l wanna start rock climbing, but I am a total beginner and none of my friends rock climb or wanna start. l can not find any beginner classes for it in San Francisco, so what do l do?

find some rocks and climb them

l googled ''climbing walls in san francisco'' If you hang out at a climbing wall and show interest, someone will help you.

Most start at an indoor climbing gym. You can go and learn how to belay and some climbing technique. Get shoes and a harness and learn at the gym and meet others that you might want to climb with outdoors.

You can also take an outdoor rock climbing course - there are some at Donner Summit about 150 miles from you - that is where l learned to climb.

http://alpineskills.com/rc_rock_intro.html

Good Luck

If there are indoor climbing walls in San Francisco, this would be a good place to start. I've not seen a wall yet that does not offer climbing tutorials (it is a good way to make money), but if there are none then leave a note on their noticeboard saying that you're after a belay partner to help you begin climbing, l am sure someone would offer, especially if you offered a small financial or food/beer incentive!

The best way to get into the sport of rock climbing is to get a membership at a local indoor gym if u have one near by. Most offer classes that u can take & they very with skill & what u want to do. l see too many people come into the gym to learn, but just so they can tell their friends that they know how to climb. If u really want to get into it(and u should.its fun :) then l recommend a course that u can take with as few amount of people as possible. This will give u more time with the instructor. An important thing to have in climbing is a buddy who can give u a belay & then u can belay him, but not necessary. Check ur local gym to see if they rent equipment because u will need a harness & shoes. Once u learn to belay & get checked u can climb away.

If u do not have a buddy willing to climb that is not a big problem some gyms have auto belays which belay u as u climb automatically. Also, depending on the gym u go to, people r usually very nice & u can meet friends there who r more than willing to give u a belay.

l am an idiot though & just read the rest of ur details. Well ur best option is to go to a local gym & ask around either to the workers or the climbers where u can go for lessons(there defiantly will be some near you). Paying for lessons sometimes is not even neccesary if u can find someone willing to teach u to climb.

If ur local gym that u find does not rent gear u can ask them for what gear to buy.A nice comfortable harness is good to start along with a firmer pair of rock climbing shoes(most places will have gym belay devices but make sure to ask). Make sure that ur rock climbing shoes r extremely tight fitting almost painful.

If u truely cannot find a place that offers belay courses, which u should be able to find, look for a gym with auto-belays which u dont need to know how to belay or tie knots for u just need ur gear. Onther option if u learn to belay(which is not hard in the least) r clip & goes where u dont need to know how to tie knots, u clip in & have someone belay you.

My best advise is to find a good local gym & ask questions. The internet also helps getting going after u learn with many web-sites like rockclimbing.com. Do not give up & l am sure u will love it once u get started.

look for a climbing gym in ur area. it depends on what u want to do. if u want to climb sport, trad, or bouldering. if u find a gym u could see if they have any classes avalable. if u can find any classes just go to the gym & start to climb by ur self. then u find some friends at the gym who would be willing to teach u or go climbing with. compeating is fun if at first u do not want to compeat the u could go & wathch some comps. to see what they r like. the national wabsites is usaclimbing.org. there is sport where u lead climb wall routes SCS & the boulering which is ABS