"Keeping it together, Lucy slowly made her way up past the crux. This route's in the bag she thought"

Summary:

Learning to trad climb is not only beneficial for single pitch rock climbs, but the skills learnt on this course are transferable to all styles of climbing. Once you have mastered the art of trad climbing, almost the entire world of climbing is open for you to explore. This course will teach you competency to climb confidently on single pitch crags and also teach movement techniques that are unique to trad climbing.

Experience needed:

Preferably it would be a great if you are leading indoors and have some outdoor seconding experience. However understand everyone has different levels of expereince in many different climbing styles, so here is a simple check list of skills we are looking for. Course is open to 16+ 

• Fit Equipment
• Tie into a harness
• Top rope & Lead Belay
• Feel confident climbing outdoors on rock. 

All these skills are covered on our Becoming Independent Course so if you need a good place to start feel free to check this course out instead!

Kit Needed:

All kit is provided unless you'd like to use your own.

​Itinerary:

Our start time and meeting point is 9:30am at our centre The Peak Climbing School. Here we will brief you on the days activity whilst having a free brew and biscuit. From here we will set off into the crag for an exciting days learning. We sometimes we use areas further away from our centre so you can get the most out of your course, therefore some transport is advantageous.  However if you are struggling for transport please let us know so we can arrange some for you. We aim to be finished around 4:30pm each day.

How to book:

• To book its super simple, we have course date running regularly throughout the year on set dates. Just select which date works for you via the orange button below! If our open dates just don't work for you, we are always happy to add more dates on to our open list so please don't hestitate to Contact us to arrange this for you!!
• This course requires 2 people for it to go ahead! If you are struggling to find a course partner please don't panic! We have set up a Whatsapp group for anyone looking to partner up with others -  Just Click Here To Join! - Or contact us as we can always buddy you up with another person!
• If you'd rather have us all to yourself, our private guiding service is available at anytime! - Private Guiding Page.