Wednesday, April 30, 2008

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Learn How to Climb

Ready, Set, Climbing!

Are you ready to climbing? It's easier to get started climbing than you might think, especially if you live in a city with an indoor climbing gym or wall.

Your Local Climbing Gym

If you've never climbed before, a trip to the local gym with a friend is you best introduction to basic climbing movements, gear and skill. Most gyms can outfit you with rental climbing shoes, a harness and a belay device and then give you lessons in how to safetly belay and climb. Just remember that the indoor climbing experience is very different from outdoor climbing, which requires an antirely different competency and skills for a safe experience.

Climbing indoors mirrors climbing outdoors-without the risks and objective dangers found outside. Indoors climbing is all about minimizing danger and having a safe and experience in a controlled setting.

Climbing Partners

Indoor gym climbing is usually done in pair, although you can boulber, which is climbing the walls up to ten or so feet off the ground, by yourself. But it's usually more fun to climb with a friend. As a climbing partners you check each other's knots; you belay each other; you give each other technical tips;and you have fun together. As a climbing team,one of you is the climber and other is the belayer.

p/s; The basic skill you learn in your local gym will get you climbing outside safely and enjoy your climbing.

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