SINGLE PITCH TRAD CLIMBING COURSE

Single Pitch Trad climbing indicates a traditional climbing style where climbers place their own protection

and complete the entire climb using a single length of rope. This style is often popular for shorter climbs

on cliffs or rock faces that are one rope length in height. It's a common and accessible form of traditional climbing for many climbers.

Get proper training and consider taking this course to learn fundamentals of climbing, including safety practices, gear usage and techniques. 



COURSE OVERVIEW:

• Adjust belay habits to suit traditional rock climbing


• Prepare your gear prior to leaving the ground ready for safe, efficient climbing.


• Identify the best type of gear for a particular rock feature


• Built multi-point earnest anchor systems using trad gear and your rope


• Return at the end of your session without leaving any of your equipment behind


• Recognise the most common trad climbing mistakes and easy methods to mitigate them

WHAT TO BRING:

• Helmet


• One locking biner suitable for belaying


• One belay device


• If you own a chalk bag, rope, quickdraws, slings and any other sport or trad climbing equipment


• Please let us know prior to the course, and we can plan to teach you using your own gear

NOTE:

• The only piece of equipment you need to own before this course is a standard climbing harness
  
  suitable for lead-climbing indoors. All other climbing safety equipment is provided
  
  by Melbourne Climbing School, however if you own any of the following equipment
  
  please bring it along with you, learning with your own equipment is far better
  
  and will provide a great start to your outdoor climbing experience!


• * Helmets are worn on all outdoor Melbourne Climbing School courses,
  
  but as with all of the other climbing safety equipment, we have these if you don’t own one,
  
  and we will not charge any extra for their use on the course.


• Closed footwear such as tennis shoes are fine for learning on if you do not own climbing shoes.


• Non-climbing gear: You will need to bring suitable clothing and footwear for light hiking,
  
  and your own lunch and water for the day (and a camera!).

This course is held on an outdoor location on real trad climbing routes. The area we climb at and the grade of the routes will be tailored to the group participant’s skill levels.



LOCATION: 

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia