Learn to Lead – Sport
*Please do not enquire for courses/coaching in the UK: We currently have no availability in the UK due to a shortage of qualified instructors to meet the high demand - Apologies from the Rock & Sun team*
This Learn to Lead Sport course is one of our most popular courses. It is ideal for any climber with some top-rope climbing experience who would like to start lead climbing outdoors on single-pitch sport routes. You'll build on your existing outdoor top-roping skills, or your existing indoor lead climbing skills. During the course you will develop the confidence to become competent in leading exciting sport climbs outdoors. The lead climbing skills you learn on this course will also enable you to lead climb on indoor walls.
The course can be completed over a weekend in the Wye Valley (UK) or during a long weekend or week's holiday on the Spanish Costa Blanca.
Learn to Lead Sport UK - £240 - Content
- Maximum ratio is 1:4
- Lead belaying
- Lead climbing
- Correct use of sport climbing equipment
- Threading anchors
- Using a guide book
- Climbing calls and communication
- Basic movement skills
- Basic understanding of outdoor risks
- Building confidence
- Lots of quality climbing
Who is this Learn to Lead Sport course for?
- Climbers who have done our Intro Rock Climbing Weekend
- Climbers with some outdoor top-rope climbing experience
- Climbers with some indoor lead climbing experience
- Climbers who want to become independent outdoor sport climbers
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Next Steps in your climbing career
Once you've completed this course, there are a number of options to progress your rock climbing. A common desire of climbers at this level is to use your skills on a guided rock climbing holiday abroad to experience new heights in exhilarating, sunny locations. The most popular destinations are the Costa Blanca, Kalymnos and Thailand.
\especially amongst many British climbers, another logical next step is to learn how to lead traditional climbs (placing your own protection into the rock). Once you have the skills to be an independent trad climber, a whole range of unbolted climbing destinations within the UK will open up to you. We offer Learn to Lead Trad Courses in the Wye Valley and the Costa Blanca.