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. 

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. 

The Rock Skills Intermediate course covers the following:

• 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.

Minimum age: 12.

Course length: 2 days.

Climbing experience required:

Completion of a Rock Skills Introduction course

OR

Have logged 10 routes on walls or outdoor crags; and

Have logged 10 belays of a fellow climber.

Start

27/05/2024 09:15

End

28/05/2024 17:00

Total Days

2

Maximum Bookings

4

Venue

Caffi Caban Cafe

Town

Brynrefail

County

Gwynedd

Postcode

LL55 3NR

Country

United Kingdom

Latitude

53.14204

Longitude

-4.15348

Name

RAW Adventures

Phone

01286 870870

Website

Booking/Details

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