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Maxx640
Mar 31, 2008, 12:02 PM
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Hello,
I have just found two aid-climbing routes down the road and am really interested in trying them out. The problem is that I have never aid-climbed before and have not found any school near me. So I figured out I could try by finding information on the web.
The first route is a single pitch of A1, and the second has 3 pitches: A1, A2, A3. The good news with the first one is that I can go round to the top of the face and top-rope it. That means I can go wrong and still be safe. Hurray!
This is how I'm going to proceed (what I understood from looking on internet and on the forum, I need confirmation please), tell me if I go wrong anywhere please:
I put in a first point, clip in an aider (ladder) and aggressively test the point. Then I clip my daisy-chain and get on the steps.
I place a second point, clip an other aider to it, test it, get on it and clip my daisy-chain into it.
Take the lower aider off and place it on the point that I put in above, and so on. Then yell at my partner because he's falling asleep with boredom!
Am I doing that right? When you lead (don't worry just a question, I like life too much to go and lead before a long time) do you do the same but add quick-draws to the points and put the rope through like in trad?
I hope you can guide me a little here. Oh, and I only have one aider that was given to me, so I'll use slings instead, it's just to try and see if I like it first. But it sounds fun to me.
Max
Edit: spelling
(This post was edited by Maxx640 on Mar 31, 2008, 12:08 PM)
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