| Some people might not think of rock climbing as a | | | | go on a rock-climbing trip with friends. |
| sport until they have had a chance to climb a few | | | | Some climbers might not want to spend a lot of |
| mountains or spend time in the great outdoors with | | | | money on equipment until they have practiced |
| friends who want to teach them what they love to | | | | climbing and made the decision to make it a lifetime |
| do the most in the time they have off from work. | | | | sport. These people have found renting equipment |
| After people have tried rock climbing in a class, they | | | | for short weekends is the best method they can find |
| are more than ready to take on the challenges of | | | | for testing their skills without bothering friends with |
| the great outdoors. | | | | borrowing what they need everytime they feel the |
| Some rock climbing classes teach all the basic | | | | need to head for the mountains. Climbing is an |
| techniques that a climber will need. Others focus on | | | | affordable sport to participate in and one that families |
| more advanced skills that are strictly reserved for | | | | can do together. |
| the more experienced climbers in the group. Some | | | | Most people get into rock climbing because they love |
| groups are divided by age group and level of | | | | being tested. Rock climbing will put people to the test |
| expertise. A primary concern among all trainers is to | | | | by testing their endurance and their thinking abilities. |
| make climbing a sport that is enjoyable but safe for | | | | People realize very quickly that they are able to think |
| everyone involved. No trainer will task a climber to | | | | on their feet when they must negotiate a sandstone |
| attempt a maneuver before they are ready for it, | | | | cliff that towers 100 feet above them, or when they |
| and many novice climbers feel elated just by climbing | | | | find themselves dangling from a rope over a cavern |
| a few feet by themselves while others climb higher | | | | that has a small river running through it. |
| and higher. | | | | These life and death situations are not for the faint |
| Some of these people might even have their eye on | | | | at heart by any means and climbers learn to work |
| a certain mountain in the distance that they have | | | | around all obstacles to get up a mountain by |
| always wanted to climb. They might not be sure | | | | sundown. For those that are unable to meet that |
| where the urge to climb rocks comes from but they | | | | goal, they will be challenged even more. They must |
| do know that they do enjoy the adventure that | | | | learn to sleep at a vertical angle with only a rope |
| outdoor climbing offers them and they want to | | | | supporting them. They might bed down on a rock |
| experience those thrills as often as possible. They | | | | crevice with a safety line attached and wake to a |
| might take short trips to gyms that have rock walls | | | | view of a beautiful sunrise that they have never |
| in them to satisfy the urge for climbing until they can | | | | seen before. |