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Rock climbing courses
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Guided rock climbing
Discover Rock Climbing: Outdoor
Course description
Spending a day climbing in the great outdoors can be a highly enjoyable experience. Getting to grips with real rock takes what you've learned down the local wall to new exciting horizons.
Our Discover Rock Climbing: Outdoor course will demonstrate the fundamentals of climbing at a single pitch crag whilst under the supervision of a fully qualified climbing coach.
Course outline
The skills taught and practiced on the course will include:
- Finding your way around a guidebook
- Crag etiquette & environment
- Warming up and stretching
- Climbing gear and belaying
- Climbing movement and technique
Typical programme
Although the course is flexible it will usually keep to the following programme:
- 9:00-9:30 Arrival at course venue
- 9:30-10:00 Walk to the crag
- 10:00-13:00 Introduction to outdoor rock climbing
- 13:00-14:00 Lunch and bouldering
- 14:00-16:30 Climbing practice and route bagging
- 16:30-17:00 Walk out from the crag
- 17:00 Course ends
Any questions?
If you wish to discuss our rock climbing courses or have specific requirements, please call our team of experts to discuss your needs on 0800 756 6999.
Course information
Pricing
£90.00 per person
Course dates & locations
- Brecon Beacons
- BB253 - 25 Sept 2010
- Snowdonia
- SN253 - 25 Sep 2010
Duration
Full day rock climbing coaching
Teaching ratio
2-4 students per coach
Please note that students under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legally appointed guardian.
Previous experience
No experience is required. We'll we'll match the difficulty to the group.
Preparation and fitness
The good news is that you don't have to be ultra-fit to get the most out of this course.
We'll be climbing for up to six hours, but not continuously as half the time we'll be belaying climbing partners.
Consolidation and practice
We recommend that you take what you've learned straight back down your local crag and practice as much as possible.
Equipment required
Please refer to our equipment page for a complete list.
