This course will give you all the technical skills to set up Top Ropes outside. A Top Rope is where the rope is above you at all times when your climbing. Its a really fun and safe way to get into outdoor climbing. On the course I teach you some of the same skills I teach people wanting to become instructors.
The Course
Top Rope setups
Prerequisites – None
Duration – 1 Day
- Intro to outdoor climbing gear
- Anchor selection and testing
- Different Top Rope systems
- Equalising anchors
- Creating a focal point
- Climbing knots
- Keeping yourself safe at the top of the crag
- Top rope belaying
- Safeguarding climbers
- The difference between outdoor and indoor climbing movement
- Identifying and preventing common problems
- Guide book interpretation
- Crag etiquette
If you would like more information or if you have any questions then please drop me an email. If there isn’t a course on a suitable date below get in touch and I can potentially organise another date to suit you.
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