This one day Sport Climbing Course will take you through the basics of bolt-clipping on single pitch routes in Portland. You’ll learn all the techniques you need to start climbing outside unsupervised on sports routes in Britain and further afield.
Sports Climbing requires less equipment than traditional leading - a rope, quick draws, slings, a few karabiners, harness, climbing shoes, belay device and a chalk bag is all that’s needed (but we supply all this for the course). As the routes are pre-bolted they generally feel more secure than the traditional british lead routes. Sports routes are spreading throughout Britain’s quarries and sea cliffs.
Our instructors will show you how to lead, belay correctly, hold a leader fall and lower off confidently; you’ll be shown how to protect yourself and your climbing partner while enjoying the experience of leading sports climbs.
Transport from Mile End Climbing Wall is included in the course cost and provided by Boulderbus, our instructors will start the tuition on board by explaining the techniques and demonstrating safety.
This course is suitable for improvers and beginners as there’ll be three instructors available. The instructor: client ratio is 1: 2. If you haven’t lead before you have the opportunity to book a place on our Indoor Leading course the week before this course at reduced price of £20/person (both courses must be booked and paid for together)