Courses & Guiding - Week-Long Courses
This course is for complete beginners and relative novices who want to learn the skills, and experience the excitement and challenges of rock climbing. You will start the week among the soaring rock spires of Montserrat
before experiencing wild and remote places like the Red Mountain and the towering limestone cliffs of Terradets. Climbing amidst these beautiful and inspiring settings you will learn all the basic crag skills you need to climb safely, and have a chance to push yourself to the limit on the rock.
The course is structured to maximise the time you actually spend on the rock face, putting the skills into practice as they are acquired. You will gain a full understanding of the special equipment used for climbing, and how to use it safely. During the week, ascending memorable and atmospheric routes, you will discover the wide range of climbing styles and methods which go to make up the technical vocabulary of the accomplished rock climber. Included in this course is the opportunity to get a taste for the thrill of climbing long classic mountain routes, guided by your instructor. By the end of the week you will have internalised the fundamental skills, developed a more advanced climbing style and discovered the sheer pleasures of the sport.
Necessary and suggested equipment: On this course all the necessary equipment is provided.
Price: £569.00 per person, all-inclusive.
INTRODUCTION TO TRAD CLIMBING - THE NUTS AND BOLTS
This engaging week long course is for those with some climbing experience who want to be initiated into the world of traditional climbing. While enjoying excellent climbing in the spectacular settings of Catalunya's mountainous terrain, you will gain a thorough grounding in the serious, but exciting, world of trad climbing. The course combines a series of well designed workshops, on cracks, corners, grooves and aretes, giving you all the necessary tools and techniques to rise to the challenges offered by beautiful trad lines.
We start the week looking at basic crag skills and lead climbing, taking the time to establish these fundamentals depending upon your level of experience. The emphasis then turns to the techniques and skills specific to trad climbing. Practical exercises give you hands on experience of placing gear, as you learn all the essentials about runner placement and building safe anchors. You will become familiar with a full range of possible gear placements, using a wide range and variety of equipment. In addition, the important skill of self-assessing placements will be developed. All of this is put into practice as you face challenging anchor building exercises. During the week we will explore the practical considerations of placing runners on lead. Exercises on carefully selected routes provide you with an extensive experience of the various issues relating to trad leading. Here the emphasis falls on the psychology, control and the techniques necessary for a good trad climbing style.
Towards the end of the week you will get an opportunity to see how the protection and anchor building skills you have acquired can be applied to simple multi-pitch trad climbing. A guided instructional multi-pitch route will help you consolidate everything you have learnt. Trad climbing is a very serious undertaking and you need to learn it well. This systematic course has been carefully designed to ensure you do!
For detailed course contents see bolt-on unit descriptions for: Trad Climbing - Placing Protection and Building Anchors, Basic Crag Skills, Lead Climbing.
Necessary and suggested equipment: Harness, climbing shoes, and helmet are essential. Your own rope and basic rack are highly recommended.
Price: £569.00 per person, all-inclusive.
INTRODUCTION TO MULTI-PITCH CLIMBING - TAKING IT HIGHER
This week long course is for those with some climbing experience who want to discover the vertical world of long sheer walls, airy aretes, classic corners and dramatic mountain routes. The course consists entirely of guided and instructional climbs of numerous pitches and up to 200 metres in length, and crag based workshops. These combine to enable the students to learn how to choose appropriate routes, preparation for multi-pitch climbs, and all the skills needed on the route itself. During the course you will develop efficiency, fluid team work, free flowing rope management and confident route finding, all of which contribute towards completing longer routes successfully. We will also teach you a range of skills for dealing with special difficulties which can arise, increasing your levels of self-reliance and safety so that you can rise to ever greater challenges with confidence.
