What CLIMBING GEAR do you actually NEED to get STARTED?
What CLIMBING GEAR do you actually NEED to get STARTED?
In this video I break down what gear your really need to start climbing. What climbing gear you should buy first, and what gear you may want later on in your climbing career. When you first start climbing, the sheer amount of equipment available can be really overwhelming. I hope this video cuts through some of the confusion and provide clear simple checklist to help you buy your first climbing gear.
Happy Climbing!
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0:00 Intro
0:34 Minimum Gear for Gym Climbing
2:28 Gear for Gym Climbing on a Rope
4:29 Gear for Outdoor Climbing
7:16 Gear for Trad Climbing
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Helmet
What about helmets? Essential or not?
Speaking of protecting gear for outdoor climbing: helmet! And i would recomend everyone not to buy shoes, harness and helmet online, but in a store, where you can try them on and make sure they fit. Otherwise very nice video, great production. Gonna check out more of your content 🙂
Chalk is definitely not needed for the first few months.
It depends on skin type honestly.
This was amazing, I have had some many people confuse me over details but love the beginner stuff, stellar vid!
How much is a setup like that?
I’ve been climbing with no gear at all, I haven’t had a fall but a couple times I got stressed, none of my friends will come with me on the best climbs with out ropes… they don’t mind a 15m scramble… some of them. lol thanks for the video
What about climbing in the snow
I like climbing very much
Great video, I’m a novice with all this shit but this was all really well explained and made simple for me.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge
tnx for this video we gone start climbing outside for first time this summer. one thing i dont understand when u climb a route u gotta climb down and collect ur gear as u go? cause when i finish a route im normally so tired don`t think i can also climb down & collect gear >.<
My son and I are working
You also need to be physically strength
Thanks! I will try to be your 1000th subscriber!
Having bought a harness with an equipment bundle, I haven’t found the need for it at all in an indoor setting. I mean sure, the harness they rent out are going to be heavier and bulkier than ones you buy, but it’s far from something I’ve noticed while climbing 6b-6b+, whereas every one of my three shoes feels like I’ve unlocked a whole new grade level for a specific type of problem when I got them. It could also be that I mainly boulder and don’t sport climb enough, but I almost climb better in the rentals with their bulky straps that constantly reassure me that I’m safe lol.
No mention of a helmet. Have my down vote.
In my area I would add the rope for indoor sportclimbing. From my experience you would only need some quickdraws extra for climbing outdoors. No need for other anchoring gear, you can just use two oppoising quickdraws for toproping on already bolted routes . Maybe buy one extra screwgate depending on how you clean the route, but I mostly do not use it.
Love the video, just a piece of constructive criticism. Looks like you shot LOG and didn’t color grade it, throw the camera manufacturer LOG to rec709 LUT on there next time. It’ll be great!
you forgot the most important equipment, a buddy to come along! 😊
Definitely liled man !! Appreciate the work.
Im just getting ready to start climbing. Im super stoked and your video is perfect. Simple, well explained and to the point.
Jesse. Excellent presentation. Straight forward advice. With knowledge and know how. Thank You. Stay safe. And subscribers number is increasing!
Free soloing is still the cheapest type of climbing, assuming your life is worthless.
I hate the thumbnail of this video
One of the most straightforward climbing gear videos out there. Jesse always has such good info!
Thank you for this I can’t wait to start this journey been getting my gear
Great thorough video. Thanks!
Very informative , I am with notes listing names of gears .
You could double your followers by having a subtitle for non-native english viewers
Worth highlighting that for lead climbing, a lot of climbing walls in the UK 🇬🇧 won’t rent you a rope. Partly about their liability / maintenance, partly because in theory, if you have the gear you should have /some/ idea.
Of course, this makes lead climbing logistically more challenging!
5:24 "When you’re starting out just pick a cool color and move on." 🙂 🙂 In these a few words so much wisdom is contained 😁
Thanks for the video!
You for sure need doubles of each cam #0-#8, 10 alpine draws, 2 ice axes, and ice screws
About how much of each do I need ? I wanna start little on rocks at Joshua tree. How many Quickdraws and things do I need of each ? Thanks
Helmet?
This is a great video, I also like the format from going from most basic to most advanced gear, would you add a follow up with things you would need to multi pitch ==> Big wall?
Are there any climbing gloves that are viable? (Not necessarily perfect)
Great video! thank you so much
I agree with @gisgler, well done presentation of the basic equipment except for the helmet. I don’t know what’s needed for gym climbing but outdoors a HELMET is ESSENTIAL for protecting your most important piece of equipment.
Great video! thank you so much
** pretty much any locking carabiner ** it must be graded for holding weight! i found out the hard way yesterday, i had a non graded locking carabiner i was using with my grigri at the gym for the first time and i belayed someone then he borrowed it to belay me and freaked out (rightfully so, he definitely could have fallen and gotten really hurt) because it wasnt meant for climbing, even though it was locking. good thing i learned before anything bad happened
Omg! Brilliant! Thanks!
You need a DYNAMIC rope not just any rope, a static rope will snap if you fall on it.
Can’t remember if you said helmet. Did you say helmet? Helmet helmet.
In some gyms (e.g. in Germany) ATCs aren’t allowed anymore
Very helpful, thanks. To those of us who never climbed, may eventually, however are working on graphic novels where the main characters frequently climb and spellunk, good to research a bit as to what is actually what in climbing gear before attempting to draw it in a story. This was precisely what I was looking for, a basic explanation of everything you need and how to use them, without a lot of fluff and unecessary filler as tends to happen whenever i try to research stuff my characters will be involved in that i know nothing about, to get the basics down without an extended course for a PhD in the subject matter. Thanks again.
Really good video I’m just getting into climbing already have shoes and a chalk bag. Not the cheapest sport but I hope it’s worth it. Thanks for the advice.
i aint buying climbing shoes imma just use my velcro light up sneakers
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Jesse. Excellent presentation. Straight forward advice. With knowledge and know how. Thank You. Stay safe. And subscribers number is increasing!
Jesse, honest one question, by ordering shoes online, how you suppose to try a bunch of shoes?