1 Day
Intermediate
South Devon
Ratio: Up to 6 clients to 1 instructor:
1:1 £200
1:2 £110
1:4 £60
1:6 £45
About the Learning the Ropes 1 day course:
This is a foundation course on ropework and rigging to learn how to set up your own bottom ropes and to be able to abseil safely as a partnership, family or group of friends when climbing on single pitch crags.
Perhaps you’ve enjoyed climbing at an indoor wall and are looking to take your climbing development outside on to real rock. This course will help to build your confidence on the safe set-up of bottom ropes, choosing suitable routes, navigating to the top of the climb, selecting safe anchors, protecting yourself and others, your ropes and the environment and more!
Top Tip: If you are looking to learn both bottom and top-rope set ups, and are new at this, you may wish to consider a longer course such as Learning the Ropes Two Day Course.
Objectives of the Bottom Rope Set-Up One Day Course:
- Equipment requirements
- Navigating the crag and selecting a suitable climb with a guidebook.
- Selecting and rigging anchors for bottom rope set ups
- Knot craft and rigging made easy
- Climbing ethics, etiquette and environmental impact
- Assessing risk
- Self-protection while rigging and abseiling
- Evaluating your own ability and development
- Problem avoidance
Included:
- Highly qualified and experienced rock climbing instructor
- Use of all essential rock climbing equipment such as climbing harness, helmet, belay device, ropes
- Unless otherwise stated, the Learning the Ropes – Bottom Rope Set Up course will be run privately for you, meaning you benefit from a personalised activity, focusing on your individual interests, ability and goals.
All you will need to bring:
- Warm, comfortable clothing appropriate to the day. It is always worth packing waterproofs.
- Packed lunch and a drink
- Comfy trainers to climb in (or climbing shoes if you have some).
- A ‘Go for it’ mental attitude
If you have your own personal climbing equipment, such as harness, helmet, belay device, screw gate karabiner etc. do please bring them along.
Previous experience:
Being able to tie in, belay and climb with some confidence will put you in good stead for getting the most from this top rope set-up course.
Testimonials:
“Mike is an absolutely stellar instructor. I like his teaching style and the mix between showing and then getting me to repeat, and letting me try first before getting involved. Really thorough teaching and I feel far more capable afterwards.
Mike continuously checked my understanding of how and why we were choosing certain anchor points, and really explained the use of different knots, placed protection, and rating anchor points. We practiced lots and lots of rigging, different set ups, and a few climbs which were great.