A Lesson In Good Form.

"Some people climb it slowly." said one of my friends at the climbing gym as I sloppily scramble through an overhung V3. "My feet were falling off and I just wanted to finish the problem." I replied. In retrospect, he was right. I need to slow down a bit, actually I need to slow down

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Earth Treks Self Rescue Seminar: Session 2

In part two of the four part self rescue seminar we began by reviewing the belay escape technique we learned a week earlier. We would soon find out that like the instructor said, The belay escape forms the basis for all the skills to come. The focus of this session was rappel rescue, but in

By |2010-09-24T17:30:54+00:00September 24th, 2010|Climbing|0 Comments