Would
you know what to do when on a multi pitch climb and ....
- you dropped
your belay device?
- you or
your second fell off on overhanging rock and couldn't get back on the
rock to climb up?
- your friend
who is leading falls off leading a pitch, what do you do to help ?
- could you
protect yourself and your friends whilst abseiling in multi pitch situations
?
If you don't -
Come and learn self-rescue
skills!
The basic course is for climbers who wish to learn or improve their self-rescue
skills. It will progress logically from learning individual skill
components, understanding each skills' utility, and then applying new
skills properly in novel situations.
This course is for any single or multipitch climber who wishes to be able
to solve crag problems, or take their climbing to more adventurous venues.
As the techniques may be coached in a realistic situation a full understanding
of leading and crag communication will be essential.
You should be happy to lead unsupervised, the grade is irrelevant.
Basic Self-Rescue Course one day course
This is a hands-on course. You will not be lectured to endlessly,
but instead asked to demonstrate the application of relevant skills.
Skills covered will be :
- when and how to
escape belays from above and below
- when and how to
use 3, 5, and 7:1 hauling systems
- when and how to
lower using various systems including knot passes
- when and how to
use second and leader rescue skills
- Courses
will be demanding and will run from 9:00 - 5:00 pm.
- An equipment list
will be provided upon payment of deposit.
Advanced Self-Rescue two day course
For the climber that possesses the rescue skills requisite to basic self-rescue
( above ), this course will provide a chance to integrate the planning
and execution of rescues in various common situations. Emphasis
will be placed on situation analysis leading to an efficient rescue plan,
as well as the execution of rescue techniques.
Schedule: The course is a two day course that is offered privately.
An equipment list will be provided upon deposit. You will learn
about the solutions and techniques which you might use to solve these
and other problems that you might encounter on the crags and more advanced
rope work to keep you safe and in control whilst out climbing.
The course will involve:
- Anticipating problems
- Sound basic ropework
and stance management
- Simple solutions
for simple problems
- Escaping from the
system
- Use of prussiks
- Crag evacuation
- Traverse problems
It is very
important to build on what you are already familiar with. The course will
be set at a standard and pace which fits your experience and aspirations.
Once a climber has mastered the basic skills, most situations can be solved
using each of the techniques as building blocks.
Courses to fit in with your life and time - we can run a self rescue for
climbers course to suit you. It works best with two people, you and your
climbing partner, but if you wish we can do it one to one.
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