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rockclimberdude
Aug 17, 2002, 6:37 AM
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Hey I am 15 and been climbin for about 2 years. 15 is still a good age to be starting at.
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paintinhaler
Aug 17, 2002, 6:56 AM
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Be thankful you have started at any age. Climbing is great. Live the life, man.
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drumbum
Aug 17, 2002, 11:50 AM
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I started when i was 14, and havnt regretted it at all. No, i dont live in wisconsin, but i do live in the northern burbs of chicago. A good places to start around you is Devils Lake.
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need_for_climbing
Aug 17, 2002, 6:13 PM
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Hey I'M 20 and i just started a year ago. dun worry at the age of 15 its a good time to start
Rock On
Chris
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col_sanderz
Aug 17, 2002, 6:33 PM
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Dude, where in wisconsin are you from? Ya, dont worry, 15 is an alright age to start at. I started at 16 and I do think about "what if I had started earlier...", but it makes no diff, ya got lots o' time to climb yet.
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carnaged
Aug 17, 2002, 6:50 PM
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Istarted when I was fourteen and now I'm fifteen, it doesn't make a difference -what age- you started climbing, it's about how much you devote your life to it. I climb witha whole bunch of people, and some of them are like 30-50 years old, and they love it just as much as I do~
so rock hard~
kat
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maskokalover
Aug 18, 2002, 12:44 AM
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ey, i started when i was 15..
climbing changed my life man..
i never regret taking it up..
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sparky
Aug 18, 2002, 1:54 AM
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Started at 13 or 14, I'm 18 now, I climbed sport for a few years, now i mostly climb trad, I've done some aid and it's a blast
www.geocities.com/climb_eldorado
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crux_clipper
Aug 18, 2002, 9:14 AM
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i started about 2 years ago (15) and wish i had started earlier. But don't think about what could have been if you had started earlier. In 3-4 years, people your age will be watching you and thinking, WOW, i wish i had started climbing earlier, so i could be like this guy.
It's a cycle that continues.
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overlord
Aug 18, 2002, 9:51 AM
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yes, i too wish i hav e started earlier, like when i WAS 15. i started when i was 18 though.
By the way, folks, have any of you noticed the date of the original post????
CLIMB ON
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djnibs
Aug 18, 2002, 5:05 PM
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Hey, i am 18 now and i am just starting up. If you don't have some $$$ flow, then it makes it hard, but if you do, then its great!!! (i don't have much, but a little bit of $$$ lol) i think that as long as you are willing and determined to climb, than it doesnt matter what age you start at. just my 2 cents!
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checkmate
Aug 18, 2002, 5:56 PM
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I'm only 14 my self, been climbing for about a year now. I haven't done too much climbing but I did manage to get up some of the boulders on the top of Blood Mountain . Good luck climbing!
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geckobean1
Aug 20, 2002, 1:43 AM
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I am olnly 15 and cant find anyone to take me climbing very often. Any suggestions?
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beldar
Sep 8, 2002, 8:00 PM
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I'm not from Wisconsin, but I'm a Midwesterner myself. I started climbing in Indiana with a friend from church at the age of 15. When we couldn't make trips outside the state we found some old train tressles to keep us busy. Really wish I would've stuck with the climbing more rather than on again off again. 15 is a good age to start and do yourself a favor and stick with it kid.
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carabiner86
Sep 8, 2002, 8:07 PM
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I'm only 16... and it's good to know that there are other baby climbers out there! I know what you mean, geckobean. It's frustrating sometimes because we have a lack of access to crags (I have to wait until my dad is free so he can belay me... none of my friends are climbers and it's hard to meet other climbers who you trust to belay you when you're only 16). What I have to rely mainly on these days is indoor gyms (dragging non-climbing friends to them) and school climbing trips.
All you other young climbers, how experienced are you? What's the hardest rated climb you've ever done? Are you boulderers, indoor, top ropers? Anyone out there lead climb yet?
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squirrelgirl
Sep 8, 2002, 9:06 PM
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I've been climbing at gyms since I was 11 or 12. I'm 13 now and have only made it outside once. I'd climb outside more but I don't have money for equipment or any climbing pals to go with. Oh, well. I'm still pretty good at it!
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