I started rock climbing consistently once I got to college, for there was a rock climbing wall any student could use for free. I am currently lead and top-rope belay certified, and plan to start working at the rock wall very shortly. Where do you guys usually get your gear? I got my carabiner, ATC, and climbing shoes from
theclymb.com. I'm looking to buy a harness soon and the clymb usually doesn't have them.
Post some crazy stories, routes you've climbed, what level you usually climb at, chalk you use, etc.
On this past Monday, a girl was up 30 feet on the wall not clipped into anything, one of my friends who was working had to go into rescue mode and clip her in before she fell. It felt like a solid two minutes that she was sitting there clinging to the wall, she started shaking but he got up there before anything bad happened. She was pretty shaken after.
I usually climb, 5.10's and 5.11's, currently working on getting a 5.11 lead climb that I've been trying for a few weeks.
We recently had a competition on my campus where I placed first in the advanced division.
Get on it.
