Intensive Climbing Weekend

OWLS Rock Climbing School, in this 2 day course, will cover all of the material in the Outdoor Basic and Intermediate Skills course.  It will give the clients the opportunity to climb with the same instructor for consistency in the learning process.  It is a great way to jump-start your new passion of rock climbing.

The focus is to provide a comprehensive understanding of anchors and protection while developing the students climbing techniques. You will be evaluated throughout the course with a spotlight on improving both your weak and strong points. You will also learn how to minimize overdoing or over complicating anchor set up thus maximizing your climbing time and giving you the skills to quickly evaluate someone else’s anchor set up. This will allow you do more climbing and to know whether an anchor could be potentially unsafe.

Day 1 will begin with understanding concepts of protection: Balanced, weighted, equalized and redundant. We will then go over what is used for protection and HOW it is used (Nuts, hexes, stoppers, webbing, camming devices). The second half of the day will be spent on the rocks improving your climbing skills.

Day 2 will focus on anchor systems: Tying into boulders, tying into trees, artificial anchors, multi pitch anchors and the prevention of shock loading. The remainder of the day will again be spent on the rocks, doing top-roped climbs and a lead climb up to 5.10