Hey guys,
I am a 21 year old student at the University of Arizona and aspiring trad climber looking for a possible 'trad mentor' here in Tucson or in southern AZ to climb with a bit and learn from. I have only been leading on gear for a little over a year... feel comfortable leading hard 9's/easy 10's but would really like to learn more technique, building better gear anchors, bomber placements ect... from someone more experienced. I am cool with chossy rock, long approaches, bushwacking, questionably pro, ect.. haha.. Just want to get into it more and learn. All my friends are sport climbers so I have trouble finding people to trad climb with. have a mid-sized rack [15 cams, a bunch of nuts, tri cams, ect..] and can get out most every weekend. Really want to try and hit up some desert rock MP routes [Sedona, Monument Valley, and the like..] some time this spring. Give me a holler and maybe we can work something out!
Best Regards,
Phil Persson.

h3y ph1l, 1'll b ur tad mentawr.

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Haha Jon.... Yeah thats probably a good call, I know enough people through the gym and whom I've climbed with outside that it shouldn't be a problem. Well, might as wqell delete this then haha... oh well.

Jon's just a gym rat masquerading as a trad climber, don't listen to him.

Forgot to add, whatever part of the Monument Valley is on the res (all of it maybe?) is off limits to climbers. Unless you pay a local Native american guide, or something like that. Sure other people know a lot more.

Hard 9's easy 10's on chossy rock.

Sound's like you are climbing pretty well Phil!

Yeah, easy 5.10 trad on Mt Lemmon is kind of an oxymoron, especially on the old school routes, like on Chimney, the Pharaoh, etc..