Climbing kit

[Tom Wilding]

Anyone know of the going cost of a kit, need to start climbing, but gotta buy my own kit :l

[Matthew Storrs]

As much as you want to spend but for a basic harness/ rope/ karabiners/ prussiks etc you would be looking at a minimum of £350 nearer £400, then just add spikes and any other useful bits as you go along.

[Arran Turner]

Try for a busery at college

I got the sheets the over day from Daisy

Ching ching

[Ian H]

Anyone know of the going cost of a kit, need to start climbing, but gotta buy my own kit :l

 

Try the site sponsors on the right hand side of this page, I'm sure they'll happily put together a 'basic starter kit' for you, or at least be able to give you a price if you're not sure what you need.

[Mark James]

Try the site sponsors on the right hand side of this page, I'm sure they'll happily put together a 'basic starter kit' for you, or at least be able to give you a price if you're not sure what you need.

 

That's what to do and the other option is there is someone on Ebay selling kits just now, and they don't look to bad for the money.

 

 

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[WorcsWuss]

You need to decide HOW you're going to climb first.. SRT or DdRT...

 

DdRT is the cheapest way up a tree, you can get up with just a rope and a harness.

Expand this with a split tail to save the end of your climbing rope, a cambium saver, a couple of crabs so you can get off without having to de-rig, another crab, micro-pulley & length of prussic to auto tend, length of cord as a foot loop.... add in an ascender to speed up advancing your footloop...

 

Don't forget throwline & weight too!

 

Harness & climbing rope will be your biggest expense, everything else is cheap in comparison....

 

The Honey Bros lanyard kits are good and quite reasonably priced and you'll need another attachment point if you're cutting anyway.

 

Spurs will be your next big expense, although mine cost just 90 quid from a guy selling them locally via eBay...

 

I have a pretty cheap kit but I daren't add up the cost... I would like to upgrade a few things, I like the look of the new Harkie harness and the ali spikes. Rope wise I'm happy on Aeris.

 

I have a spreadsheet which I input all the suppliers costs into and add them all up to see who will be the cheapest for whatever bundle I'm buying. It's an interesting exercise!

 

The other thing to factor in is VAT...

[Tom Wilding]

The other thing is, at work, i've climbed like two trees, and borrowed someones harness, so all the knots were done, i'll be the first to admit, i really don't know anything, i could tell you what things are and kinda how to use them, i've just never been taught

[Matthew Storrs]

The other thing is, at work, i've climbed like two trees, and borrowed someones harness, so all the knots were done, i'll be the first to admit, i really don't know anything, i could tell you what things are and kinda how to use them, i've just never been taught

 

sounds like you need to do your cs 38:thumbup1:

[Tom Wilding]

Thats a good point aha, it just costs so much!

[Dak]

Thats a good point aha, it just costs so much!

 

Lucky for nhs! Your hospital bill would cost too much!

 

Get someone to teach you, if no one will do your 38!

 

Simple!

 

You'll need it eventually!

 

As for kit, after some training you'll know what to buy within your budget and can price compare away to your hearts content!

 

Don't be cheap with your life bro!!