Comments for Vertigo Outdoor http://vertigo-outdoor.com Climbing, Hill Walking and Mountaineering Guiding and Instruction Sat, 16 Jul 2011 23:18:52 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on Lead Climbing Skills by Áine O'Reilly http://vertigo-outdoor.com/index.php/2011/07/lead-climbing-skills/#comment-104 Áine O'Reilly Sat, 16 Jul 2011 23:18:52 +0000 http://vertigo-outdoor.com/?p=1160#comment-104 The course was great. I got to do leads that I wouldn't have imagined doing before now - with the benefit of a really experienced climber hovering beside me discussing the pros and cons of each gear placement (and occasionally magically producing just the right piece of gear). I also learned a great deal - I finally feel that I can tell when gear is well placed and when it isn't (that horrible, gear ripping away from rock, sound has been one of the major factors putting me off lead climbing). Low and behold, after 2 years of avoiding it, I'm finally starting to lead climb! Thanks to Rob and Eugene for a great weekend. The course was great. I got to do leads that I wouldn’t have imagined doing before now – with the benefit of a really experienced climber hovering beside me discussing the pros and cons of each gear placement (and occasionally magically producing just the right piece of gear). I also learned a great deal – I finally feel that I can tell when gear is well placed and when it isn’t (that horrible, gear ripping away from rock, sound has been one of the major factors putting me off lead climbing). Low and behold, after 2 years of avoiding it, I’m finally starting to lead climb!

Thanks to Rob and Eugene for a great weekend.

]]> Comment on Happy New Year! Hello from Scotland! by niamh davies http://vertigo-outdoor.com/index.php/2010/12/happy-new-year-hello-from-scotland/#comment-21 niamh davies Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:12:20 +0000 http://vertigo-outdoor.com/?p=550#comment-21 i went rock climbing there and it was soooo much fun!!! Can't wait to go again. :) i went rock climbing there and it was soooo much fun!!! Can’t wait to go again. :)

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