We start the week laying a foundation of basic crag skills and lead climbing, taking the time to establish these fundamentals depending upon your level of experience. The emphasis then turns to multi-pitch climbing. On guided instructional climbs participants carry out all the rope work and stance management for themselves, as if they were climbing as a self sufficient team. This method of instruction provides the ideal context for acquiring multi-pitch skills. On this course you will learn the skills and then put them into practice in real multi-pitch situations on excellent and atmospheric routes. Meanwhile, your instructor will closely supervise and ensure your safety throughout.
All of the routes we use for the course are exceptional climbs. The exact routes depending on location and itinerary. For example, at the Red Mountain you will climb the long classic White Corner, which towers above the plain. It is five pitches long and involves 150 metres of engaging climbing across impeccable faces and up a perfect and technically demanding corner. Topping out, the views to the north take in the majestic peaks of the high Pyrenees and the labyrinthine gorge and lake system below. In Montserrat , Esparraguera, considered a classic of the south faces, is another good example. It is six pitches long and involves 180 metres of excellent climbing on slabs, airy arete and an improbable final pitch! Reaching the top of the route we move a short distance along a ridge to reach a 150 metre three pitch abseil descent. This takes us to the descent path which winds through enchanted wooded gullies and dry river beds back to base. Over the course of the week you will climb a number of routes like these, presenting a range of technical challenges which will help you consolidate the skills you are learning. What better way to gain the skills necessary to become an accomplished multi-pitch climber?
For detailed course contents see bolt-on unit descriptions for: Multi-Pitch Climbing - Level 1, Multi-Pitch Climbing - Level 2, Basic Crag Skills, Lead Climbing.
Necessary and suggested equipment: Harness, climbing shoes, and helmet are essential. Your own rope and basic rack are highly recommended.
Price: £569.00 per person, all-inclusive.
A very intense week, full of special techniques and superb climbs, directed towards climbers already competent to lead F5+ or higher. The higher entry level for the course enables us to combine the systematic workshops included in both Multi-Pitch Units 1 and 2, with the Placing Protection and Anchor Building units. Taken together these units will give you a thorough grounding in the skills involved in the highly committing world of traditional multi-pitch climbing. Participants are carefully prepared for all the rigorous demands set by long trad routes, building them up to take on a great classic line such as the majestic Spur of the Wind by the end of the week.
On the first day we immediately get on a stunning 5 or 6 pitch route where we establish the fundamental multi-pitch climbing techniques which will inform the week to come. Attention then turns to the techniques of placing traditional protection and more complex anchor building. We take these skills onto the rock initially in a single pitch environment, and then on progressively more complex and longer multi-pitch climbs during the week.
The course also includes a full day of self rescue techniques and exercises applying these to long routes.
For detailed course content see bolt-on unit descriptions for Multi-Pitch Climbing - Level 1, Multi-Pitch Climbing - Level 2, Trad Climbing - Placing Protection and Anchor Building, and Self-Reliance and Self-Rescue.
Necessary and suggested equipment: Harness, climbing shoes, and helmet are essential. Your own rope or double ropes and basic rack are highly recommended.
Price: £569.00 per person, all-inclusive.
MASTERING MULTI-PITCH CLIMBING
This exciting and in-depth week long course has been devised for competent single pitch climbers wanting to master the complex and satisfying art of multi-pitch climbing. If you aspire to climb classic lines up big imposing faces in good style, then this course is ideal for you. Over the course of the week you will learn, and put into practice, multi-pitch and self rescue techniques, while climbing superb lines of up to 12 pitches and 350 metres long. Through crag based workshops and guided instructional climbs you will build up the confidence and expertise to not only complete long routes safely and enjoyably, but also to get out of trouble if needs be.
We start the course with a guided multi-pitch climb designed to demonstrate all the techniques which you will be taught in detail over the week. A typical route for this day is The Vulture: imagine a red diagonal scar of limestone, a traversing line which slowly rises above the wooded slopes of the valley below; 200 metres of climbing beneath a monumental roof system, involving belays in cave mouths and a final soaring vertical crack. Seriously atmospheric, but with no technical challenges above 5+, such a route will help us get acquainted with the basic skills.
