I just learned that I am the uncoolest kind of climber. Rope over the neck, harness on the shoulder and every bit of gear on the harness. I love that sound I make when I walk. Feels like an alpine cow or goat I guess :)

After seeing the price of some of this stuff I get the appeal of bouldering

I'm not sure how I feel about buying all this gear for your first outing. Don't get me wrong all the gear advice in this is pretty spot on (definitely agree with the assisted braking belay devices in particular), however I would recommend going out with someone who already has all the gear your first couple of times. If nothing else you will have a little more sense of what to look for when you actually purchase your own.

For those more experienced climbers, please place a greater onus on yourself to meet, advise, and invite others rather than expecting the new climber to do this, especially because you know where awesome locations are and how motivating tackling a striking line is and plans are already underway for a chill day exploring a new wall. Nothing says this has to be an every trip invite or even next trip invite, but you might give them a recommendation for a guide book and helpful topo for getting to the wall or a nice first route to attempt or check on the equipment such as personal anchor or even know a few other folks who want to transition and get them talking.

This couldn’t have come at a better time! I’ve been looking into this myself but was always very confused. This vid has helped a lot.

started climbing outside and when I went indoors for the first time I was like crushing 5.10s that I was severely struggling on outdoors. Starting outdoors helped me build a lot of confidence to the point where indoor climbing felt super comfy and unexposed

would you mind doing a video on what to keep in mind when outside. I mean a does and don't kinda thing. I.e. clean up after yourself, where to not use chalk and whether or not you should clean it off after your done. "boulder grundkurs" did one a couple weeks back but it's only useful for us German speaking people ;)

12:19 Those bags also have a large disadvantage, that being the large zip. Over an extended period of use, zips in these positions tend to fail, especially when carrying heavy loads such as climbing equipment. A different option would be a bag with a top that uses straps, which not only gives you extra capacity if needed, but also is very durable and will last for much longer than a bag that closes with a zip. These bags are easy to find in various mountaineering shops and in varying capacities, so if you're looking for a bag then please remember this and try to buy one that will let you get your money's worth.

I started climbing in 1977 with EBs a stuff sack with chalk and a tooth brush...No crash pads very few people at boulders or the crags. Colorado climbing was an extension of hiking..outdoor skills..self rescue and weather knowledge. The ability to downclimb and read the rock from the bottom up as well as anchor / protection skills were your only safety...It certainly has changed. I still lead 5.11 trad at age 59. Also approachs and pack weight were long and heavy...I seen modern climbers using scary pro and unable to set safe anchors without bolts...Trad is Best 😁

"You gotta start going outside": Moms 🤝 this video

Gear #1, some humility...

Good advice. Especially the point you made about learning from other people. I personally have several partners around my skill level and knowledge that I climb outside casually with and one partner far more advanced than myself the "mentor" that I go with whenever I want to challenge myself or learn something. Having a climbing mentor is such a valuable relationship. Also think about picking up a copy of freedom of the hills. It has everything you could know about mountaineering.

Great video and you are well spoken. Thank you. But - HELMET: yes personal choice but there is not a single good reason not to wear one. LEAD CLIMBING: it’s OK not to. Outdoor climbing can be enjoyable and rewarding without ever lead climbing. Lead climbing can be awesome but also exponentially increases risk of injury. Climb on!!

I am a caver who is a little curious about climbing, and it seems really interesting. Thank you for the video! You can tell how enthusiastic and knowledgable you are.

Everything in this video was spot on and useful. One word on the Click Up! Plus. Some might complain about it being bad for lead climbing but what I've found is it only really struggles at the higher end of rope diameters. If you're lead climbing on anything less than a 10.0 diameter, you'll be fine. Top rope on it is phenomenal on any size though. I'll be doing some outdoor climbing this year for sure and a lot of this video reinforced purchases I've already made. So I'm very glad about that.

