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First Climb 26-Oct-2007 At 9:03:08 AM danbaker

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Congrats ZumoJugo on your first trad lead, Trad is definately the best!

Chill Pill kezza and noob.... BomberPro is only offering some friendly advice to Zumo, and I think it is pretty good advice....bear in mind that Bomberpro is offering advice from his own experiences which is a great way to learn anything..... learn from other people's experiences as well as your own. That said I also think if you want to get into it it and Trad lead, it is a very good idea to climb on the easier grades / grades you are very comfortable with to develop the experience (I did a combination of both BomerPro's suggestions and leading easier climbs when I first started out). However, as Bomber said, all climbs should be taken seriously... gravity works just as well on the easier grades as it does on the harder ones. And again to quote Bomber, there are more ledges/buldges etc to hit if you take a fall on an easier grade so be careful there.

My advice would be to learn everything you can from experienced climbers (like Bomber said), get all their different views and the different ways they do things, and add to this your own experiences and you'll be fine :) Good luck with the Trad leading and stay safe :)

Cheers,
Dan