THE ADVENTURE SCHOOL

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For those with little or no rock climbing experience and who want to gain the basic skills needed to climb inside and out, including:-

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Background and Planning. An awareness of the types of places you can climb in the UK and Ireland, how to use guidebooks and mobile devices to find crags and routes, crag etiquette and the work of the mountaineering councils. 

Climbing Skills. Fundamental movement skills and climbing styles. 

Footwear and Equipment. Footwear and equipment selection and how to use the kit you choose. 

Technical Skills. Tying into a harness, belaying, spotting and how to abseil. 

Environmental Knowledge. The impact of climbers at the crag, ethics, access and environmental considerations for climbers. 

Hazards and Emergency Procedures. Identifying hazards, managing risk, understanding common injuries, how to get help and the role of Mountain Rescue and associated emergency services.

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This course is for people who have climbed indoors and want to progress onto real rock. You will learn how to set up top ropes, place protection, and build anchors.

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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.

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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.

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If you already lead climb indoors or second trad climb, this is the course for you.

Learn how to place natural protection, build belays, mental tactics and movement skills.