Having set the standard on Day One, the following days continue with equally exciting instructional climbs and workshops, where you will carry out all the multi-pitch manoeuvres yourself. The method of instruction enables participants to climb as if they were a self sufficient team, while being closely supervised by an instructor. In this way you will develop and consolidate important multi-pitch skills such as: setting up secure belays, quickly and safely changing over the lead, and good rope and stance management.
With the foundation of basic skills established we begin to introduce a range of special techniques and tips. With these in hand you will be able to become more highly efficient, climbing with refined and free flowing rope work, and well honed and collaborative team work. You will discover how multi-pitch routes can embody the sheer pleasure of real climbing, rather than the anxious and tangled struggle so often experienced by the uninitiated!
You will also spend time learning the important skills of greater self-reliance and self-rescue. We start by introducing the most essential techniques that make self-rescue possible, before dealing with how these elements are combined to perform complex manoeuvres, such as belay escapes, lowers involving knot passes and counter-balanced abseils. These newly learnt techniques are then taken out onto a multi-pitch route, where we simulate and devise appropriate responses to realistic scenarios necessitating self-rescue.
Unless participants are already proficient in the placement of traditional protection, the course is taught entirely on equipped routes. Instruction in the basics of trad placements is not included in the week. This allows greater attention to be given over to the issues specific to climbing routes up to a day in length. It also enables us to give more time to exploring the self-reliance and self rescue techniques, of great importance to those wanting to take on bigger challenges. For those with sufficient trad experience, trad routes can be incorporated into the itinerary. This makes the course very suitable for either those with a solid foundation in trad climbing who want to take on more, and/or those whose ambitions are focused on enjoying equipped multi-pitch routes.
All in all, the course will give you an exceptional array of tools applicable to the challenges set by long climbs. The week generally ends with a great climb suitable to your ability, offering a range of challenges bringing together and consolidating all you have learnt. Finishing off with the powerful experience of completing a regional classic like the 350 metre long Voodoo Knights, should leave you ready to embark on many future adventures.
For detailed course content see bolt-on unit descriptions for: Multi-Pitch Climbing - Level 1, Multi-Pitch Climbing - Level 2, and Self-Reliance and Self-Rescue.
Necessary and suggested equipment: Harness, climbing shoes, and helmet, are essential. Your own rope and basic rack are highly recommended.
Price: £569.00 per person, all-inclusive.
Courses & Guiding - Long-Weekend Courses
A long weekend course for complete beginners and relative novices who want to learn the skills, and experience the excitement and challenges of rock climbing. Amidst the soaring rock spires of Montserrat, you will learn the basic crag skills you need to climb safely, and have a chance to push yourself to the limit on the rock.
We maximise the time you spend on the rockface, putting the skills into practice as they are acquired. You will gain a full understanding of the equipment used for climbing, and how to use it safely. On memorable and atmospheric routes, you will be exposed to the wide range of climbing styles and methods which go to make up the technical vocabulary of the accomplished rock climber. By the end of the weekend you will have learnt the fundamental skills, begun to develop a your rock climbing style, and experienced the sheer pleasures of the sport.
Necessary and suggested equipment: On this course all the necessary equipment is provided.
Price: £369.00 per person, all-inclusive.
MULTI-PITCH CLIMBING LONG WEEKEND
A long weekend course for those with some basic climbing experience who want to discover the vertical world of sheer walls, airy aretes, classic corners and dramatic long routes. The course consists entirely of crag based workshops and guided instructional climbs of numerous pitches and up to 200 metres in length. These combine to enable the students to learn: how to choose appropriate routes; preparation for multi-pitch climbs; the skills needed on the route; and good systems of communication between climbing partners. During the course you will develop efficiency, fluid team work, free flowing rope management and confident route finding, all of which contribute towards completing long routes successfully. We will also teach you basic skills for dealing with special difficulties which can arise, increasing your levels of self-reliance and safety so that you can rise to ever greater challenges with confidence.
