How do you establish trust with a new climbing partner, especially if you haven't climbed together before?

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Rob Pizem · Answer

How to establish trust with a new climbing partner, especially if you haven't climbed together before I make sure that all the commands are done each time I double and triple check and then we go ahead and move forward with whatever climbing we're doing I give an opportunity for them to go ahead and show me what they can do in a safe way and ideally they give me an opportunity to show them what I can do in a safe way and and we are constantly evaluating each other and and Judging to see if we're going to climb together to climb it together again based on safety practices and attitude Fun all that kind of stuff But yeah, the trust is safety first for sure So that's we go through all the safety things and make sure and if at any point. It's not working I I bail. I'm sorry bud. I'm out

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"How do you establish trust with a new climbing partner, especially if you haven't climbed together before?"