领攀 (lead climbing)

在我当地的攀岩馆，我最近参加了一个领攀课。

我常常用顶绳（toprope)攀岩。大多人这样子室内攀岩，但是这个办法在户外不方便。你需要走到攀的上面准备锚，然后你能开始攀岩。为了开始领攀，你只需要走到攀的底面。为此，大多要攀岩户外的人都决定领攀。

两个办法需要一个保护者(belayer)，就是一个拿绳索的人万一攀岩人摔倒。

领攀涉及很多复杂动作。我没有所有正确的词。我只说，领攀是非常可怕的，比顶绳可怕多了。在顶绳中，如果你掉你只掉不远。不过在领攀中，你有时会掉得很远。

在这门课，我们需要练习摔倒了。我们都攀了四十英尺墙上，然后故意摔倒了。保护者接了攀岩人，所以他只掉二十英尺。

轮到我时，我没有问题攀路了，但是我到攀岩顶的时候，我非常害怕了。我必须强迫自己放开了。当我掉下来时我眼睛睁不开了。当然我的保护者把我接了，但是我希望了我不会如此害怕。

我想要去我第一次户外攀岩旅程，可以今秋。即使我不会领攀，我想知道如何保护其他攀岩人。只第一个攀岩人需要领攀，所有后的人可以用顶绳。

At my local gym, I recently took a lead climbing class.

I often climb on toprope. Most people climb indoors this way, but it's not very convenient outdoors. You have to walk to the top of the climb and prepare the anchor, then you can start climbing. To lead climb, all you have to do is walk to the base of the climb. For this reason, most people who climb outdoors choose to lead climb.

Both methods require a belayer, someone to hold the rope in case the climber falls.

Lead climbing involves many complicated actions. I don't have all the right words for it. I'll just say, lead climbing is really scary, much scarier than toproping. On toprope, if you fall you only fall a short distance. However, on lead, you sometimes can fall very far.

In this class, we had to practice taking falls. We all climbed 40 feet to the top of the wall, then intentionally fell. The belayer caught the climber, so they only fell about 20 feet.

When it was my turn, I had no trouble climbing the route, but when I got to the top of the climb I got really scared. I needed to force myself to let go. I couldn't keep my eyes open while I fell. Of course, my belayer caught me, but I wish I weren't so scared.

I want to go on my first climbing trip, maybe sometime this fall. Even if I don't lead climb, I want to know how to belay other climbers. Only the first climber has to lead, then all those afterward can use a toprope.