The first afternoon is spent with some easy climbing and a look at basic crag skills and lead climbing, taking the time to establish these fundamentals depending upon your level of experience. The emphasis then turns to multi-pitch climbing. On guided instructional climbs participants carry out all the rope work and stance management for themselves, as if they were climbing as a self sufficient team. This method of instruction provides the ideal context for aquiring multi-pitch skills. On this course you will learn the skills and then put them into practice in a variety of real multi-pitch situations on excellent routes of quality and atmosphere. Meanwhile, your instructor will closely supervise and ensure your continual safety throughout.
All of the routes we use for the course are exceptional climbs in themselves. The exact routes depending on location and itinerary. In Montserrat, one such route is Esparraguera, considered a classic of the south faces. It is six pitches long and involves 180 metres of excellent climbing on slabs, airy arete and an improbable final pitch! Reaching the top of the route we move a short distance along a ridge to reach a 150 metre three pitch abseil descent. This takes us to the descent path which winds through enchanted wooded gulleys and dry river beds back to base. Routes like this raise a range of technical challenges helping you to consolidate all the appropriate skills you will be taught. What better way to gain the skills necessary for multi-pitch climbing?
For detailed course contents see bolt-on unit descriptions for: Multi-Pitch Climbing - Level 1 and Multi-Pitch Climbing - Level 2.
Necessary and suggested equipment: Harness, climbing shoes, and helmet, are essential. Your own rope and basic rack are highly recommended.
Price: £369.00 per person, all-inclusive.
This long weekend course is for those with some basic climbing experience who want to be initiated into the world of traditional climbing. While enjoying excellent climbing in the spectacular surroundings of Montserrat , you will gain a grounding in the serious, but exciting, world of trad climbing. The course combines a series of well designed workshops, on cracks, corners, grooves and aretes, giving you the necessary tools and techniques to rise to the challenges offered by beautiful trad lines.
The first afternoon is spent climbing and looking at basic crag skills taking the time to establish these fundamentals depending upon your level of experience. The next day the emphasis turns to the techniques and skills specific to trad climbing. Practical exercises give you hands on experience of placing gear, as you learn all the essentials about runner placement and building safe anchors. You will become familiar with a full range of possible gear placements, using a wide range and variety of equipment. In addition, the important skill of self-assessing placements will be developed. All of this is put into practice as you face challenging anchor building exercises. As the weekend progresses we go on to explore the practical considerations of placing runners on lead. Exercises on carefully selected routes provide you with experience of the issues relating to trad leading. Here the emphasis falls on the psychology, control and the techniques necessary for a good trad climbing style.
For detailed course contents see bolt-on unit descriptions for: Trad Climbing - Placing Protection and Building Anchors.
Necessary and suggested equipment: Harness, climbing shoes, and helmet are essential. Your own rope and basic rack are highly recommended.
Price: £369.00 per person, all-inclusive.
SPORTS CLIMBING IMPROVEMENT LONG WEEKEND
Reached a plateau and can't make that breakthrough to the next level? Not quite sure what is holding you back? If your sports climbing matters to you and you want to learn to climb to your maximum potential then this is the course for you. Whether you climb F5+ or F6c we can help you to identify your strengths and weaknesses and to improve your overall sports climbing performance. The course is completely hands-on and involves you climbing superb routes carefully selected by us to not only test and challenge you, but also to introduce new concepts and techniques which will help you make that quantum leap to the next performance level.
