Serious noob gear questions
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:35 pm
These questions might seem kind of odd considering I'm a member on summitpost, but what the hey.
I've never done technical rock climbing, although I do scramble, and I've wanted to start rock climbing but have no idea what kind of gear and such I need, and how many of each thing , and what everything does. I obviously will take a course before I actually climb, but can someone type up a brief glossary of climbing gear I would need for sport climbing? Also, I have another question that's been bothering me, when you're trad climbing how do you get bolts and such into the rock, because I can't imagine there'd be a nice, conviently located crack in the rock right where you want to put a bolt.
Questions from a noob. Thanks.
I've never done technical rock climbing, although I do scramble, and I've wanted to start rock climbing but have no idea what kind of gear and such I need, and how many of each thing , and what everything does. I obviously will take a course before I actually climb, but can someone type up a brief glossary of climbing gear I would need for sport climbing? Also, I have another question that's been bothering me, when you're trad climbing how do you get bolts and such into the rock, because I can't imagine there'd be a nice, conviently located crack in the rock right where you want to put a bolt.
Questions from a noob. Thanks.