Mountain Training
Rock Skills Intermediate Courses
Rock Skills Intermediate: This two day course builds on your previous experience as a climber and introduces you to more advanced climbing skills.
Over the two days you will gain confidence in your belaying, learn how to belay a lead climber and how to second route competently, as well as developing your climbing movement skills and learning how to place traditional protection and how to construct safe and appropriate belays.
You will also look at the following skills:
- Background and planning
- Warming up and injury avoidance
- Increasing your climbing movement and technique repertoire
- Building anchors
- Selecting appropriate runners
- Personal abseiling
By the end of the two days you should feel confident with your newly acquired skills and looking to progress your knowledge by attending a Rock Skills: Learn to Sport and/or Learn to Trad courses.
These can be logged via the Mountain Training Association Candidate Management System (CMS).
Rock Skills Intermediate courses are aimed at people with some experience of climbing who want to improve their movement skills, develop their ropework skills and learn about traditional protection.
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Previous experience of climbing and belaying is required.
Minimum age: 12
Course length: 2 days.
Climbing experience required: Completion of a Rock Skills Introduction course
OR
Have climbed 10 routes on walls or outdoor crags; and
Have belayed on 10 occasions.
All candidates will be emailed a pre-course information pack and be registered on the Mountain Training Association Candidate Management system (CMS) by Up & Under Adventures, as well as a 15% discount with Cotswolds Outdoors and Snow + Rock.
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For further information regarding this skills courses and others available through Mountain Training, please visit their website at:
https://www.mountain-training.org/personal-skills/rock-skills/intermediate