Trad climbing and gear-placement course in Spain
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Trad climbing and gear-placement course in Spain
Learn to place protection and organise the rope team on partially equipped and unequipped routes. This trad climbing course is for climbers with multi-pitch sport experience who want to develop their own protection skills.
Traditional climbing involves the leader placing protection in natural features or using removable gear such as nuts, cams and pitons. The course develops the movement and protection techniques used on single- and multi-pitch routes.
Its aim is to build the technical understanding and ropework needed to approach partially equipped and unequipped climbing routes.
Course content
- Reading route topos and descriptions.
- Trad climbing equipment and its use.
- Belaying systems for trad climbing.
- Building belays.
- Placing removable protection.
- Efficient protection placement.
- Tactics for climbing on removable gear.
- Simple aid techniques for difficult sections, including use of fixed protection (Ae).
- Rope-team movement using half ropes.
- Joining ropes and abseiling.
- Successive abseils: safety procedures and specific precautions.
- Retreating from a route: when and how.
- Practice on multi-pitch routes.
Previous experience and personal equipment
- Completion of Level 2 and the ability to lead fully bolted multi-pitch sport routes at the published grade V.
- Personal climbing equipment: harness, climbing shoes, helmet, personal anchor lanyard, belay device and friction-hitch cord.
Practical information
- Duration: two days.
- Availability: year-round.
- Hours: 08:00–15:00.
- Ratio: a maximum of two participants per guide.
- Locations: Jaén, Granada and Madrid; ask about other Spanish areas.
- Dates: ask for dates and availability.
- Places: contact us for current availability.
Included
- Qualified mountain guide.
- Public liability insurance.
- Accident insurance.
- A photographic record of the course.
- The stated personal items, including helmet, harness and carabiners; confirm what you bring and what is supplied against the participant equipment list.
- Shared equipment, including ropes, belay equipment and cams.
Frequently asked questions
What climbing level is required?
The published prerequisites are completion of Level 2 and experience leading bolted multi-pitch sport routes at grade V.
What personal equipment should I bring?
The participant list includes harness, climbing shoes, helmet, personal anchor lanyard, belay device and cord. Shared practice equipment is included; confirm the full allocation before attending.
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