Taking A Class: Tips on Rock Climbing

"Hello! This is Dan from Eastern Mountain Sports on behalf of expertvillage.com. In this clip I’m going to be discussing the importance of taking a rock climbing course prior to climbing on your own. There are many, many different pieces of gear that you need to learn before climbing and there’s also many different techniques that are easily learned from professionals. When you take a course you’re able to absorb a lot of knowledge in a very short amount of time, there’s a lot of different places around that offer climbing courses. Climbing is a sport that a lot of people are very passionate about and a lot of people love to share their passion, ems.com offers different climbing courses all the way from introductory to very, very advanced. Even some of the best climbers if they’re climbing with somebody a little bit better with them they can absorb a little bit of that knowledge, so taking courses is very important and just learning a lot of different safety techniques. It’s also good when you climb with somebody who is a professional that you know that you’re going to be in a safe environment and it’s going to take a little bit of the fear away so that you can actually learn to climb in a lot quicker fashion way, you’re not scared of what’s going to happen if you fall you know that there’s a professional there ready to help you out."