New Comer

[charitycase]

EVERYONE,
Thanks for your help. I really appreciate it.

[Buster]

captain static, Thank you so much for your help. I did check out the websites for both places the other day and I am definitely going to get some instruction. Thats awesome that you're familiar with those places. I checked out your pics. The whole scene is so appealing to me.

You're doomed. Listen to Horatio...

[Shamis]

Are you a bit, um, slow? Just how many of those 5.5's at the gunks are sport routes? These days, the red has a pretty good number of easier sport lines, which may not be three star classic's, are at least a way to get started.

5.5 climbing outside is tons of fun if you're at the gunks. But this is the red. If you can't climb 5.9, your choices are very very slim, unless you do trad, which typically isn't how the noobs start.

you're right, I contradicted myself. I should have just said, that climbing easy routes at the red isn't much fun in comparison to most places. Particularly the gunks, where 5.5-5.7 lines are about 1000x more fun the similarly rated climbs at the red.

[Shamis]

What's that wall left of the boneyard? That one would be good for begginners if they want to go outside, but I still think you'll want to go to the gym a few times until you get the general idea of how climbing works.

[krampus]

if you do die, don't do it while I am at the wall

[kirker]

Defenitly get some competent help. Don't do you like Bcombs and I did. Bought all the shit including a book and went out by ourselves. We still look back at our our first 6 months of climbing wondering how the hell we never got hurt. Got some good pic though.

[anticlmber]

C) go the the gym, hire a guide. once you've done that a few times and can climb reasonably well, go to miguel's meet up with a bunch of other newbies and try not to die when you go climbing

they have guides at your gym?? that's gotta be the easiest guide job ever.
"No, no grab the blue tape, not the actual tape, the hold above the tape... no don't hold the tape." you know what, maybe it wouldn't be that great.

[Myke Dronez]

-Started climbing with the Horatio method in July.
Now we lead 10s and soft 11s. Muir is better than
a hot sweaty gym and probably safer.. We're not
dead yet!

[ynot]

if you do die, don't do it while I am at the wall

Hehe . I took a newbie to Seneca once. 400 feet up there was an easy pitch so I suggested he lead one. He was half an hour into it and it was really hot when I noticed some Buzzards flying around. I yelled "Hey Al the buzzards are circling!" He got madder than hell and started cursing me out. I was laughing too hard to care.

[dipsi]

If you're young and hot, post a pic.



Problem solved.