| All the climbing is carried out at
Crazy Horse Buttress Chiang Mai's best
climbing location just beyond the town
of Sankampeng east of Chiang Mai.
Choose from three climbing courses:
Course A - Introduction to
top rope climbing
Cn this course, we will introduce
you to the basics of rock climbing.
The emphasis of the course will be
to discuss the specific safety issues
inherent in the sport of rock-climbing,
rock-climbing equipment and its uses,
basic climbing knots, rock climbing
language, belaying, top-roping, basic
climbing movement, and basic rappelling.
The main focus of the course will
be to teach you rock climbing safety
and the essential skill of belaying.
By the end of the course, you should
understand the physics of belaying
and climbing safely. This course is
ideal for someone with little or no
climbing experience, as it will serve
as the building block for your future
climbing endeavors.
Course B - Intermediate top
rope climbing
Now that you have gotten your feet
wet, we can begin to explore more
complex issues of rock climbing. We
will review all of the concepts learned
in Introduction to Top Rope Rock Climbing.
However, we will take many of those
concepts a step further while also
introducing the essential skill of
threading an anchor.
Topics of discussion include more
advanced safety issues and concerns,
better belaying, and more advanced
climbing movement. This course will
strengthen your basic skills and help
you become more comfortable with the
sport. This course is ideal for the
climber who has previously taken a
climbing course or has climbed in
a gym, but still has little climbing
experience.
*Climbers must have taken a previous
Top Rope climbing course or display
a working knowledge of basic Top Rope
climbing concepts before participating
this course.
Course C - Introduction to
Lead climbing
Lead climbing is an essential skill
for an aspiring climber. In this course
we will discuss the differences between
top rope climbing and lead climbing.
We will introduce you to the safety
issues inherent in lead climbing and
help you master the skills necessary
to be a good lead climber.
Skills discussed will include lead
belaying, catching a fall, falling,
proper clipping techniques, the risks
of back-clipping, proper rope-management,
tying a rope through the anchor, advanced
rock climbing knots, resting while
climbing, proper clipping stances,
and more advanced climbing techniques.
Climbers will practice clipping the
rope into quickdraws but will remain
on a top-rope belay. Once climbers
have demonstrated a concrete understanding
of the differences between top-rope
and lead climbing, they will be given
the opportunity to lead climb on routes
with which they are familiar.
This course is ideal for an experienced
top rope climber or a climber who
has just finished the top rope introductory
course program. This is the next step
toward becoming a successful climber.
*Climbers must have taken an intermediate
Top Rope Rock Climbing Course or display
a working knowledge of the skills
required in Top Rope climbing before
participating in a Lead Climbing Course.
Climbers should ideally know the essential
skill of threading an anchor before
taking a lead climbing course. |
