Learn to Lead Sport

The two day Learn to Lead Sport course will provide you with the skills you need to participate in bolted sport climbing, including an introduction to leading bolt protected climbs. This course is also ideal if you are ready to progress to leading sport routes outside, if you are looking to improve your lead climbing confidence or refresh your leading skills in the context of sport climbing.

We never want cost to be a barrier to participation so there are a range of bursaries available. We are familiar with working with a variety of needs and ensuring that our courses are participant centred.

The course will cover the following topics:

- Background and planning: choosing a suitable venue and route, how to use guidebooks, crag etiquette, the importance of the climbing partnership and the work of the mountaineering councils.

- Climbing skills: safe and assured movement on the lead and optimising natural rests for clipping bolts.

- Equipment: ropes and technical equipment for sport climbing.

- Technical skills: fixed equipment, anchors, ropework, belaying, holding/taking falls in a controlled environment, lowering, lower offs and abseiling.

- Environmental knowledge: the impact of climbers at the crag, ethics, access and environmental considerations.

- Hazards and emergency procedures: identifying hazards, decision making and managing risk when climbing, understanding common injuries, what to do in the event of an incident, managing common problems, how to get help and the role of Mountain Rescue.

This course runs in the Peak District. Please see our Events page here https://www.climblbg.org.uk/events for course listings.

Please email us if you would like to arrange or book on a course.