I don't know if I'm missing something here, but if you want to lead belay, and you need to prove to the gym that you can also lead climb, can't you just get them to assess you on one of the easy lead climbs in the gym? I'm sure there are a couple of 15/16s that are leadable. It's not as if they make you lead all the hardest roof problems before they judge you as being proficient... |