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innpinn
Oct 28, 2007, 11:47 AM
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Hi Guys,
Just wondered, how many of you got into climbing by going on a course with a guide.
Or did you join a club.
Out of the 2 which would you choose.
innpinn
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overlord
Oct 28, 2007, 12:22 PM
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both
my first two or so (real) experiences with climbing were with an old goat who really knows how to climb.
and then i joined a club.
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notapplicable
Oct 28, 2007, 12:23 PM
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As long as money isnt much of an issue and your selective about who you hire, I would suggest a guide. I think you will learn far more about how to safely go about climbing on your own and will have a better time.
If you join a club, odds are you will just endup an accomplice in a gang rape of some poor top rope wall. The only advantage I can see to a club is that they are free and a possible pool for partners once you know what you doing.
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andypro
Oct 28, 2007, 3:32 PM
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My first time "real" climbing was on a guided trip throught he science museum here. My mom thought it would be a cool thing for me to do. I'm glad she did  It was a group thing, so there wasn't a hell of a lot of specific training going on. Seemed more like a thing for people to do it so they can say they did. It opened the door for me though and that's all I needed.
--Andy P
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studclimber
Oct 29, 2007, 3:57 AM
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Join a club, but take one of the classes that the club offers. I took a basic mountaineering class, and met some climbers (the instructors) who took me out and taught me more advanced stuff, and it also gives you people to climb with.
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epoch
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Oct 29, 2007, 4:29 AM
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Remember when people used to go out and figure things out on their own? I don't, but it used to be that way.
Get some books, do some reading, find a gym, find a group and tag along. Find a guide and refine skills learned in the previous step. Or reverse the steps and repeat every so often.
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bent_gate
Oct 29, 2007, 5:21 AM
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I went to the local climbing gym and they started me on a structured program of withdrawing money from my checking account every month.
The approach worked and I learned to climb...
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