7a #climbing
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It's always fun taking people to their first vertical cave.@sunguramy @RedRobyn Coming from caveless Finland, learning #caving required travelling. There were no SRT instructors around, so our SRT training came from online videos and experimentation.
My first vertical trip almost ended in a rescue due to the homebuilt prusik knots not working well for a 20 metre underground ascent. We got out in the end, but the ascent took us 90 minutes + all our strength.
Six months after that we paid a British mate to fly over and teach us. These days I teach SRT.
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A bunch of pigeons objected to our climbing at a crag.@devnull Yikes. Hope it wasn't like at a crux move on a serious route, because I'd imagine a surprise vulture would really mess up one's concentration.
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A bunch of pigeons objected to our climbing at a crag.A bunch of pigeons objected to our #climbing at a crag. They weren't content to try to shit on us, they were trying to kill us by repeatedly trying to drop rocks on our heads.
This is why I don't get people who don't wear helmets when climbing outdoors. Even if you are a 9c+ conquering Spider-person who never ever makes a mistake, merciless nature is out to get you.
