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Sport climbers - why don't you climb trad? 15-May-2013 At 9:32:46 PM lost tazmaniac

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I could nt imagine not climbing trad.. It seems to be the natural way.. There seems to be fear attached to the style of trad climbing.. All that 'gear' .. Sport climbing offers those who can't start out under someone who's a bonafide trad climbing teacher .. Entry into climbing (outside) .. A sport climber offered up to me - an explanation why they sport climbed.. 'You start out in the low grades.. Thrutching and worrying about ledges, your poor gear placement and route finding.. With the reward being that u have to rearrange all that gear' ... I don't really follow the perspective.. But understand it.. And how to get more people into trad.. Well I've got no idea... But teaching, talking and sharing might be start?