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Teaching new climbers - why you stopped? 15-Jul-2015 At 11:40:26 AM Paul

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On 15/07/2015 IdratherbeclimbingM9 wrote:
>On 15/07/2015 Reluctant wrote:
>>Best example was a long day of belaying them on their first lead. And
>I mean long. Putting gear in pack and asked them to gather and bag rope.
>Fell silent. Looked up and they were gone. Asshole.
>
>They didn't like the way you belayed?
>;-)
>
>
>I haven't stopped teaching new climbers, though admit to being selective
>in who I teach...
>It helps fulfill my mental selection criteria if I detect that the prospective
>newbie has passion for the enterprise.

Im the same, still teach people but Im selective as well, only teach people who I would want belaying me these days. I don't have as much spare time as when I was younger and at uni which is probably the common theme as to why people teach less newbies.

Although I don't spend time teaching uni clubs anymore, if any uni clubs need a hand getting on top of their risk assessment documentation given some of the recent issues which have occurred with various clubs, just ask and I'll happily help out.