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Everyone has to find partners to climb with. And it can take time. It's taken me a while to find some regular partners. Some have faded out, and new ones come along.

Go to the local crag and hang out.
See if there are any climbing Meetup groups in your area.
Go to the local climbing gym.
Ask at the local climbing shop about partners.

Or you can just give up. Your call (and it sounds like you've made it!)

Hey Johnny. Sorry about yer melt down. As long as you're going to let that gear go to rot you probably wouldn't mind if I used it for a while? I'd be happy to cover shipping on all of it and send it back once I'm done or you decide you want to throw it away.

Thanks!

are you hoping that someone on MP is going to try and stop you?

Turn that pile of junk into baby-raising folding money! Those new style camalots? I'll take em. Just thrashed two ropes aiding, so l could use one of those as well. And screamers are nice on every screw, throw those in my box too please, along with 20 wiregates. You didnt mention a pristine BD hammer in your list, so if you like you may pawn off those pins on me too

johnnyrig wrote:F*$k it, I'm done. Hauled my gear to Hawaii... didn't climb. Hauled my gear on every camping trip I've been on (yeah, all three of them), didn't climb. Hauled my gear over Donner pass many times over the last six months... haven't climbed up there except once up Grizzly Crack. Usually keep a rope bag and enough gear in back of the truck to get in serious trouble. Haven't done anything with it. Left my name in the partners section here. Invited friends to go. Invited coworkers to go. Invited family to go. Posted my few fun adventures on facebook and invited acquaintances to go. Bought my pregnant girlfriend (at her suggestion) a full body harness that avoids stomach pressure so she could climb; but everyone's freaked out about it and so now my only climbing partner's hanging it up. I even bought gear for a couple friends that actually said they would climb if they had gear; but they didn't. WTF???!!! So... tomorrow I'm storing all my shit in a box, in the shed, under some other shit. Where it will rot. Then, someday years from now I will take it out, trash the soft parts, and probably the rest of the shit too. That makes about $3000 worth of shit. One set of Camalots from .4 to 5. Two sets of forged friends from 1 to 4. Five or so flex friends from 1 down. Full set of hexes. Three sets of nuts. 4 screamers. 4 harnesses. 3 helmets. 60 or so biners, quite the variety. Two dynamic ropes, one of which has never been used. Three sets of nuts. Three pulleys. Enough cord and slings to tie a royal clusterfuck. Shoes that fit me, and shoes that fit her. And extras for those who were full of shit. Two nut tools. Heck, there's even a rope bag and some pitons. You know, when I posted here about wanting to drop a canyon with a sleeping bag and a gold pan I got plenty advice from y'all about just how dangerous that was gonna be. Wow, what a non-issue now. But the part that nailed, spot on, was the comment about my "fuck everyone attitude". Funny, it didn't used to be like that; but the older I get and the more people I meet the more I find that's the way I should describe myself in everything I do. This being in apparent violation of the above "guideline #1" I'll close by saying I intend this as my final post here. Oh, and YER ALL GONNA DIE! heh heh heh

Sorry johnnyrig that things are sucking so bad for you right now. Keep the big picture in mind, things can ALWAYS be worse.

Glenn Schuler wrote: Sorry johnnyrig that things are sucking so bad for you right now. Keep the big picture in mind, things can ALWAYS be worse.

Ya, you could be a gym climber.

Six months seems like a long time, but its not that long in the grand scheme of things so don't get so bummed. you could climb for the next twenty years still, plus you got a kid on the way so it's inevitable for a little bit. Then think about teaching and training your kid and them leading all the hard pitches on climbs you never thought you could do. The future of your climbing could be awesome.

Ray has some advice for you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zohcviO_qXM

But seriously, start rope soloing and hitting the climbing gym. Work on your personal style with people and you might make some climbing friends. Don't waste time trying to get people into climbing that are not already motivated to. I think a lot of us made that mistake early on.

Stich wrote: Don't waste time trying to get people into climbing that are not already motivated to. I think a lot of us made that mistake early on.

heh... Yep. I ended up moving. I've climbed with more competent people in the last 3 months then in the last 4 years.

S Denny wrote:are you hoping that someone on MP is going to try and stop you?

