Did You Start Climbing Indoors or Outdoors?

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Where did you start climbing?

In a gym.
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44%
Outdoors.
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56%
 
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Post by krampus »

Depends, I first roped up indoors, but the bushwacking at the red got pretty damn close to full on climbing. Went through plenty of near death experiences before my friend taught me how to rope up outside, and before I realized the environmental impact I was creating.
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Post by trog »

does climbing low grade 5th class stuff just to get to the top when hiking count? If so, then outside; oterwise if it means learning rope and belay then indoors...but what an unforgettable kick it was to finally get out on steep rock. Now brings up the question - why do you climb indoors?
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I believe OW already answered that question
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Post by captain static »

The poll is in relation to roped climbing. Beyond the semantics of what is "climbing", I am trying to find out how many people on this bbs started out as "gym climbers"?
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I TR'ed in the gym a few times, but learned about leading and safety outside from a friend.
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Post by hamsco »

They didn't have indoor gyms when I started climbing
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captain static
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Post by captain static »

If you have responded to this poll, please also respond to the poll on safety techniques.
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Post by caribe »

ask again in two years and the population will be inverted.
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Post by jordancolburn »

I always climbed everything, boulders at state parks, indoor walls in malls. I really started climbing when a friend took me up a huge (ok, so it was one pitch, but it was really big to me at that time) trad climb in So. Ill, I got shoes and was hooked after that. I think when you're committed enough to pay crazy shoe prices....thats when you officially start climbing.
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Post by captain static »

jordancolburn wrote:I think when you're committed enough to pay crazy shoe prices....thats when you officially start climbing.
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