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Gym climbing vs trad? 19-Jun-2006 At 4:56:16 PM ironmike

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I've been climbing indoors for some time and have had the pleasurable opportunity to second a few climbs at araps ... to say it was a spiritual experience would be a 'mild' understatement!

For my own interest, I'm in a position where I can no longer climb indoors ... travel ... $$$ ... time etc. But am very keen to climb outdoors as often as possible.

I climb indoors 22 at Hardrock toproping and 18 - 20 comfortably on lead ... yes I know it's completely different to dragging protection up a wall and placing protection etc ... don't get too excited about an opportunity to bag me out.

What I'm looking for is a little advice / guidance. How many people only climb outdoors, and how often do you need to climb outdoors to keep the standard of climbing progressing.

Further to that, apart from VCC who don't appear to organise too many outdoor climbing sessions, how would I go about hooking up with climbers who don't only climb on long weekends?

Please help ... I have my own 60m rope, harness, shoes etc. but that's it!