn't scary. It was enjoyable! Because we did our homework and understood how to get our asses out of as many situations we could think of. The unknown's are alway there too.
Being a strong climber doesn't make you a safe person to be attached to a rope with. Then there is chemistry which requires several "dates" as mentioned above.
Good luck man!
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