If you've spent time climbing indoors or sport climbing outdoors, moving into traditional climbing can feel like a big step. The climbing itself might not be dramatically harder. In fact, you may already have the movement skills needed to climb many moderate trad routes. What changes is everything around the climbing. Instead of clipping bolts that are already in the wall, you have to decide where to place protection, assess whether it is good, build belays, manage ropes and

North Wales is one of the best places in the UK to learn trad climbing. From roadside crags and short multi-pitch routes to classic mountain cliffs, there is an enormous variety of climbing within a relatively small area. For someone making the transition from indoor or sport climbing to traditional climbing, though, that choice can be a little overwhelming. Not every famous North Wales crag is a good place to learn, and some of the area's most impressive climbing is better s

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