The first afternoon is spent climbing a variety of state-of-the-art sports routes demanding the use of a wide range of climbing styles. This helps us to assess your strengths and weaknesses so that over the next few days we can work on reinforcing and expanding the positive aspects of your climbing while eliminating the bad habits and psychological doubts that contribute to under par performance. The course addresses all the issues critical to high performance sports climbing: appropriate route selection and realistic target setting; preparing mentally and physically for hard climbs; how to develop an effective on-sight climbing strategy; optimal lead climbing techniques including clipping best-practice and knowing how to fall; the use of red-pointing to promote mind/body synthesis; and winning the head game by learning to distinguish between reasonable and unreasonable fear. All in all a very complete long-weekend that will get you pushing the grades.
Necessary and suggested equipment: Harness and climbing shoes. Your own rope is highly recommended.
Price: £369.00 per person, all-inclusive. Max 2:1 ratio.
Whatever you learn about climbing, nothing can be more important than knowing how to get yourself and your partner out of serious difficulty if it arises. If you enjoy climbing and want to ensure longevity in your climbing career, this unit of instruction is indispensable.
A minimum two day unit introduces you to the most essential techniques that make self rescue possible. We begin by becoming fully acquainted with all the state of the art anchor building methods and rope management systems, without which any self rescue efforts can be seriously compromised and unnecessarily complicated. We will show you well devised systems for effecting belay escapes and establishing a baseline from which to make smooth transitions to a variety of essential manoeuvres. Systems for mechanical advantage raises (hauling) and lowering, performing counter balanced and simultaneous abseils, effecting lowers involving knot passes and other techniques will also be learnt. To maximise self reliance, the methods taught can be applied using no more than the standard elements of a conventional rack.
Incorporated into the course are a number of rescue problem solving scenarios, devised to address some of the most commonly encountered difficulties on the wall. As with all our courses, time on the rock is maximised to ensure you learn in a real climbing context. This is the course you want all your climbing partners to have done!
For detailed course contents see description of bolt-on unit: Self-Reliance and Self-Rescue.
Necessary and suggested equipment: Harness, climbing shoes, and helmet, are essential. Your own rope and basic rack are highly recommended.
Price: £369.00 per person, all-inclusive.
Courses & Guiding - Bolt-On Units
MULTI-PITCH CLIMBING - LEVEL 1
If you want to make the most of the tremendous multi-pitch climbing here, but need to learn, develop or consolidate the necessary skills, this one day unit is ideal. The day is designed to give competent single pitch climbers the basic skills to embark upon multi-pitch climbs with confidence. We start with a morning workshop at the base of the crag, followed by a guided instructional climb of five or six pitches and of 150 to 180 metres in length. These combine to enable the students to learn: how to choose appropriate routes; preparation for a multi-pitch climb; basic specific skills needed on the route; the importance of systematic communication between climbing partners on multi-pitch routes.
The method of instruction provides the ideal context for acquiring multi-pitch skills. Participants carry out all the rope work and stance management for themselves, as if they were climbing as a self sufficient team. On this course you will learn the skills and then put them into practice in a real multi-pitch situation on a great route of quality and atmosphere. Meanwhile, your instructor will closely supervise and ensure your continual safety throughout.
All of the routes we use for the course are exceptional climbs in themselves. The exact route depends on location and trip itinerary. In Montserrat, for example, we climb Esparraguera, considered a classic of the south faces. It is six pitches long and involves 180 metres of excellent climbing on slabs, airy arete and a final pitch of exciting corner climbing. Reaching the top of the route we move a short distance along a ridge to reach a 150 metre three pitch abseil descent. The climb raises a range of technical challenges which will consolidate a wide range of appropriate skills. What better way to gain the basics necessary to become a competent multi-pitch climber?
Course contents include:
Preparation
Choosing a route
Interpreting topos and guide books
Finding the route and anticipating the descent
Assessing what to take
StrategiesOn the route
Getting off the ground
Setting up the belay system
Methods and devices for belaying the second
Rope and stance management
Topping out
Issues of climbing long routes as a secondCommunication
Systems for ensuring optimal communication among the climbing team
Cost: £75.00 per person, or taken in conjunction with Level 2 £125.00, max 2:1 ratio.
