Learn to Lead Climb!

When

27/03/2022    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Bookings

Bookings closed

Event Type

Trip Leaders

Elliott Vercoe

Hi All!

Sam, Xab and myself will be running a Learn to Lead trip at St Peter’s this weekend! This will give you the opportunity to learn how to lead climb AND lead belay, while being kept safe on top-rope 🙂.

The plan is to meet at Sydney Indoor Climbing Gym at 10:00am on Sunday!

What to Bring:

  • Own harness with a belay loop (if not possible let us know)
  • Preferred Belay device (I will bring a few spare ATCs if you don’t have any preference )
  • Shoes / chalk / water etc

Pre-Reading

We will go over everything on the day, but please come with an understanding of the principles of lead climbing so we can spend as much time practicing on the wall as possible. These include:

  • How to tie into the rope, and rope management
  • How to belay a lead climber
  • How to clip and leading principles
  • Lead climbing commands

If you are unfamiliar with these, the following articles will go through everything

https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/basic-lead-climb/

https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/basic-lead-belay/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_F1MfVGOzk

Attendees

  • Matthew McRae
  • Emily Dowling
  • Amy Friedman
  • Victoria Long
  • Max Arkley-Smith
  • Olivia Aitkens
  • Dutches Solomon

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