
Learn to Lead Climb course Part 2 - Up & Under Adventures
2 Adult participants
Session duration: 3 hours
Session format:
- Warm up
- Consolidation of skills learnt in session 1 Lead climbing with a safety top rope. I was top rope belaying as the instructor.
- Live Leads with me tailing the rope next to the belayer.
- Introduction to dynamic belaying i.e. stepping in when paying out rope/ stepping away from the wall when taking in and when to do so (above the 3rd clip)
- Introduction to lead falls and how to give a soft catch. Practiced in a corner using the M belay system and 2 belayers.
- Live leads and falls with me belaying to show what a belayer should be doing.
- Live leads and falls with them belaying and me tailing the rope.
- Consolidation until they're confident and competent.
- Live lead without rope tailed.
- End of course/debrief.
Area :
Redpoint Climbing Centre (Bristol)