Become the rock climber you’ve always dreamed of being!

Rock climbing is all about progression, fun, and developing your skills to take on those big mountain objectives you’ve only dreamt of. Learn the critical skills and know-how you need in this four day course and become the best climber you can be. There’s no better fast track to becoming a solid rock climber than getting fully immersed in the sport for a week with a professional instructor who cares about your development. If you’re looking for a stellar climbing course where you can gain technical skills, advance your climbing movement, and benefit from the guided instruction of a professional guide, look no further.

On the day of the course, we will work on climbing movement skills and body positioning. If you’re a little rusty or looking for tips to improve your technical skills, we’ll review lead and top-rope belaying, rope management, and some common knots used in climbing. Day 2 is all about rock rescue, common rescue scenarios, and solidifying our understanding of knots and hitches. Throughout day 3 of the course, you’ll learn the skills needed to build anchors with a variety of materials that are commonly used in outdoor climbing. To wrap up day 4, you’ll practice jamming cracks of all different sizes and continue working on rock climbing movement.

This climbing progression series is a sure way to take your climbing to the next level in a very short period of time. It’s a great way to quickly improve your climbing ability, meet new climbing partners, and gain essential technical climbing skills.

Sample Itinerary:

Day 1
After meeting your guide and the rest of the course participants, we will head out for a full day of climbing. We will work on movement skills and body positioning along with a review of belaying, rope management, and climbing knots.

Day 2
Learn the crucial skills and techniques needed for rock rescue scenarios. You will learn and practice advanced knots and hitches and begin to apply them to self rescue, partner assistance, and emergency scenarios.

Day 3
Learn about and practice building anchors common to outdoor rock climbing. Both top rope and multipitch anchors are discussed in depth.

Day 4
The objective today is to solidify advanced techniques needed to climb cracks of all different sizes. We will work on jamming hand and feet, unique body positioning needed for crack climbing, and how to move efficiently.

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Prerequisites:

Participants should be able to comfortably climb 5.7 outdoors on a top rope as well as have experience with basic climbing systems such as belaying, tying knots, and equipment usage.