Club member Richard Holdsworth is a qualified rock climbing instructor and will be running this meet with the assistance of other experienced climbers.
Participants will be shown the fundamentals of trad climbing including placing gear and building belay anchors as well as some skills, suggestions, habits that have been learned through Richard's 25 years as a climber. There will also be the opportunity to practice some supervised leading.
This weekend of instruction is aimed at those that are new to trad, as opposed to intermediate climbers.
To be eligible to participate you must at least be familiar with climbing indoors on a top rope and ideally have some indoor or outdoor lead climbing experience. Many indoor walls offer courses in this or if you contact the club's Membership Secretary he might be able to arrange for you to be shown how to do this at one of the club's regular Tuesday night indoor climbing sessions.
The course is on the Saturday and Sunday in the Peak District with participants travelling up on the Friday night and returning Sunday late afternoon/evening.
Accommodation is either camping or staying in The Climbers' Club hut near Froggatt (ALL 10 HUT SPACES NOW TAKEN).
Please let us know if you're driving by selecting the correct options when you sign up so that passengers can request lifts via the automated system on this webpage.
The cost of instruction is free but there will be a charge for the camping/hut of around £10 - £20 per person per night (2 nights). (The hut is £15pppn)
Ropes and gear (nuts, cams etc) will be provided but participants will need to bring their own harness, helmet, belay device and climbing shoes.