Rock Climbing
The rock climbing courses offered are run throughout the UK and will be tailored to your own personal needs and current skills level. The content is always targeted to improving your skills base and hopefully therefore your grades. During this process you will gain in confidence and that is always helpful in the pursuit of improving grades and skills.
- Learning to lead on rock will teach you the skills required to get out and lead single pitches by yourself including gear placement, constructing belays, personal climbing skills and style, belaying skills plus much more.
- Learning to multi pitch climb gives you the skills to take to the big mountains and get onto the high crags including creating belays and swinging leads with your partner. Both of these will focus on the development of the confidence to do this. Remembering that climbing is nearly all in the head we will address these issues considerably during the training.
- Learning to scramble is again on the high mountains but we move faster and in a less formally structured format. This is very cool and allows you to do so many good mountains in the UK.
All of the above can be guided days or teaching days or a blend of the two, we will discuss this prior to the training, so don't worry. The locations will be defined by your dreams and of course the weather and we will discuss this as well prior to the training.
LEARNING TO LEAD CLIMB ON ROCK
This course will teach you all the skills you require to climb independently after the course. We will specifically look at belaying skills, placing protection, setting up belays, guidebook interpretation, safe climbing skills and personal climbing skills. Also weather prediction and how to improve the ‘head games’ of climbing.
Pre-requisites are that you have probably climbed indoors and want to progress outdoors.
| Cost | £300 per person |
|---|---|
| Maximum | 2 people |
| Minimum | 2 people |
| Duration | 4 days |
| Dates | The dates are not set so please just e-mail me and we can discuss and agree the date you particularly want. It's nice and easy really. |
| Gear to bring | Harness, belay plate and crab, rock shoes. Helmet |
| Not included | Travel to the crags, accommodation, food. |
| Included | Insurance, racks of gear for leading, first aid |
| Venues | Peak District, Lake District, Wales, Cornwall |
LEARNING TO MULTI PITCH CLIMB
This course is designed to give you confidence on large mountain rock faces which require the advanced skills of multi-pitch climbing. The main skills you will be taught are constructing belays and swapping leads as you progress. Also staying safe at height. The psychology of climbing will also be discussed as will personal climbing skills.
Pre requisites are that you may have climbed indoors and want a full on outdoor experience. Better it is that you have done a Learn to Lead course on single pitches first.
| Cost | £300 per person |
|---|---|
| Maximum | 2 people |
| Minimum | 2 people |
| Duration | 4 days |
| Dates | The dates are not set so please just e-mail me and we can discuss and agree the date you particularly want. It's nice and easy really. |
| Gear to bring | Harness, belay plate and crab, rock shoes. Helmet (if you have one), small rucksack (15-20 litre) |
| Not included | Travel to the crags, accommodation, food. |
| Included | Insurance, ropes, racks of gear for leading, first aid |
| Venues | Lake District, Wales, Cornwall, Scotland |
LEARNING TO SCRAMBLE
This course is designed to give you the confidence required in traversing some of our largest ridges in this country. It's not quite full-on climbing but it is full-on and we get to cover a huge amount of ground and a huge amount of skills. The main skills you will be taught are the skills of constructing belays and swapping leads as you progress but in a swift and safe manner of continuous moving.
| Cost | £300 per person |
|---|---|
| Maximum | 2 people |
| Minimum | 2 people |
| Duration | 4 days |
| Dates | The dates are not set so please just e-mail me and we can discuss and agree the date you particularly want. It's nice and easy really. |
| Gear to bring | Harness, belay plate and crab, rock shoes. Helmet (if you have one), small rucksack (15-20 litre) |
| Not included | Travel to the crags, accommodation, food. |
| Included | Insurance, ropes, racks of gear for leading, first aid |
| Venues | Peak District, Lake District, Wales, Cornwall, Scotland |