Ever wondered how to Frog Step, Cross Over, Bump, Elvis Leg or Rock On? You won’t be dancing these moves but you will be rock climbing in Perth, Western Australia.
This One Day Rock Climbing program is designed for those with little or no rock climbing experience and wish to either start or extend their rock climbing abilities in the outdoors. Compared to indoor climbing, outdoor rock climbing requires you to choose your own route, thereby increasing the difficulty and complexity of the activity. As such, outdoor rock climbing gives you a greater sense of personal challenge and achievement.
The day begins with a training session on safety equipment, communication and climbing protocol, tying onto a rope, and belaying the climber. You will also be instructed on various moves and techniques to improve your climbing style and to aid you in climbing difficult walls. Climbs are set up throughout the crag to allow you to experience various pitches and difficulties throughout the day. Instructors are on hand to assist and advise while you climb.
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Additional Info
The following is provided:
- Experienced instructor/s - All rock climbing and abseiling equipment including climbing boots (please advise your boot size when booking) - First Aid Kits (1 per instructor) - Morning tea
Please feel free to bring any items of personal rock climbing gear that you have.
This course requires a minimum of 6 participants to go ahead.
Duration
8am - 3.30pm April 1st - Nov 30th
7am - 2.30pm Dec 1st - Mar 31st
Dress Code
Loose fitting clothing appropriate for the weather. Lace up shoes, eg, walking shoes or boots.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What happens if you fall?
A: As you're learning to climb, whenever you're too far off the ground to be protected by a simple hand spot, there will always be a rope tied at your waist, running to a belayer above you. The belayer takes in rope as you climb, using a technique that allows him to easily keep the rope from slipping back if you fall.
So: If you fall, you may slip a foot or so due to slack and rope stretch, but then you can try again.
Q: How does the rope get to the top of the cliff?
A: Sometimes you or the instructor will walk to the top by another route, find an anchor, and set up what's called a top rope.
The other approach is for one climber to lead the route. She'll have the rope attached at her waist, and bring it up with her.
Q: What happens if the lead climber falls?
A: When you're on a top rope, you won't fall far if everything is set up properly.
A lead climber faces the possibility of a longer fall, but still within the limits of safety. As she climbs, she'll put protection into the rock. Protection can take many forms, but often it's a simple wedge-shaped chunk of steel with a wire attached to it, known as a chock. The leader finds a small irregular crack, and wedges the chock in, so that a downward pull will merely drive it tighter into the rock. Then she runs the rope through a carabiner, which is attached to the chock.
The rope can pull through the carabiner as the climber ascends, but it's attached to the rock at that spot. If she gets 10 feet above the protection and then falls, she'll fall 10 feet down to that protection, then another 10 feet until the slack in the rope is taken up, then a few more feet due to rope stretch. Climbing ropes are intentionally designed to stretch slightly; it reduces the jolt on the rope, the protection, and the climber.
Q: Isn't this a lot for a new climber to learn?
A: You shouldn't do lead climbing while you're just learning to climb. You should know the principles involved, but as a novice climber, you'll want to focus on the basics: climbing technique, knots, giving a secure belay to your partner, setting up good anchors, and so on
Q: How dangerous is rock climbing?
A: Any outdoor sport involves some element of risk. If you learn rock climbings skills from a knowledgeable instructor, are careful to follow established safety procedures, and choose to do only top-roping (in which case there's always a rope going from you to a higher belay), the risk is small.
Lead climbing creates somewhat more risk, but choosing well-protected routes that fall well within your abilities, the risk still falls within what many people consider an acceptable range.
Q: What usually causes climbing accidents?
A: Most climbing accidents are the result of one of the following:
Overconfidence. You've been climbing with more experienced leaders, and now you think you know what it's all about. So you buy a rope, and take a few friends out for a good time, without realizing that there are big gaps in your knowledge.
Carelessness. Your first time on a belay ledge, you'll double-checkthat you're clipped to the belay, before you lean over the edge. Your two-hundredth time, the height no longer intimidates you as much. You got interrupted just as you were about to clip in, and it never happened. Now you lean over the edge, your foot slips, and you fall.
Bad luck. A freak storm moves in when you're half-way up a full-day, exposed cliff. A climber above knocks a rock onto you. An apparently solid rock below you gives way. You can reduce these risks by checking weather reports, noting escape routes as you climb up, wearing a helmet, not climbing below another party on a cliff known for loose rock, and so on. You can't eliminate these risks entirely.
Calculated risks gone wrong. Some highly experienced climbers play it safe, and don't attempt a climb unless they feel it can be well protected the entire way. Others will take risks, and sometimes lose.
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