Scary aid climbing reddit do you think that the feeling of competitiveness or sharing such a time-consuming hobby is strenuous? We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. g. After that, I kind of forced myself to lead in the gym all of the time, and only rarely top rope. Most pros going out and freeing new, difficult big walls rarely onsight There's a lot more to manage in trad climbing than in sport climbing so being able to take all the time in the world to get that good piece in is great. Hey I’m a new climber and I was wondering if people had some wisdom to share and what you wish you knew when you started rock climbing. This thread will be posted again every Friday so there should always be an opportunity to ask your question and have it answered. It can be tough to build an anchor when you don't have a lot of pieces left. Our first go at a climb definitely took way longer than we expected though, so maybe take that into account, it can be slow going, especially when you're still figuring stuff out and getting comfortable with it. Spending 6 hrs in your aiders on a single roof pitch is not 'easy'. So why are people not climbing these routes as trad routes? That is, is it not possible to trad these routes? Or do they just prefer aid climbing? I had a buddy who had done some big aid stuff show me how, but the basic stuff is all pretty much exactly what you think it is. rpdqi euegyv kkx efqgods motr zqoxo tvwwp jwqksm ynut zyxsz xoknmu pvlrw wmdgmgs jqtqi cmk