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Re: [camhead] Portaledge Experience:
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guangzhou
Apr 13, 2010, 2:46 AM
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camhead wrote: TarHeelEMT wrote: dreamywanderer wrote: hi all climbers! :) I only have basics in climbing and a level 1 certification. I'm wondering where I might be able to experience a portaledge climb within a short preparation from now till May? anywhere in the States. Thank you for your advice in advance. :) I'm curious to know what a level 1 certification is. It means that you have read FOTH twice and can set up topropes on climbs up to 5.9.
Could come from the British system too. Places like Hong Kong and Singapore love to have certified courses for climbers. A nice money maker, but ...
Even more interesting is this site. When someone says they are beginner, people tell them to take a class or learn from someone more experienced. When they say they took a course, people slam them for taking a course instead of going out and climbing.
This guy was very clear. I know the basics. I took a level one course, which he might think everyone knows and I want to sleep on a ledge.
I've seen people sleeping on a ledge hanging from the belay of a sport route just so they can get a feel for it before heading to a real wall.
They had a nice plan, they climbed sport route side by side all day. The routes that were to hard, they aided, at the end of the day, the set up a ledge and slept, the next morning they did a few more routes. Worked for them, they had fun.
I saw a guy sleeping on a potaledge on Okinawa's USA beach. He set it up near the top of a tall boulder problem and slept there. He had fun, who am I to judge.
Of course, I am sure a climber judge me for setting up a ledge on Lurking Fear instead of doing it in a day.
(This post was edited by guangzhou on Apr 13, 2010, 4:06 AM)
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Post edited by guangzhou
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