Top-Rope Site Management
This is an entry-level course emphasizing the educational and technical proficiency necessary to instruct top rope climbing in a group setting. It is intended to help transition recreational climbers into becoming model climbing instructors.
This course would be beneficial to all outdoor instructors, aspiring guides, and climbers who facilitate top rope climbing programs in group settings such as camps, schools, institutions, and climbing schools.
Topics include:
We will help you to develop quick and effective anchoring techniques using natural and artificial anchors while practicing a variety of anchor configurations and learning the many subtleties about anchoring.
During the course various belays and backup methods will be demonstrated and practiced for both top and bottom belays. The course also covers numerous methods for assisting and rescuing climbers and much more.
The course covers all the administrative, legal, and ethical expectations and responsibilities associated with being a climbing instructor.
Participants in this course should have prior top rope climbing experience that includes an ability to comfortably set up climbs, to belay, and to rappel without guidance.
Feel free to contact us with any questions or comments.
We'd love to hear from you!
tony@nwwilderness.com