Learn to set up your own ropes on the Southern Sandstone
Learn to set up your own ropes on the Southern Sandstone
As an intermediate climber, at some point you will want to head out climbing without an instructor to keep learning at your own pace. To do this, the first thing you’ll need to learn is how to safely set your own ropes.
If you’re based in London or elsewhere in the South East, the first ropes you’ll want to learn about are the ones set on your local Southern Sandstone crags. This is where you’ll be experimenting in between longer trips away – it only makes sense to develop your skills in this unique environment.
Southern Sandstone is the name given to the outcrops of sandstone formed millions of years ago on the borders of Kent and East Sussex. While some of the skills taught on this course are unique to sandstone, most will be valid for all other other climbing environments and will be invaluable to your overall journey as a climber.
In this course, you’ll learn how to set your own ‘bottom ropes’ (often known as top ropes), how to select a climb using guidebooks, what rock climbing equipment you’ll need (including how to look after and maintain it), how to safely asses anchor points, and how to rig your own climbs. Your experienced instructor will teach you about Southern Sandstone – this wonderful yet fragile climbing environment – and how to protect it by minimising the significant impact of erosion by climbers on the rock.
By the end of this course, we expect you to be able to head out on your first climbing trip without an instructor in full confidence and safety.
TRIP Information
Price info
£ 110 Per Person
Dates
March to October
Duration
8 hrs
Group size
4-6
Location
Sandstone crags in Sussex and Kent
Restrictions
Minimum age: 18
Max weight: 18 stone (115kg).
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