Next Saturday (7th) Hayden, Abi, Cameron and I (Maria) are heading to probably Mt Piddington to practise some Aid Climbing / faffing!
Anyone with a keen sense of adventure wants to climb big walls eventually, but our fingers aren’t strong enough to get up a 28 yet. Aid climbing is a climbing style that uses ladders and trad climbing gear to help you get up the wall (vs free climbing, when you use your muscles to climb and the rope / gear only for safety purposes).
**This is NOT a trip where we teach you how to aid. This is a SELF-SUFFICIENT / SELF-LEARNING trip where we pair up to practise some basic aid techniques together. The book “How to Climb Big Wall” in PDF can be sent to participants**
- Required knowledge: solid trad lead and lead belay skills, hauling systems.
- Required gear: bring it all! Personal climbing gear, trad rack, rope, grigri, etc. Some aid gear provided by club (ascenders, etriers, daisy chains, skyhooks).
- Food, water, warm clothes, cash for petrol, personal meds, sunscream, etc. We will organise carpooling.
If you wanna come, leave your experience in the comments! Cheers, Maria
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