Rock Climbing Clinics | Easy Transition to Outdoor Climbing

Clinic will focus on climbing technique and tips to help you move efficiently on vertical walls. Proper technique is one of the most important components of rock climbing that if skipped in the beginning stages of your climber’s training program – can cause long term issues. You will be climbing all day, while practicing correct use of techniques discussed. Prior rope-climbing experience required.

Clinic will focus on knots used for outdoor rock climbing, anchor building, ground anchoring, protection and friction. After practicing new knots, you will move on to using them on different scenarios and formations. One of the most comprehensive and popular clinics yet to exist. Prior rope-climbing experience required.

Clinic will focus on safe anchor building, accessing the formation, what to use, what anchors to choose, etc. You will build anchors and break them apart. We will discuss bolted, natural and pro anchors. There is no better way to fully understand how to apply concepts learned, than to use them in a variety of formations while allowing you to improvise and figure out how to efficiently build your anchors. Prior rope-climbing experience required.

Clinic will address fundamentals and risks involved while leading sport routes, differences between indoor and outdoor lead climbing, proper clipping techniques, overcoming the fear of falling, safe ways to practice, how to determine your weaknesses and tackle them. Leading sport routes has additional risks that surpass those of top-rope climbing, so it is best practice to ensure you are doing so in the safest way possible to avoid incidents, injuries or death. Prior rope-climbing experience required.

Rappelling is one of the #1 leading causes of death in the climbing community. Not because of equipment failure, but because of human error. This clinic will address cleaning top-ropes, difference scenarios you will encounter when doing so outdoors, and how to rappel safely. You will review gear needed and how to keep yourself safe while cleaning a route. You are not required to lead routes to be able to clean them, so this clinic offers great benefit to climbers of all levels. Prior rope-climbing experience required.

Clinic will focus on minimum gear required for traditional lead climbing, adequate gear inspection and storage, accessing rock quality, gear placement, and more. More so than sport climbing, traditional lead climbing takes the modern sport of rock climbing to a new level – therefore adding, not just more excitement, but also more risk. Good gear placement, adequate use of slings while “stitching-up” a route, route finding, rope management, and understanding how to minimize risks are just some of the few things you need to learn and practice before you start leading trad routes. Prior rope-climbing experience required.

Clinic will focus on switching belay, escaping belay, assisting a climber, hauling systems, friction knots, and more. The more you know, the safer you and your partner will be. Get yourself out of tricky situations when professional help is unavailable. We will go over different scenarios, using our friends and climbing colleagues to practice different rescue scenarios, all under the supervision of expert and professional certified guides. Prior rope-climbing experience required.