Thank you so much for this video! I'm a new boulderer and I'm fascinated by the outdoor world. This is completely what I needed;)

Personally: Helmets are a must for outdoor climbing. Cheap and nice alternative: Simond rock climbing helmet

I was lucky and got climbing outside first with people who had been climbing for years. Outside climbing is so much more real but inside great to meet new people and to train in the colder months

On the topic of helmets: I tend to wear one in granite as I tend to sometimes hit my head looking around, as the rock is a lot more jagged and unexpected. Also, there it is a lot kore likely to have small stones be thrown at you by a climber above by accident. In sandstone the general wisdom is: If there is something loose, it's so large a helmet won't help anyway, so you might as well leave it off. Though when I'm hanging in a wall filming and potentially don't have a hand to catch me if I slip ill wear a helmet too. PS: If you are ever in Saxony, I'd love to show you the Sächsische Schweiz (eng.: Saxon Switzerland). Beautiful sandstone and very traditionelle climbing, much like in Bohemia.

Great video. Aside from the helmet which is as important (or more) for a belayer as a climber, I would also suggest investing in the belayer glasses - they are great at saving you from neck pain and will prevent problems in the future.

the best advice is to get in with the other climbers you meet at your climbing wall. Climbers are generally a friendly bunch. youll probably manage to climb for a year and borrow other peoples kit. you may not be confident enough to lead for a while,so will have to rely on the others to set up a top rope for you. if you lead you also need a tether for clipping in while re threading the lower off. id start with 6 quick draws, a tether and 3 spare carabiners. carry a mallion to get you out of trouble if you cant make the whole pitch and have to lower off a bolt. theyre only a couple of quid, thats cheaper than leaving a quickdraw up there!

The most important thing Is a competent and committed climbing partner

Thank you so much for this video! I started gym climbing last December and got really hard into it, then cover hit and the gym closed. Now that Summer is here I've just started rock climbing and it's super different. Thanks for clarifying what I need to have with me. Subscribed and eager to learn a lot! Cheers!

Whether you're climbing or belaying - wear a helmet. People flip upside down on sport or trad, there's nearly always a risk from falling stones (or goats!), and if you take a big fall the last thing you want is your head taking the impact. Wear a helmet or be one...

Well, I do mountaineering in the rainy southern andean volcanoes and because of that I start climbig, and for recomendation, I suggesto to go straight for a full dry treatmeant, it's a real pain to carry a rope that absord a 30% of water in a place like the Mocho glacier, but a 8,7 mm glacier rope will just tear in a blink on rock, so go for 9.2ish mm rope with a high sheath ratio. For rucksack, ALWAYS look for waterproof things, ALWAYS or at least with a cover, the approches are really rainy a in a matter of minutes the sun hits and dries the rock an the volcanoes, but not your pack, and then you will really be wishing that pack with top rolling or a cover, a look for things like gear loops o daisy chains and bottle pockets in the backpacks, it's more helpful than it's seems For quickdraws search and buy ONLY with wiregates, that nose is really annoying, but the snow won't open the biner on a rescue or won't open if it's strikes against the rock (you won't like any of both on the 9th pitch of the Puntiagudo volcano or the Corcovado), for any other biner, pioritize with lock, if you fall on a crack on the glacier, your life will apreciate that safeness of a screwgate biner. About belay, I would say that a dynamic knot on an HMS biner is just fine (otherwise I'll still be trapped on a crevasse trying to climb with an straight piolet). It wasn't mentioned, but the harness it's reeeeeeaaaaaally important, you'll be wearing all day long, maybe a couple of days even, it's like your underwear and it needs to be comfortable, have down gear loops (again, your pack won't leave you) and it's ideal to have an space for a tool holding like a petzl caritool for those icescrews. And finally, about helmets it's better to look for a classic ABS hardshell helmet like the black diamond half dome, the mammut skywalker or the grivel salamander, besides those are really cheap (it's easy to break a helmet in the mountains), you can put them safely on the pack without worrying if the load could break it (it won't happen), opposite the EPS foam helmets like the vapor, wall rider or sirocco that a bad position can break them. And ALWAYS USE A HELMET, no matter was, anything can fall, lose your balance and finally be kicked off the wall. That's my advices on looking for gear for andinism if you look for places like Cochamó or Calbulco volcano with snow and rock climbing or even mix climb like La Picada mount. Visit Chile and it's southern landscape, it has a loooooot to do if you are near the end of america it will provide a nice adventure and a very different kind of practice of outdoor sports as is in the north hemisphere (cold summers and mild winters give our mountains a very special climate).

