Anyone willing to teach trad climbing here?

Hi,

New to trad climbing world and want to learn. I've lead climbed and top roped indoors/outdoors and want to take my climbing level to another level now. Anyone willing to teach?

I hope you have better luck than me. I've been looking for some someone and can't seem to find a soul in the St. George area to show me the ropes. Good luck!

Might help if you said where you lived.

If you're a guy, it's going to be hard to find someone to teach you. I had to hustle pretty hard. It helps if you have something to offer. I bought beers, covered gas, bought a rope, carried extra on the approach, and was never the one holding things up (tent already packed, harness already on, etc). I offered to pick the person up and drive there and back.

It's also tough to do this on the internet because whoever takes you has to trust an internet rando with their life. Try to network in the gym, as well. Maybe someone will let you tag along on a trip to Cosumnes and you can practice placing gear on the short climbs there.

Good luck!

I fell into that trap. Showing people how to place gear and build anchors and multipitch climb. Only to realize after a few months that the person has no aptitude for trad climbing. Too afraid of falling, not wanting to climb anything other than straight in cracks, don't like slabs, can't take the suffering, etc. So no offense to you, but there is very little to be gained from teaching someone. There is no guarantee to the teacher that you will be a great climbing partner.

If you bring something to the table though, like free ride, gas, place to stay then things it starts looking better for you.

Best to just go out and do it on your own. Buy a cheap used rack here and go climb. If you don't like it, sell it after a season. If you keep at it you will find people who will want to join you, climb with you very naturally. Then you learn from each other.

Buy a small rack: nuts, offset nuts , tricams, hexes, and cams if you can afford it. Go climb easier stuff until you get the hang of it. If you must see gear catch falls then go to your local sport crag and place gear in between the bolts and take falls. You'll learn what works and what doesn't.

Old Sag wrote:Best to just go out and do it on your own. Buy a cheap used rack here and go climb. If you don't like it, sell it after a season. If you keep at it you will find people who will want to join you, climb with you very naturally. Then you learn from each other.

Maybe this, plus start out way below your ability, do a ton of reading, and bounce test a bunch of placements on the ground or on tr. Then, after you've done that a bit get on the partner finder and contact people directly. I think your willingness to seek out more experienced people is great, though, and if you keep it up you'll definitely get better way faster than if you are solely self-taught.

Keep pushing the sport leading too, that'll give you some reserve in case your early leads are like mine were, basically soloing with a bunch of gear I was using incorrectly. :)

Buy a rack and start at 5.5... thats what I did and sometimes the climbing feels silly but its all about placing gear at that point single pitch dont get carried away yet.

I know of an inexpensive class to be held in Yosemite on trad climbing tomorrow and Sat. Do you live in the Bay Area?

It's also worth looking at your local community college. REI also teaches climbing classes, though I can't speak to the quality of them.

I like having an apprentice. I'll be climbing all year. Mostly in Southern Yosemite.

"So no offense to you, but there is very little to be gained from teaching someone. There is no guarantee to the teacher that you will be a great climbing partner. "

This is just weak. If you like participating in this sport and it means something to you, then reaching out to new climbers is part of the deal. New climbers should not be struggling to find experienced rock jocks to show them what's up. It's about public service, not just reeling in a new belayer.

Funny that the OP wrote this ten days ago and still hasn't come back to say where he lives.

Hello All
I have a long history of trad climbing.
Grew up in Yosemite and did El Cap and half dome at 17.

I propose this I need help with my New Non-profit Achievaclimbing.com
Whose goal is to inspire the youths of America by building rock climbing Walls in every Jr and Sr High School in America by 2025.

Help me with time,energy,idea's,connections or a minimum donation
and I will teach anybody to trad climb.
I have been told my Cam rack need to be in the Awahnee exhibit ijn Yosemite because it has so many different types of them.

Thank you for your time
Chris Bellizzi
408-666-9009

I'll teach ya Bellizzi guy