Actually, I think it's pretty obvious that climbing is not for him. He is making the right decision of putting his gear way back in his closet behind his bike, his bench press, his drumset, and his dignity. There are always less committing hobbies that he could get into with all of his friends, like lawn darts. I wish him the best.

I'm a shitty climber with an abrasive personality and tons of partners. Stick with it, be safe, be strong on approaches/descents, offer good belays and beer and you'll be fine, it just takes some time to build a group of people to hang with.

youtube.com/watch?v=pNQPLew…

You could always rope solo. or boulder. or climb in a gym. or sell the gear. or give it to me. or take up aid climbing. Or get new friends. or get a new girlfriend. or teach the baby to climb. or move to a more climber friendly area.

I'm sorry life sucks for you right now. That said, recognize:

Pessimism = owned by world.

Dude, I live in rural town, own no gear, and the day I got fired from my dream job (at least I still have that trip to joshua tree to look forward to) my partner blew his knee out. So chill out already.

So you don't have any partners. Boo hoo. A lot of people don't. Climbing isn't actually that popular. It also isn't for the impatient (unless you live in Boulder). Go climb at the gym, lurk around, and you'll find somebody to go get in trouble with.

In the meantime, quit being such a princess. Roping unwilling belay partners (especially your pregnant gf) is never works. Inviting your friends and family to go climbing is like inviting Rick Santorum to a gay three-way. Of course they aren't interested.

And Camping? It's called 'camping' not 'climbing' for a reason.

Pessimistic assholes on the interwebs? CALL 911!

If you really have such a huge hard-on to climb, take that rotting gear and drive to J tree. Or Smith. Or the Creek. Or the Gunks. Or wherever, and hang around for the weekend. Offer to belay. Be excited. Boulder or TR solo if you don't get any takers.

But don't waste your life blowing pent up energy into the uncaring void of the boob-tuber-net.

Hey man,

Sorry for the lack of partners, It can be pretty rough. Internet partners can be hard to find, I would really take up megagapers advice and head out to some crag and just hang out and meet people. If you are looking for climbers, go where the climbers are ;)

That being said if you have a local gym that can be a great place to meet others as well. You just gotta be social (hard I know)

Oh and dont let these yahoo's who want your gear get in the way of you getting out.

Take up bigwalling. It's more fun solo (except for the descent always feels 10x as hard), you'll never have to worry about rope drag again, and hooking sections can actually be safer when you rope solo.

but bring an extra pair of headphones incase the ones you bring brea. Learned that the hard way - that is, unless you like the sound of your own voice single the same lines from a song you hate over and over and over again.

edit: Donner Pass is a practical playground for fixed line soloing...

First off dude, I feel your pain. It's hard to find people you can really work well with. I've had my share of weekends spent inside because I couldn't find a partner.

Now, face the truth: the problem is you, not everybody else. Sounds like you invested in a lot of gear. Time to invest in yourself. Get better at climbing. Get better at making friends. Change your attitude. Take a class.

But meanwhile:

johnnyrig wrote:my pregnant girlfriend

Sounds like you have bigger issues than climbing. All the rock will still be there whenever you have the time. For now, work on being happy with your life and what it demands of you.

You could always take up free-soloing ;)

Seriously - I agree with some others - try some meetup groups and maybe take some classes - you just never know who you might meet...

would you want to be your own partner? Would you want a crybaby noob for a mentor? that said, hang on to your enormous $3000+ rack, use one rope and some draws to go to your local sport crag and see if there is a group with an odd # of climbers, or maybe a group of climbers with a bad climber to rope ratio (4 climbers taking turns on 1 rope etc.). Many times at the sport crags around here a pair of strong climbers will be working a route while a perfectly good belayer waits for one of the stronger climbers to get tired and hang the rope so they can TR some moderate route in the same area. Remember you may have to turn down the intensity down a notch or two (lead something many grades below your limit) but remember that, for now, you are learning to sniff out new partners. once you have that skill the chances to improve as a climber. Have fun and be safe out there, weather you climb or not. Congrats on the baby too!
-Mackley
p.s. if you use both ropes and a stick clip you should be able to solo aid up any sport routes you cant walk to the top of ( youtube the draw stealing leprichaun. Im sure you can figure out how to preform both the duties of his belayer for yourself).
p.p.s Yer gonna CRY...

getting her prego was clearly a mistake.....