Learn to Lead Climb Peak District Gritstone Adventures

Learn to Lead Climb Peak District Gritstone Adventures :This two day progressive course is recommended for people who have either completed Gritstone Climb 1, Climb 2 or Climb 3 and would like to take it to the next level. Learn to lead is also suitable for those with previous experience of ‘seconding’ (climbing behind a leader), who would like to learn to do it themselves.

This course will train you how to be a lead climber, giving you the independence to climb where and when you like – allowing you to take control of your climbing and begin working up through the climbing grades.

You will be trained by expert instructors who hold the Montaineering Instructors Award (MIA – the highest rock climbing instructor qualification in the UK). All our instructors are members of the or the Association of Mountaineering Instructors.

Course includes:

• Gain a thorough knowledge of equipment used for lead climbing
• Gain a full understanding of climbing grades for single-pitch climbs
• Learn how to select lead climbs that are suitable for your ability
• Skills for efficiently placing leader protection
• Learn how to create efficient belay stances on single-pitch climb
• Rope management and belaying on lead climbs
• Learn effective movement skills to aid lead climbing
• leader’s trouble shooting
• Crag etiquette
• Lots of quality climbing – 2:1 Client / instructor ratio
• All equipment included (rock shoes can be loaned, though clients encouraged to bring their own)

IMPORTANT – THIS COURSE REQUIRES 2 PEOPLE TO RUN – PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL BEFORE BOOKING

Learn to Lead Climb Peak District Gritstone Adventures

07812713153 / al@gritstoneadventures.co.uk

Gritstone Adventures Instructor Staff:

Our Instructors are obsessed with outdoor activities. Our Instructors are highly qualified Mountain Leaders or Mountaineering instructors and cave leaders who have been walking, climbing, caving and mountaineering with passion for their whole lives. They are drawn from all over the hill and mountain areas of the UK and have an intimate knowledge of the UK’s wild and beautiful places.

Our instructors have worked with the full range of clients, from young kids who are being introduced to the outdoors for the first time, to running progressive and advanced technical mountaineering courses to adults.

Our instructors are selected for their positive attitude to life and their love of sharing their experience with others. Our instructors are personable, friendly and fun – and when the chips are down, they are the ones eating the chips! Our instructors are sensitive to people’s needs and understand that they may be working with people who are well out of their comfort zone. Our instructors will never put pressure on a client – only encouragement.

Our instructors are the best in the business.