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4-Jul-2016 At 10:00:25 AM simey

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On 2/07/2016 One Day Hero wrote:
>Mentzy, selection bias is a real thing. Have there been any girlfriends
>who you refused to teach based on total lack of aptitude?

I've always been up for teaching someone how to climb, providing they genuinely want to learn. Girlfriends that just want me to take them climbing don't usually last the distance.

>I'm not arguing that mentoring is a bad idea, but who the hell can afford
>to pay (I mean pay with money) a mentor for the hundreds of hours it takes?

I don't think it takes that long to impart a lot of knowledge in climbing. Sometimes just one climb can be enough to show someone the error of their ways and point them in the right direction. If someone need endless weeks of mentoring, they are probably never going to get it.