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How Do You Get There?

Ray Pinpillage · · West Egg · Joined Jul 2010 · Points: 180
superkick wrote:llamas are kinda like yaks right? Just move to nepal and take over the yak market with your new llama farm.
Llamas are camelid, Yaks are bovine.
Brian Croce · · san diego, CA · Joined Aug 2011 · Points: 60

well excuse me mr llama know it all.

David Hertel · · Haines, Alaska · Joined Oct 2008 · Points: 785
FrankPS wrote:Get the book, "Mountaineering - Freedom of the hills." Read it. Get a job. Take a beginning climbing course with a guide company or find an experienced climber to learn from.
Diddo!
Start training your ass off, trail running, speed scrambling, get a hangboard and spend 1 hour on it every day, go to the rock gym in winter, try some backcountry skiing (skinning up or snowshoeing), take an Avalanche 1 course, get your WFR, do a bunch of research on gear and start collecting piece by piece (mountainproject is great for putting together a rack for a relatively low cost), be prepared to spend every waking moment obsessing over some line you spotted, and learn about the weather.
It takes a lot to get all your own gear, so I would suggest finding some good partners, or just ask around on MP for people to climb with and use your partners gear until you have your own stuff.
Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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