Available Dates
June 28th - June 29th, 2025
July 26th - July 27th, 2025
August 23rd - August 24th, 2025
September 27th - September 28th, 2025
Aim
Develop advanced body movement to efficiently climb steep rock and how to train for the redpoint.
Objectives
- Confident identifying environmental hazards when climbing outdoor rock.
- Comfortable hanging on straight arms while climbing and clipping to conserve energy.
- Comfortable using drop knee and twistlock techniques to transfer weight to the lower body.
- Comfortable falling on overhanging rock on bolts.
- Comfortable stick clipping.
- Understand route selection and lead climbing strategy on steep rock.
- Perform a lead climb bolt to bolt harder than onsight ability.
Prerequisites
- Confident top roping 5.10– and lead climbing 5.8–5.9.
- Confident building simple anchors using bolts, cleaning anchors, and threading anchors for lower or rappel.
- Confident coiling a rope.
- Confident tying the following knots: Figure 8, Rewoven Figure 8, Figure 8 on a Bight, Overhand.
- Confident tying the following hitches: Clove, Prusik.
*Prerequisites are recommended for an optimum learning opportunity.
If you have questions about how your experience relates to the prerequisites, please contact us at info@peakstratagem.com.
Introduction to Rock Climbing (R1)
Learn to Lead Outdoor Rock (R2)
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