Want to rock climb and rappel, were do we start.

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Posted by magyver on October 21, 2006 at 10:40:50 pm EDT

Me and my son watched some guys rappel ausie style why we were backpacking in red river gorge, Ky. Since then, all my ten year old son has talked about is buying gear and learning how. I had done some rappeling in the boy scouts about twenty years ago, but I'm a little hesitant about starting a new hobby or sport that I'm farely ignorant of the basic skills. We would love to learn how, but my budget is tight. Where can we get safe and affordable gear, and very good instruction. I know Rock climbing gear can be very expensive, but I want to start small and work my way up. I've priced rope, harness, beniers, and PPE. and come up with about $500.00 not counting instruction. Is this about right. I don't want to buy cheap (dangerous) gear. But what gear is cheap and good, and what gear is cheap and bad.

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