New to climbing . . . could use a helping hand.

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Dave from CT

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Hello all, I am new to climbing and live in CT. I want to learn to climb to find some peace in a hectic life . . . Is there anyone on here with whom I could learn to climb? I'm not afraid of buying quality gear, or of learning, or even of paying SOME money to learn. Any mentors out there? -Dave from CT.
 
Dave from CT said:
Hello all, I am new to climbing and live in CT. I want to learn to climb to find some peace in a hectic life . . . Is there anyone on here with whom I could learn to climb? I'm not afraid of buying quality gear, or of learning, or even of paying SOME money to learn. Any mentors out there? -Dave from CT.
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Google "ClimbingArborist.com" or similar. Daniel Holliday, if I'm spelling his name right. Practice everything "low and slow". Also, just my opinion now, try to avoid a situation where a single malfunction can cause your demise. I like having lots of backup, for safety's sake. Job 1 is not killing yourself.

Tim

P.S. I don't live near you, otherwise I'd show you what little I know.
 
First off, welcome to the Buzz! Tons of great info and people on here, read up and you'll learn a lot. That being said, it's hard to start out completely on your own. Are you currently working for a tree service? Are you looking to work for a tree service? Or are you working elsewhere and just looking to learn how to climb? When I was in your shoes, I found a local tree company that was looking for good employees and willing to train. Since then, I've worked for several tree companies who were happy to put the time and effort into making climbers out of interested ground guys, because good climbers are much harder to find than ground pounders.
 
Hey Dave,

Welcome to the buzz! I live right up the road in Burlington. Ill be home from college this weekend and if you are interested we can certainly line up a day to climb together and i can get you started with what you wanna know.

Feel free to shoot me a PM and we can discuss details there.

-Steven
 
Hi everyone! Thank you Dave for starting this thread. I'm in the same boat as you, just getting starting myself and the Buzz is a great place to learn. I have been lurking for a couple of weeks. The "who's a self taught climber" is a great recent thread with a list of resources to look at. (I would link the thread but I'm on a phone, couldn't figure it out)
Thank you all for such insight and support. I'm sure to have more questions to come.
Also, anyone in the Charlotte NC area? Like Dave, I would love a opportunity to meet, climb, and learn with one of the professional's.
Thanks, JasonT
 
The first thing I would suggest is think about climbing a 15>20 tree, and before you go and buy a mountain of kit, you need 3 decent things.
First is make sure you have a long lanyard which is double ended for work positioning, there are lots of info on here, and familiarise yourself with that.
Next is a good harness and a pair quality boots.

That would be good start and at a low cost.
 
Jeff said:
First off, welcome to the Buzz! Tons of great info and people on here, read up and you'll learn a lot. That being said, it's hard to start out completely on your own. Are you currently working for a tree service? Are you looking to work for a tree service? Or are you working elsewhere and just looking to learn how to climb? When I was in your shoes, I found a local tree company that was looking for good employees and willing to train. Since then, I've worked for several tree companies who were happy to put the time and effort into making climbers out of interested ground guys, because good climbers are much harder to find than ground pounders.
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Are you looking to do tree work or just rec. climb to get away from the hectic life?
 
tuttle said:
The first thing I would suggest is think about climbing a 15>20 tree, and before you go and buy a mountain of kit, you need 3 decent things.
First is make sure you have a long lanyard which is double ended for work positioning, there are lots of info on here, and familiarise yourself with that.
Next is a good harness and a pair quality boots.

That would be good start and at a low cost.
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Climbing line?
 
Thanks Tuttle. I have been practicing on 20'-30' trees for a couple of months when the weather is good. I unfortunately could not hold back and only start with the basics. Got a little happy with the credit card at treestuff. :)

Kevin-Ultimately I would like to learn tree work. I have the gear and have done a couple of small removals and pruning for friends but nothing to compare to the pros. I also take advantage of any second I can get to rec climb. Just hard to find someone to climb/learn with. The only class that I found that was within driving distance to me, filled within the first day or two it was listed.
 
A climbing line is one thing, but a 20ft lanyard is universal, most of the time I only use my 21ft to climb anything, as most of my work is dismantles, so I just do change overs with that lanyard, and abseil down the spike off the pull line.
 
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