Rescue Skills for Climbers

Many climbers are totally unaware of what they could do in the event of a accident, or even the common causes of accidents to climbers. What this course does if develop your awareness and understanding of the skills you may one day need to rescue yourself or other climbers.

It is not just accidents either, what would you do if the weather turned to the worse half way up that 6 pitch classic mountain route you are climbing up. Do you have the skills to rescue yourself. Similarly, what would you do if the same happened after you abseiled down into a sea cliff?

This rope rescue course for climbers is possibly the most important course you can go on after you have learnt to lead climb. As the last thing you want to feel in a situation that requires a self rescue or helping others is useless. The key skills of basic rescue skills for climbers are covered on this course, we will teach you those rope rescue skills through a combination of practice and progression, as each part of an efficient rope rescue is built up from the components of another.

Typical skills covered are:

• Tying off a belay plate
• Ascending a rope
• Creating a ‘auto-block’ system
• Escaping the belay system
• Basic hoists.

You will leave this course way more confident than you started and ready to take on any adventure the vertical world may throw at you.

Course Dates

2 day Rope Rescue Skills for Climber 6th/7th August £150 pp