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Re: [rgold] Gunks route for gf test!?:
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mheyman
Jun 17, 2007, 3:10 AM
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I think there are two extreme cases. Rgold has one of them nailed. That case is that she wants to climb so badly that she will hire a guide to take her, and don’t mean this in any derogatory way. But the other extreme case is that you are dragging her out to climb with you. Then easing into the sport by top roping might be better advice. The reality is probably somewhere between these cases.
Rgold made a comment about being able to comfortably solo the route, which I feel is very wise advice for two reasons. She should not have to catch you, and you should not be dependent on her to do it unless she has practiced a good bit, and, it will probably keep you closer to the grade she should be starting at. This single Idea has previously kept me from “guiding“ my own children in the past. It is just this year that I feel confident enough to take them up a multi-pitch route with me - if they want to come.
A few years back I was part of a group hosting climbing from various parts of the country. The locals split up to lead the visitors on nearby routes. I was pretty green, and was volunteered to lead a California couple up route. Jackie was nearby, nobody else had chosen it – they had all picked harder routes, and to be honest it was the hardest thing I felt I could lead visitors on. So I get up the first pitch in (only) fair style, only to have the visiting climbers with what I thought was far more experience than me hang quite a bit before getting past the crux. Turned out I could have picked something easier and they probably would have had a better time!
In reply to: Heheheeh ... you said: In reply to:kicked him in the jimmy you just passed the test
Yeah, granite grrl passes the test over and over!
(This post was edited by mheyman on Jun 17, 2007, 3:40 AM)
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