Beginners climbing guide, hints, tips and general climbing techniques

[Tommy_B]

So I need

climbing rope I've got some 13mm and old 11 climbing wall rope

Prusik loops - wil order a couple of meters of 8 and 10mm

Harness - on its way

Carabiners - I have some screw gate for now

That should get me up and down?

 

Need a helmet?

Can I then rock off to the local playing field and climb trees?

Then what?

 

When you say old climbing wall rope......

[phedders]

Bouncy bouncy!

[Stoatally]

The 11 mm is from a climbing wall. The 13 mm is from someone on here.

[Jake Andrews]

Practise on the 13mm until you feel like you need/want to upgrade to a 11mm arb line.

Offers still there for a reccy if you want.

[Stoatally]

Recce would be awesome!

[cougarcreektree]

I just got a sampson velocity with 8 mm prusik. Love it.

[Jake Andrews]

Recce would be awesome!

 

I'll pm you

[Syrefell]

Hi all!

I recently passed my climbing and aerial rescue and am now looking for climbing gear. I tried out a bunch of harnesses on the course, Weaver, Dragonfly, a couple of Petzls, but I'm going for the Treemotion. It was like sitting in a sofa compare to the others. Anyway, that said, I could do with some advice on where to pick up the rest of my gear for a basic setup. I'm on a really tight budget, is it better to build up bit by bit or all at once? My thoughts were to get kitted out with basics now; and then as I advance and get "into it", replace with better gear.

Are there any online outlets you recommend for picking up cheap gear? (I realise you get what you pay for, but fir now I just want to get what I can before I forget what I learned!)

 

Any tips really appreciated.

[Steve Bullman]

Check out the sponsors on here. They all offer competitive pricing. Best chance for a deal will be finding offers on individual pieces here and there. You are doing the right thing going for basic though. Buy extra stuff as you can afford it.

[taffupatree]

My tuppence worth. When I teach a climbing course the first thing a student learns practically is a 3 knot system. This is incase anything goes wrong they still have the means to effect a rescue even if they dont have a prussik loop etc. As long as they know how to tie this they can use what they want to complete the course. Only one stipilation is that they can show me what they are going to use and that they are competant in setting it up. Saying that i would be cautious if someone wanted to use Srt unless they showed sound knowledge and had a good grasp of the principles involved.