Really useful video. I would also definitely recommend an assisted breaking belay device. I have always really liked the Mammut Smart. When you come from ATC climbing it is pretty straight forward to use and I really like the simplicity of it compared to the Grigri. (And it used to be cheaper than the Grigri, don't know about the current prices though) Another video about Trad Climbing gear like nuts and friends might be an idea as well.

This video is incorrectly titled; it should be "gear you need for outdoor climbing". The best advice in the video for getting started is "find a friend that is experienced", the rest is basically a commercial for your website. It's not a great recommendation to buy a full sport kit for your first time outside, you should try some climbs and then decide what you want to own. You should buy a helmet. It keeps you safer on the climb and your climber safer when you are a belayer.

And I thiink the important things is - to check the weather forecast and local conditions plus - be aware of the local wildlife (especially adders).

I’ve watched this video a couple times now. Very helpful. Thank you.

Was hiking the other day when i saw a giant ‘NO ROCK CLIMBING’ sign. Thus I did my first 3 or 4 outdoor boulders :)

This is a great post Matt, very comprehensive!

Finally! The video I've been looking for someone to make, thanks!

Freedom of the hills is also a great resource for climbers and mountaineers

I'd personally also recommend a tether. If you lead, you're not always sure of the kind of anchor you'll get. That implies learning some more. BTW, totally agree learning from others, and checking after (with them or books). I understand that it's a livelihood for some, but courses for horses.

Me and a buddy have wanted to get into outdoor climbing especially since being in the gym most of the week. We were just unsure of what we needed and I loved this video because as an experienced Climber you are showing newcomers what is the best and budgets friendly equipment you can buy. I definitely will be buying from your site. Do you ship to the USA? I really hope you do!!

Brilliant vid! Thanks for this! It’s gonna make my transition to outdoors a lot easier!

Yeah, going outdoors for the first time is very intimidating. When I visited a friend in Switzerland there were some bouldering crags nearby. Indoors I manage 6a and I'm starting to climb 6b. However outdoors I had to start of with a 4. Really different but also really cool :)

Great channel. Thank you for all this content. I'm a new climber and these videos are super helpful.

That was a great vid. I have seriously enjoyed it. Thank you.

"people skills play an important part in this process" As a socially inept loner wanting to get into rock climbing / other outdoor stuff, this is not welcome news

Great job guys and solid tips!

27 crags, and the first place in video is Albarracín, i didn't expect that haha

Hi, I’m going to try bouldering next week. With climbing though I’ve always wondered how you get the kit back once you’ve climbed up. Kit being the karabiners & other climbing hardware climbers use. Sorry it’s a daft question.

Never have climbed, watch some KZfaq videos, then go! At least that’s how I did

Fantastic video dude! Simply inspiring

It's funny because I learned climbing outside, I don't like going into gyms I just feel uncomfortable around other people

Planning my first outdoor climbing trip. Been climbing indoors for a while, but not sure if my skills will translate. How much harder is real rock

This video was perfect for my, thank you

Very well timed video!

What about harnesses - surely as important as the rope?

not to boast myself but i started my climbing "career" outdoors because i was to broke to afford a gym pass. i rented out shoes and a crash pad at a rei to start off

If you're outdoor climbing in general, wear a helmet

Very usefull. But I been bouldering indoors for a year and just have sportclimb 3 times, 2 in real rock and 1 in an artificial wall. I don’t have a harness, I want to buy one, cause I want to get serious with sport climbing. Can you, please, help me with that. Also I’m on a budget. Thanks, you have an awesome channel.

7:15. In every video you call those the positron quickdraws. Aren’t they the posiwire quickdraws though? Hate to nitpick. Love the channel

Hi. Me and my mate are planning to travel Europe in a car after exams and we have bought all the things we need from epicTV and used your videos to help. Thank you for that. The 27 crags thing I would like to have but as me and my mate are students we are quite poor so I was wondering if there were cheaper or even free options you know of.

I live on the east coast of Iceland (seydisfjordur). We have several climbing routes here. I’ll have to start on a real rock face. Is that a problem? Mountains existed before indoor climbing walls.

