Evening all, I was hoping someone might be able to suggest somewhere that I could look into technical/gear climbing courses? I got into climbing about six...
sport rock offers some good courses. I would also recommend the Seneca Rock Climbing school if your looking for some thing more advanced then setting up an...
I did an intro course and an anchors course at Adventure Schools. http://www.adventureschool.com/ Local and outdoors. A day will probably run you about $100. I...
I'll repeat what I say when this topic comes up once or twice a year. I strongly discourage relying on classes to learn how to do the technical/safety parts...
If you already have some basic understanding either through book reading or watching from others then class could be useful. The best way is to learn more...
I took classes and then had someone whatch over me a couple of times. The classes help you learn to set the most safe setup and what to look for when choosing...
I gotta climb too. It has been a while. What's with the rain anyway? Pending on the weather, I would be up for a weekend trip to Seneca. If anyone wants to...
I'll go. Have you anchored before? I have a rope and some slings but I don't know if it will be long enough for the main wall at Chickies. We could always do...
Tina - I've never been to Chickies. How far is that from DC? I've been settting anchors for years and have lots of webbing, etc. Sounds like climbnasium and...
Chickies is on the Susquehanna below Harrisburg. It's about 2 hours from here. I've not been, and can't this weekend, but I wouldn't mind checking it out...
This is completely unrelated to climbing, but my wife and I cannot figure our why her name/sex/age keeps coming up in front of my email address when I post...
Go to the yahoo page if you're not already there. At the top right of the screen it says "Hi, Ari" with an arrow indicated a pull-down menu. For you it...
Hi DC climbers, I joined this grouop a while ago and then i tore my achilles and well you probably can guess the rest... But now im back and better than ever....
Is anyone interested in climbing at the Gunks on Friday? I'll be in NY state for thursday and can meet you there for the day. Otherwise i'm looking to climb...
kinda late notice.... but if anyone has some decent footage, or a good story idea. http://www.reelrocktour.com/ is looking for 2min shorts for their upcoming...
Hi folks - Who's up for climbing this Saturday (5/23)? I'm thinking of Chickies rock, anyone ever been there? If you can't make Chickies, how about GF,...
Hi, I have a 60m rope that I retired from leading. It's in great condition and still have many years left for top-roping. If anyone is interested, let me...
Anyone interested in buying my Metolius Large Pad? It measures 4' by 3' when completely open and is slightly used, but is in otherwise excellent condition....
Are you looking for a great multi-purpose, alpine/rock/ski-mountaineering pack? Well, I'm selling one! It's a Black Diamond Revelation (35L), which you can...