Coaching Lead Climbing
Level 3 : Instructional Course
Develop your existing ‘traditional’ lead climbing skills or learn to 'lead' climb from the very beginning alongside an experienced ISM Guide.
We'll focus on both your own personal climbing technique as well as the skills involved in 'traditional' lead climbing on single and multi-pitch routes. The day or weekend is perfect for you to develop as a climber, building your confidence and ability to become more independent when climbing with friends outdoors.
Course Highlights
Coaching on 'trad' climbing leader skills and techniques
Multi-pitch rope work and belay techniques
Build confidence and become more independent in your lead climbing abilities
Expert Guiding and coaching from experienced ISM Guides
Is The Course For Me?
These days are aimed at climbers with previous outdoor climbing experience, who are confident in their own personal climbing ability. They are ideal if you feel as though you are at a stage where you have experience in seconding a traditional route and wish to develop your skills and ability further and start the process of learning mechanics that underpin safe lead climbing.
Traditional Lead Climbing Skills
Skills covered on the course include:
- A refresh of your skills and the level of your ability
- Preparation of equipment, traditional gear and rope choice
- Mental preparation
- Safe leading practises
- Using the full range of natural protection
- Route choice and route finding
- Stance organisation
- Abseiling and retreating from the lead
- Avoiding potential problems (such as rope jams, protection falling out)
- Adequately protecting your second at all times
- Emergency procedures (when things don’t go quite as smoothly as planned) such as abseiling past a knot, hoist systems, escaping the system, evacuating an injured climber
- Judgement in rock climbing (perhaps the biggest safety factor!)
Course Dates & Booking
Please call +44 (0) 1539 721561 for availability
Meet the Team
Steve Jones
IFMGA British Mountain Guide
Perhaps the most experienced British guide working in the Alps, Steve has lived in Switzerland for more than 30yrs. He is a member of the Swiss Guides association as well as the British Mountain Guides.
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Paolo Intropido
IFMGA Italian Mountain Guide
Born in NW Italy in a region surrounded by mountains, Paolo started to ski and trek as a kid, always wanting to explore 'beyond the next hill'.
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Adrian Nelhams
ISM Director and IFMGA British Mountain Guide
As a Director of ISM, Adrian splits his time between guiding, the ISM office, family and climbing for himself. During his 25 year commitment to the team, Adrian has played a key role in the development of ISM.
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Anders Swensson
IFMGA Swedish Mountain Guide
Anders was the first Swedish Mountain Guide to work in the Alps. Before that he lived up in Northern Scandinavia, 400 km above the Arctic Circle.
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