Hiking and climbing shoes

QuestionHello ! Nicholas, I am new to climbing and need some advice on shoes and hiking boots. I am overweight by 30lbs and I also wear a extra wide width

Climbing @ Pinnacles

QuestionRobert,  I just moved back to Cali from Utah and am planning a camping/climbing trip to the Pinnacles.  I have been reading up on the are

starting rock climbing

QuestionI have just started rock climbing and was wondering what do you think is the best way to get started? So far ive only been rock climbing 5 or 6 tim

career in Adventure sports

Questioni done my Basic & Advance mountainering cource .And i get the B gread in Advance so i am not capeble to do next cource.Can I do the any cource whic

Starting

QuestionHi, Im interested in starting rock climbing. Im a slim girl but I weight train and keep very fit every day in the gym. However Im worried about sta

Getting back

QuestionI have recently been trying to get back into climbing after a year and a half hiatus due to a broken arm. prior to the injury i was climbing quite

Need some tech advise

QuestionHello, we recently were backpacking on Colo. approx. 12000 ft. and we lost our backpacks down a gully, the skree let loose. My ques. is I need to g

Climbing injury

Question------------------------- Followup To Question - Ive been climbing for abt 2 yrs now. Recently i took a couple weeks off from climbing because o

Ropes

Questioni am a novice climber starting out. whick knot would you reccomend to fasten 2 ropes of equal thickness together . ie for abbing AnswerHI----there

Rock techniques--best practices

QuestionI am an old (in many ways)rock climber.  I started climbing in Georgia around 1964.  I am (always will be) a US Army Ranger.  I am n

rock climbing bay area

QuestionI am new to california and i am moving to pleasanton (east bay) end of october. where will be good places to sport climb about 5.10ish and boulder

bouldering comparison

Questionbeen boulderin quite a while now im not amazing, i can push V6 but its fun i just wanted to know on a rough guesstimate how well an average V6 coul

if you were teaching a beginer to climb at mount morialta, what list of safety procedures would you detail before begining?

QuestionSorry, put question in subject: If you were teaching a beginer to climb at mount Morialta what type of procedures list would you make before they w

information for school assignment

Questionwhat is the difference between various ropes and what is involved with the care and maintenance. this must inculde storage. AnswerDear Ashley----h

Belay Device Care and maintenence

QuestionHi i am doing a paper and presentation for my intro to rock climbing class and i am doing the paper on belay devices.  I was just wondering wh

Mountain Climbing

QuestionHi, I am doing a report for my class and I need to know something about mountain climbing.  My question is what is the main thing I need to kn

differences in lead and top rope climbing

Questionhi, im doing a research project on climbing styles, and i am doing a section on the differences in lead climbing and top roping mentally and physic

Is being tall a problem

QuestionIve recently been hired as a rock climbing supervisor and will be trained before i began my job...the job is in an indoor rec center...Im 62 1/2 an

boots

QuestionWhy does most mountaineering guides require you to have plastic boots instead of leather? Because I just bought a $400 pair of scarpas& thteyer lea

Rock climbing harness

QuestionWould you let me know a name of equipment that is a kind of shock absorber attached to a harness when a climber falls from a wall? Im a beginner a