Learn rock climbing with a professional guide (Joshua Tree, date open)
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Ready to unleash your inner Alex Honnold in a safe way with an AMGA-certified climbing instructor? No experience is necessary and these will be easy routes. You just need a sense of adventure and to be OK with heights.
We'll chip in on a professional guide for as low as $125 per person (if there are four of us). The date is open, depending on what works for everyone.
Due to no-shows, everyone joins the waiting list and to get off it you need to leave a comment with some good dates for you.
ADDED: Please note that, as usual, everything is up in the air and open to negotiation (Keith Richards: "I never plan anything, which is probably the difference between Mick and myself. Mick needs to know what he's gonna do tomorrow and I'm just happy to wake up.")
So, this could be a full day or a half day. Weekends are much better for me than weekdays, but I could do it on a weekday if that works best.
I'm not taking a cut, you'll pay me and then I'll pay the guides. The guides will be in charge of everything, I'll just be along for the ride. (You'll have to take care of tipping the guides yourself, after the event.)
Here's a sample price list:
https://www.mojaveguides.com/rock-climbing
If we shuttle into the park I'll use my pass so you don't need to pay park admission (unless you have a pass of your own, of course). You only need one pass per car, not per person.
If you want to practice climbing beforehand that might be a good thing but I don't think it's necessary. Knowing how to tie a figure 8 and other popular knots is always a good thing.
Hangar 18 in Arcadia has autobelays and you just clip in. So, you don't need a partner and you don't need to learn any knots, and they have some relatively easy routes. They're primarily a bouldering gym.
The Post in Pasadena is 2x+ as high but you'll need a partner who's passed their belay test (they claim they'll offer to match you with someone). I assume they have at least a few easier routes. They have an intro class for $40 (you want the Top Rope one, not Bouldering or Lead).