Rock Skills Intermediate (2 days)

Session Overview

This course is set over two days. Rock Skills Intermediate courses are aimed at people with some experience of climbing who want to improve their movement skills, develop their ropework skills and learn about traditional protection. This is an ideal course for those who have a started climbing but want to make that next progression and begin to develop their skill set. You will cover: Background and Planning: Choosing a suitable venue, how to use guidebooks and mobile devices to find crags and routes, crag etiquette and the work of the mountaineering councils. Climbing Skills: Warming up and injury avoidance, developing your movement skills and widening your repertoire of climbing moves. Footwear and Equipment: Rock boot fit, selecting the right equipment for improved performance and an introduction to climbing protection. Technical Skills: Building anchors, selecting runners, ropework, belaying, holding falls, lowering, seconding a route and personal abseiling. Environmental Knowledge: The impact of climbers at the crag, ethics, access and environmental considerations. Hazards and Emergency Procedures: Identifying hazards, managing risk when climbing, abseiling and bouldering, understanding common injuries, how to get help and the role of Mountain Rescue. By the end of the course you can expect to: Have covered the course content in a safe and enjoyable outdoor environment and classroom-style setting; Have climbed outside for a good proportion of each day on an appropriate crag; Be in a strong position to second a lead climber on natural rock and participate safely in a climbing session. In addition, as a Mountain Training Skills course, you will also qualify for a 15% discount at Cotswold Outdoors and Snow and Rock both in store and on-line. This course requires a minimum of two bookings to run or £380 to be booked 1:1