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REACHING FOR THE SKY GOING UP? |
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There are about 80 to 90 climbing schools in North America. The best ones teach safety, simplicity and style, and that creates enjoyment. Gaines, with courses now almost every weekend, teaches about 1,000 students a year. |
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packages are one-day courses of increasing complexity at $90 each
and a two-day beginners' weekend in Southern California called Rockcraft
Seminar for $175 and a four-day seminar at $355 (with motels about
$50 a night or campgrounds $10: winters at Joshua Tree, summers at
Idyllwild). This covers basic and intermediate rock climbing, and
teaches technology, terminology, equipment and climbing technique. |
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Ambitious students who follow up with Vertical Adventures learn enough probably to climb safely on their own. Many however, still take one or two days of individual instruction (at $205 a day) to refine their new skills. |
| Such costs compare well with the
price of becoming competent in other sports and once you've bought
your basic equipment -- unlike snow skiing for example -- you don't
have to pay to stand on a mountain.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION Email:BGvertical@aol.com
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