Awarding Body

Mountain Training

Scheme

Rock Skills

Course

Intermediate

Type

Training

Award Description

Our Rock Skills courses are designed to provide structured training opportunities for people who want to learn more and become independent climbers. There are three different levels so that complete beginners and those with more experience can choose the most appropriate starting point. 

Welcome

Who is it for

You must have completed a Rock Skills Introduction course OR have completed 10 routes on walls or outdoor crags, which includes the belaying of a climber on 10 occasions.

What does a Rock Skills Intermediate Course Cover?

• 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.
• Warming up and injury avoidance, developing your movement skills and widening your repertoire of climbing moves. 
• Rock boot fit, selecting the right equipment for improved performance and an introduction to the equipment that climbers use to protect themselves on the crag.
• Building anchors, selecting runners, ropework, belaying, holding falls, lowering, seconding a route and personal abseiling.
• The impact of climbers at the crag, ethics, access and environmental considerations.
• Identifying hazards, managing risk when climbing, abseiling and bouldering, understanding common injuries, how to get help and the role of Mountain Rescue

Contact Us

Need more information? Take a look at our website or get in touch.  We're here to help you.

Web: https://MountainSkillsTraining.co.uk/Contact-Us

Tel: 07740 369849

Email: info@MountainSkillsTraining.co.uk

Start

23/07/2022 09:00

End

24/07/2022 17:00

Total Days

2

Maximum Bookings

4

Venue

Peak District

Town

Hope Valley

County

Derbyshire

Postcode

S32 1BB

Country

United Kingdom

Latitude

53.33145

Longitude

-1.65336

Name

MST

Phone

07740369849

Website

Booking/Details

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