worldonastrng

1. So far, its been mostly in line. I think I see the answer to that one. 2. This is the thing I'm not so sure about. I've been climbing mostly single pitch routes with 4-7 (if i remember correctly) pieces of pro. I'll be moving to harder and longer climbsas time goes on. Perhaps I should stick with maybe 8 quick draws then? Unless there's something I'm not considering.

1. Quickdraws or slings? 2. How many is good to start out with?

My more experienced climbing partner and I are hoping to set out for a Thanksgiving weekend climb to (possibly) Smith Rock. We are working on multi-pitching now. We are aspiring to find a grade III or IV with routes hopefully not exceeding 5.10's. Can anyone offer some reasonable direction here? edit- we sport climb

I'm sure there are some people here that are familiar enough with Smith to let me know how the weather should be around thanksgiving.

So could I just use an old shower curtain? How can I not spend unnecessary dollars?

Is that supposed to mean something?

If you want to protect your rope from the ground, is a cloth barrier sufficient, or do you need plastic? I've heard that dirt can get through to cloth and onto your rope. -Andrew