Rock Skills Learn to Lead Sport

Rock Skills Learn to Lead - Sport Climbing

Mountain Training Rock Skills courses provide a progressive introduction to the basic skills and techniques of rock climbing, which will help you stay safe, enjoy climbing to the full and provide the foundation required for participation and development of your own rock climbing activities.

Rock Skills Learn to Lead Sport Climbs courses are ideal for people who are ready to progress to leading sport routes on rock,

improve their lead climbing confidence or refresh their leading skills.

Climbing Experience Required

Essential
Have logged 20 indoor or outdoor climbs
Have belayed on at least 20 occasions
Desirable
Completion of a Rock Skills Intermediate course

During this two-day course we'll cover the following:

  • Background and Planning. Choosing suitable venues and routes, how to use guidebooks and mobile devices to find crags and routes, crag etiquette, the importance of the climbing partnership, the work of the mountaineering councils.
  • Climbing Skills. Safe and assured movement on the lead and optimising natural rests for clipping bolts
  • Equipment. Ropes and technical equipment for sport climbing.
  • Technical Skills. Fixed equipment, anchors, ropework, belaying, holding/taking falls in a controlled environment, lowering, lower offs and abseiling.
  • Environmental Knowledge. The impact of climbers at the crag, ethics, access and environmental considerations for climbers.
  • Hazards and Emergency Procedures. Identifying hazards, decision making and managing risk, understanding common injuries, what to do in the event of an incident, managing common problems, how to get help and the role of the Mountain Rescue.

And by the end of our two-day Rock Skills Learn to Lead Sport 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; and
  • Be in a strong position to lead bolted sport routes on rock and indoors, using appropriate techniques and safe practice.

Course Dates and Locations for 2024

All of our Rock Skills Learn to Lead Sport courses are based in the Yorkshire Dales or Lake District We meet for a chat over coffee and a short indoor session at Ingleton Wall before heading out to a suitable crag for the day. The crags we choose will depend on the weather a fair bit, but we could go onto limestone at Castleberg Crag, Giggleswick, or Warton, or perhaps slate in the Lake District. There's loads of great venues to choose from in this area.

July 10th & 11th 3 places available

Course Fee

2-day course - £230 per person (2 people minimum, 3 maximum)


Our Rock Skills Learn to Lead Sport courses are two-days long. We start with a short indoor session at the Ingleton Wall, then spend the rest of the course at suitable outside crag locations.

How to Book

Our Rock Skills course are for adults only.


To book a place on a Rock Skills Learn to Lead Sport course, or to discuss any rock climbing course with us, contact us by email, through our contact form or call now on 07498 058912.

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