Lead Climbing Clinic

[seanT]

Tired of the old rope in your face toprope?
Bored of bouldering?
Want to know what those clippy things are for?
Ground Zero is offering a Lead Climbing Clinic on Saturday night Jan 13th from 6-9 pm. Participants can climb at any level of ability.
Topics covered will include
Clipping techniques and strategies
Safe rope managment for lead climbing
How to take a lead fall
Redpoint and Onsight strategies
How to belay a lead climber with a variety of belay devices
Plus lots more of technical information
Participants who complete the clinic will be certified to lead climb at Ground Zero Climbing Gym which has lead routes ranging in difficulty from 5.7 to 5.13 and length from 24ft to 40ft.
Cost of clinic is $50.($25 for GZ members)
spaces are limited so please pre register if possible.
Sean T
Ground Zero Climbing Gym
"Nova Scotia's 1st and only climbing gym"

[dquinn]

I'll never get tired of bouldering! Though I would like to know what those clippy things are... they seem to be popular out here in the Rockies...

[Zamboni]

If your from France, you can use them as hand holds and foot holds!

CB.

[peter]

When in France, do as the French do.

Like, place bolts, sport climb, wear tight pants, stuff like that, you know.

But here is a challenge, for anyone taking the GZ course:

Describe in fifty words or less, without diagrams, what 'back clipping' is.

[martha]

Describe in fifty words or less, without diagrams, what 'back clipping' is.

How about...

"When you clip the rope from the leader to the bolt into the quickdraw from back to front instead of front to back... the Wrong way.. so that if you fall you will likely will die a horrible death of splat on the granite below"

[seanT]

back clipping is the way some one would clip that has not taken the GZ lead course.
Now here is the next challenge. Describe in 50 words or less what is Z clipping.
GO!

[peter]

Z clipping is, like, when the ZZ Top front men trim their beards (happens rarely). Maybe I better take the course.

[tracstarr]

sweet. a chance to wear my spandex pants?! HARDCORE!

[Fred]

Z-clipping is a perfect opportunity to make fund of your climbing partner and hope he doesn't hurt himself at the same time of course

[chossmonkey]

Z-clipping is a perfect opportunity to make fund of your climbing partner and hope he doesn't hurt himself at the same time of course

So Z-clipping can make you and your partner money?


It didn't take long for this thread to get off topic.

[Zamboni]

I'll "Z-clip" you Boy! ( saying this with a shaking fist! )

[dquinn]

A H-clip for 5$, a B-clip for $10 and a Z-clip for $15... What's a Z-clip? If you don't know what a Z-clip is, you can't afford one.