MULTI-PITCH CLIMBING - LEVEL 2
Efficiency, fluid team work, free flowing rope management and confident route finding all contribute to completing long routes successfully. In Level 2 we help you hone the basic skills and add methods and tips which help everything come together even more smoothly.
In addition multi-pitch climbing can involve a serious level of potential hazard and commitment. Increasing your levels of self-reliance and safety will enable you to rise to ever greater challenges with confidence. We will introduce you to a range of skills for dealing with special difficulties which can arise. Learning how best to abandon a route safely, methods of rope ascension and descent amongst other skills can help to get you out of some potentially sticky situations.
As with Level 1 the course involves some workshop time, but the emphasis remains on putting the skills into practice in a real multi-pitch climbing situation. You will learn some ingeniously simple techniques giving you greater control over the multi-pitch environment, while enjoying another great classic outing.
Course contents include:
Methods for greater efficiency
Honing stance management
The place of multi-tasking
Slick change-overs
Special rope management considerations
Developing fluid teamwork
Improved route finding ability
Topos revisitedSelf reliance and dealing with special difficulties
Use of munter hitch
Methods for ascending and descending ropes
More knots
How to abandon routes safely
Building more complex anchors and use of cordelette
Appropriate use of double ropes and auxiliary cords
Cost: £75.00 per person, or taken in conjunction with Level 1 £125.00, max 2:1 ratio.
TRAD CLIMBING - PLACING PROTECTION AND BUILDING ANCHORS
This engaging two day unit takes you through a series of well designed workshops which will give you a thorough grounding in the serious, but exciting, world of trad climbing. Beginning with a series of practical exercises giving you hands on experience of placing gear, you will learn all the essentials about runner placement and building safe and simple anchors. During the morning of the first day you will become familiar with a full range of possible gear placements, using a wide range and variety of equipment. In addition, the important skill of self-assessing placements will be developed. In the afternoon you can put all this into practice as you face the challenge of anchor building exercises. On day two we will explore the practical considerations of placing runners on lead. You will apply all you have learnt so far in several exercises providing you with an extensive experience of the issues relating to trad leading. Here the emphasis falls on the psychology, control and the techniques necessary for a good trad climbing style. This will help consolidate the systematic training which the unit has been developed to ensure.
Course contents include:
Philosophy and Psychology of Trad Climbing
The trad climbing ethos
A higher risk gamePlacing protection
Understanding the gear on your rack and how to use it
Assessing placement integrity and strength
Organising your rackBuilding Anchors
Understanding the importance of good anchors
Connecting the pieces
Methods of anchor construction
Key concepts
Attachment to the anchors and methods of belaying the secondPlacing Runners on Lead
Choosing a rack for particular routes
Trad climbing strategies
Getting off the ground
Special techniques for placing protection on lead
Clipping, extending and managing rope drag
Protecting the second
Cost: £125.00 per person, max 2:1 ratio.
Get on the sharp end with this full day unit focusing on all the issues surrounding lead climbing. Taught entirely on truly excellent and well bolted sports routes, you will be introduced to all the fundamental skills such as clipping, reading the route onsight, and threading. Helping you build confidence, we look at how to develop a successful lead climbing strategy through self assessment and realistic target setting. You will also learn how to utilise red-pointing to improve your onsight climbing. Addressing the psychological challenges we look at the important synthesis of mind and body, winning the head game and distinguishing between reasonable and unreasonable fear.
Course contents include:
Fundamental skills
Use of devices when belaying a leader
Catching a fall
Understanding lower-offs
Threading procedures
Clipping runnersRisk management
Assess the safety of equipped routes
Recognising the level of seriousness
Choosing routes
Knowing how to fall!Climbing on lead
Optimal clipping
Mental preparation and strategy development
Target setting
Use of red-pointing
Onsight skills
Using the synthesis of mind and body
Winning the head game
Cost: £75.00 per person, max 2:1 ratio.
