Activity for JPDurham‭

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Answer	—	A: Learning to fall when leading: what is good fall technique? Is 'learning to fall' something that climbers do through practice or through on-the-job training, as it were? A little of both. You can go to your local gym or outside on routes that you feel comfortable climbing and once you get a few feet above a solid bolt or bomber piece of gear, let go. ... (more)	—	over 10 years ago
Answer	—	A: Is it safe to cut a climbing rope in half? This is a perfectly legitimate thing to do. It's not uncommon for climbers to take a 60 or 70 meter rope and cut a few meters off the ends (since the ends of a rope take a lot of abuse). You can either take it to REI, as you suggested, and tell them you are cutting it for climbing or check out this... (more)	—	over 10 years ago