Is the rock climbing book exclusive to the UK system or does the US overlap enough to make the purchase worth it? If not- anything for US?

I’m in the us and indoor I was climbing 5.10a’s outdoor dropped like a rock (excuse the pun) to at tops a 5.8. 5.9’s kick my but now lol

Very helpful, thank you

i went from bouldering without pads to free climbing one of the flat irons but i decided i should be a bit less ignorant and maybe at least buy some shoes and pads

Cheers Mate!

What if I want to establish a new Boulder problem?

Hi from Florida rip

I live in worcester so I visit the malvern hills and ivy scar is a good one to climb and the roaches "hens nest" are in the west midlands near the M6 so I want to do those on a small holiday. When are you coming to the west midlands?

Anyone know where this awesome overhang at 5:11 is?

3:48 This’s why I should stop watching a shop channel. Same rope (60m) costs in Germany €36 including shipping! The Pro 9.2 (80m) costs €133 including shipping.

nice t-shirt!

what about slings and stuff?

Dont Think too much about grade !

Get a harness and PAS and friends with outdoor gear

Last week I was in Siurana and practically the only one wearing a helmet. I don't understand why other sport climbers don't wear one, look at Jorg Verhoeven's whipper on China Doll, one of the examples: www.climbing.com/gear/how-do-climbing-helmets-protect-your-head-petzl/

I showed up in my G string thinking it was adequate enough as a harness. Everyone was looking at me. I felt like a hero. LOL thilly me.

I started doing trad in the Lakes with an instructor before I'd been anywhere near a climbing wall and I believe it was a good thing because I've never met an indoor wall (including the old Bendcrete ones) that successfully mimics the subtleties and rugosities of an outdoor crag - to say nothing of the whole atmosphere of being outdoors. I believe that the modern walls with their huge coloured holds encourage people to try and climb like chimpanzees rather than the kind of balance climbing that is more suited to our rock in this country.

I'm a gym rat looking to climb outside. I was expecting to see webbing, or a sling, or something of that nature. Is that not a commonly used piece of equipment?

ops ep 1371 . should i start ep 1 xD

Can I still learn at 30?

Was hoping for a harness recommendation. What do y'all think of the petzl sama? Great video otherwise. Looking forward to getting outside!

Or you can learn in the Local section of your Local Alpine club

I think you shouldn´t climb outdoors before you can lead. You should have developed a little. And there´s lots of crags where you are only allowed or able to build a toprope by leading because the top of the crag is a natural reserve and you are not allowed to step on it.

I need to find a outdoor climbing mentor I'm from Florida so it's not super easy to find teachers in a land of waves. :/

How do you get your quick draws back after you complete the climb?

Is there any Service or Website on how to find Outdoor Boulder Spots or Areas in Germany ?

Dosent mention the mammut smart :(

Take a course. Wear a helmet.

in south east asia, europe rope is too expensive for me, i guess i will buy chinese made instead, less expensive and same structure as another rope out there and yes i value my life

buy the gear, go on youtube a bit then wing it....I didn't die once

Nice video! Unless you're doing alpine climbing I wouldn't spend money on a water resistant rope.

Late comment but this is a very important video. Hate to see people become gym rats. GET OUTDOORS!

What's the advantage of using a wiregate quickdraw?

Find rock and climb it

Anything else you would like to sell us?

Do I have to go outside?

Don’t watch, his answer is “find someone else to teach you”

Just remember we are all going to die. Would you rather die in the mountains with your body broken or in a nursing home in a puddle of your own filth? I've died both ways only to be sent back because I was an affront to the devil (too righteous I guess). At least my filth was warm!!!

What exactly is a b-layer

so many damn ads my god

step 1: have a lot of money

you lost me at people skills lol

Everyone: please don't climb outside. We're full

Never pay more than 5 Euros for a rope. Its plastic so its supposed to be cheap. Never buy those expensive climbing shoes. Go to a climbing gym and ask if they have found yours, just take the first pair. If they don´t fit you sell them over ebay. Repeat till profit. Chalk is way too expensive, use flour. Its organic. Don´t buy expensive carabiners when you can buy them in a hardware store.