This Learn to Lead Trad course is perfect for those who want a whole weekend developing trad lead climbing skills. It is designed as the next step on your journey to becoming a safe and independent Trad Climber, looking at the skills to be a competent second and what’s involved in lead climbing.
The course will cover:
- Movement technique on real rock
- Competent seconding skills
- Belaying a trad lead
- Placing and removing traditional gear
- Leading a route
- Setting up belays
- Setting up retrievable abseils
- Decision making – understanding risk evaluation and management.
(The syllabus of this course is designed by Climb Scotland: Learn to Trad Climb.)
Duration: 2 days (Saturday 12th September and Sunday 13th September)
Ratio: 1:4
Minimum Age: 16 (Under 18s must be supervised by an adult who is also a participant on this course).
Pre-requisite experience: Participants must be consistently lead climbing indoors, be able to belay another lead climber and have some experience of climbing outdoors.
Required equipment: If you have any other climbing equipment such as rock shoes, a helmet, harness and belay plate please bring them along with you.
If you do not have this equipment, it is available to borrow from ClimbOot. Please let us know in the appropriate section in the booking form.
ClimbScotland is a programme by Mountaineering Scotland to help inspire people of all ages and abilities to get involved in climbing, both indoors and outdoors. ClimbOot is approved to deliver Ready to Rock courses on behalf of Climb Scotland. All Climb Scotland courses are quality assured.