This Learn to Lead Sport Climbing Course in Devon, Dorset or in South Wales is designed to build on your existing skills as a climber and work towards becoming a well rounded climber. Sport climbing is a great way to develop your climbing movement, strength and endurance for other forms of climbing. It's also a great way to spend summer days, chilling at a crag with friends, ticking routes with low stress levels! You will learn essential sport climbing techniques, such as how to clip bolts, how to thread a lower off, using a clip stick and sport climbing tactics.
By the end of this course, you will have safely led your first sport route, threaded lower offs, challenged yourself and had fun!
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£150pp*
1 Day
1:4
* Price indicated is for public course dates. For private/bespoke/1:1 bookings, prices start FROM £250 per day, +£30 per person extra per day.
Get in touch to enquire or click the BESPOKE BOOKING button above.
1-DAY LEARN TO LEAD
COURSE OVERVIEW:
This course is for competent indoor lead climber wanting to progress to outdoor sport climber. You will learn how to safely lead sport climbs on single pitch crags on the beautiful crags of Devon, Dorset or South Wales.
This course is run in the South West of England or in South Wales, home to stunning scenery and excellent climbing on limestone and sandstone. For learn to lead sport climbing courses in other areas of the UK, such as the North Wales slate quarries, get in touch to book a bespoke option.
WHO'S IT FOR?
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This learn to lead sport climbing course is aimed at climbers who have experience lead climbing indoors and wanting to take their indoor strength outdoors!
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Trad climbers looking to develop their climbing to improve their trad climbing
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An individual who wants to go on a sport climbing trip abroad in the winter with friends (think of it as learning to ski on a dry ski slope in the UK before going on your first skiing holiday!)
COURSE CONTENT:
On this learn to lead course, we will cover most the following skills:
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Choosing a route and interpreting guidebooks
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Movement and footwork on rock
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Resting on a route
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Efficient climbing movement
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Equipment selection
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Clipping whilst leading
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Threading a lower off
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Checking fixed equipment
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Dynamic belaying
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Falling
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Rope Management
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Setting up bottom ropes on sport climbs
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Retrieval of equipment from a route
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Clip sticking
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Lowering a climber
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Climbing calls and communication
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Lots of climbing
WHAT TO EXPECT:
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A full day of instruction, clipping bolts in the South West
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A focus on building confidence in lead climbing
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Progressive learning in climbing techniques
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A focus on managing fear and moving efficiently and safely on climbs
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Safe, friendly atmosphere with others passionate about climbing
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A focus on your safety
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Opportunities to build confidence on the rock under the watchful eye of an experienced Mountaineering Instructor
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Small group ratio to focus on your personalised instruction
2-DAY LEARN TO LEAD
£260pp*
2 Days
1:4
* Price indicated is for public course dates. For private/bespoke/1:1 bookings, prices start FROM £250 per day, +£30 per person extra per day.
Get in touch to enquire or click the BESPOKE BOOKING button above.
COURSE OVERVIEW:
This 2 day course is for competent indoor lead climber wanting to progress to outdoor sport climber. You will learn how to safely lead sport climbs on single pitch crags on the beautiful crags of Devon, Dorset or South Wales. This course is spread over 2 days to gain more experience and to consolidate skills.
This course is run in the South West of England or in South Wales, home to stunning scenery and excellent climbing on limestone and sandstone. For learn to lead sport climbing courses in other areas of the UK, such as the North Wales slate quarries, get in touch to book a bespoke option.
WHO'S IT FOR?
-
This learn to lead sport climbing course is aimed at climbers who have experience lead climbing indoors and wanting to take their indoor strength outdoors!
-
Trad climbers looking to develop their climbing to improve their trad climbing
-
An individual who wants to go on a sport climbing trip abroad in the winter with friends (think of it as learning to ski on a dry ski slope in the UK before going on your first skiing holiday!)
COURSE CONTENT:
On this learn to lead course, we will cover most the following skills:
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Choosing a route and interpreting guidebooks
-
Movement and footwork on rock
-
Resting on a route
-
Efficient climbing movement
-
Equipment selection
-
Clipping whilst leading
-
Threading a lower off
-
Checking fixed equipment
-
Dynamic belaying
-
Falling
-
Rope Management
-
Setting up bottom ropes on sport climbs
-
Retrieval of equipment from a route
-
Clip sticking
-
Lowering a climber
-
Climbing calls and communication
-
Lots of climbing
WHAT TO EXPECT:
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2 full days of instruction, clipping bolts in the South West
-
A focus on building confidence in lead climbing
-
Progressive learning in climbing techniques
-
A focus on managing fear and moving efficiently and safely on climbs
-
Safe, friendly atmosphere with others passionate about climbing
-
A focus on your safety
-
Opportunities to build confidence on the rock under the watchful eye of an experienced Mountaineering Instructor
-
Small group ratio to focus on your personalised instruction
£260pp*
2 Days
1:2
* Price indicated is for public course dates. For private/bespoke/1:1 bookings, prices start FROM £250 per day, +£30 per person extra per day.
Get in touch to enquire or click the BESPOKE BOOKING button above.
Intro to Multi-pitch Sport Climbing
This intro to multipitch sport climbing course is designed to get you ready to head abroad and climb long, multipitch sport routes in the sunshine! Multipitch sport routes are pretty rare in the UK. Our sport crags are 'small' (compared to Europe and the rest of the world), and usually a 60m rope will see you up and down most sport climbs in the UK. With that in mind, we do have some multipitch routes at an amendable grade to practice on before heading to places like Spain!
This is a 2 day course, which allows us plenty of time to go through all the skills you'll need to safely climb your first multipitch sport route. If you already posses some multipitch skills, possibly from a trad background, get in touch to enquire about a 1 day course.
WHO'S IT FOR?
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This intro to multipitch sport climbing course is for climbers who have single pitch sport climbing experience and may have an upcoming trip planned abroad
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Individuals who want to learn the skills to safely build belays, manage belays and transitions, and safely get off the route.
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You may have been trad multipitch climbing or come from an indoor climbing background and want to learn the skills to second a more experienced partner abroad.
COURSE CONTENT:
On this learn to lead course, we will cover the following skills to get you off the ground:
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Re-cap basic sport climbing skills
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Choosing a route
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Movement and footwork on rock
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Efficient climbing movement
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Building belays
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Attaching to anchors
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Stance management
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Communication on the crag
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Belay change overs
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Climbing with single ropes
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Belaying a lead climber and a second
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Guide mode belaying
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Lead climbing
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Multipitch abseil descents
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Retreating off a route
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Emergency procedures
WHERE WILL WE BE CLIMBING?
We will do our best to climb on multipitch sport crags but as mentioned above, they are few and far between. We can still practice the techniques on trad multipitch and then take them to a sport crag!
Multipitch Sport climbing crags in the UK where we will be climbing:
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Ansteys Cove
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Portland (VERY small multipitch routes but great for this course!)
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Wintours Leap
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Cheddar Gorge (for mid-grade climbing in the 6's)