BASIC CRAG SKILLS - THE TRANSITION TO OUTDOOR CLIMBING
If you have experience of climbing at indoor climbing walls or are a relative newcomer to the sport, this day long unit will introduce you to all the basic skills needed to climb outdoors with a high degree of self-reliance and safety. The entire day is spent at the crag where everything can be learnt in a spectacular setting on great rock. The day begins focusing on recognising the potential hazards of the outdoor climbing environment and how to deal with them. It provides a thorough understanding of all the necessary equipment and its safe use. All of this is taught in a manner which enables you to quickly get on the rock and learn while enjoying the climbing. As the day goes on we turn our attention towards the technical demands that the features of real rock place upon your climbing style. We choose routes which allow you to hone the techniques specific to slabs, flakes, corners, cracks and faces. By the evening your discovery of the attraction and challenges of real rock will have truly begun.
Course contents include:
Preparing to Climb
Seriousness of the climbing environment
Recognising hazards
Appropriate equipment and how to use it
Choosing routes and sectorsStarting to Climb
Understanding and using in-situ anchors
Setting up top ropes
Importance of good communication
Belaying top ropes
Lowering safely and descentStyle and technique on real rock
Route interpretation and strategy
Climbing in three dimensions
Reading rock quality
Special techniques on slabs, flakes, cracks, corners and face climbs
Cost: £75.00 per person, max 4:1 ratio.
Whatever you learn about climbing, nothing can be more important than knowing how to get yourself and your partner out of serious difficulty if it arises. If you enjoy climbing and want to ensure longevity in your climbing career, this unit of instruction is indispensable.
A minimum two day unit introduces you to the most essential techniques that make self rescue possible. We begin by becoming fully acquainted with all the state of the art anchor building methods and rope management systems, without which any self rescue efforts can be seriously compromised and unnecessarily complicated. We will show you well devised systems for effecting belay escapes and establishing a baseline from which to make smooth transitions to a variety of essential manoeuvres. Systems for mechanical advantage raises (hauling) and lowering, performing counter balanced and simultaneous abseils, effecting lowers involving knot passes and other techniques will also be learnt. To maximise self reliance, the methods taught can be applied using no more than the standard elements of a conventional rack.
Incorporated into the course are a number of rescue problem solving scenarios, devised to address some of the most commonly encountered difficulties on the wall. As with all our courses, time on the rock is maximised to ensure you learn in a real climbing context. This is the course you want all your climbing partners to have done!
Course contents include:
Fundamentals of self rescue
Optimal anchor building and rope management
The importance of hyper efficiency
Assessing the situation and how to respond appropriately
Special knots for improvised self assistance
Methods of rope ascent and descent
Belay escape
Transitions to and from a baseline
Methods of lowering
Mechanical advantage raises/ hauling
Lowers involving knot pass
Counter balanced and simultaneous abseils
Cost: £125.00 per person, max 2:1 ratio.
CLIMBING PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT CLINIC
Our climbing clinics are a great way to start your holiday, developing and consolidating the specific skills and techniques that you feel most need improvement. Whether you want to learn new concepts and techniques that will help you push your grades on sports climbs, or whether you want to sharpen-up your rope-work and increase your overall efficiency on multi-pitch routes, we can make it happen. Personal, one to one, tuition means that we can address the issues that most concern you.
Please contact us to discuss your particular needs and requirements.
Want the chance to climb outdoors but still building up the confidence to lead? Want to push your grades? Top Rope Provision includes top rope set-up on enough appropriate single pitch routes (up to 30 metres long) to challenge and entertain you on each day of your stay. You can work these routes and develop the confidence to lead them, use them for training, or for developing specific techniques. Normally this involves providing up to 6 routes per day, which is usually enough to keep you more than busy!
Cost: £50.00 per person per week. Minimum 2 people.
