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Re:The Guy Who Invented the Belay Test–and the Modern Americ... by sfn42 on Sunday March 23, 2025 @05:59PM (#43456236)
In Norway there is a lead climbing certification. You attend and pass a weekend course including a final test, then you get a card. In order to be allowed to belay/lead climb in a gym you have to present this card. You can bring friends and let them top rope without the card, at least in some gyms, but the belayer needs to have the card. I think you can also climb on autobelay without the card.
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Re:The Guy Who Invented the Belay Test–and the Modern Americ... by mnky9800n on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @06:10PM (#43476581)
I have climbed in many gyms in Norway without this card. YMMV. But tbh there is so much good climbing around Oslo with a variety of rock as well. I don’t know why I ever climbed in a gym when I lived there.
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