MIA Trainee Workshop Day – Teaching Leading & Climbing in Parallel

The second day of the weekends workshop - Rain lots of.

Steve and I decided the best venue would be Milestone Buttress sue to the grades and angles of the crag allowing for climbing in the wet.

When people are at this stage in there knowledge it is possible to hypothesise various methods and perceived methods before trying them out on the crag, this allowed another cup of tea and postponed the inevitable soaking we where going to get that day.

We looked at and discussed; when it is appropriate to let students lead, choice of routes, issues associated with students on the sharp end, types of rope systems and managing the system, stuck worried weak leader, appropriate use of parallel rope systems, slick and efficient application of parallel systems and methods of skill checking clients before committing them to the risks of climbing above there gear and belaying a pier.

POSTED: 19th July 2010
BY: Dan
CATEGORIES: Staff @ Play