Fine tune your lead belaying - KMC members only!

Course or workshop description

A workshop all about avoiding belay accidents, gaining top tips, practising catching falls, and being the safest belayers we can be. Trial workshop: This is an opportunity for members of Keswick Mountaineering Club to attend this new workshop for a really low cost, and give your feedback afterwards. We'd like to know if it's useful, what can be improved, and how we can encourage club members to attend! You will need to be: A competent lead climber and lead belayer Have either climbed for a long time, or short time, but would be interested in some extra tuition and tips Don't often catch falls or are just interested in improving It doesn't matter what grade you climb! Exact content will depend on the group, but tends include: - Awareness of common belay accidents in climbing walls, and how to avoid them - Catching falls - Reducing risk for the lead climber low down - Use of equipment such as assisted braking devices - Managing weight differences Timings: 9.30am - 1pm Cost: £10 per session (+ wall entry on the day) Group size: 6 max You will need: rock shoes, harness, belay device NB. You may be asked to take some small lead falls during the session, so that people can practise catching falls. We will do this in as safe a way as we can, and you don't have to take falls if you don't want to, but if you are particularly anxious about falling off then it could be worth spending a bit of time working on relaxed falls in another session first. Check out my other workshops all about falling! If you are unsure whether this workshop is for you....please just ask :)