- Advanced
- Ages 16+
Learn from certified AMGA single-pitch instructors and AMGA certified rock guides how to place traditional protection, construct EARNEST gear anchors, and lead traditional rock climbing routes.
Quick Details
This course is the perfect excuse to satiate your appetite for the beautiful outdoors and take advantage of outdoor climbing. Put your bouldering to the test and get your hands onto some real rocks. It’s the perfect family and friends outing as well as the perfect opportunity to learn all the necessary skills to pass a top-rope belay test. Take your next Saturday off and spend it out with a Kaf instructor/guide climbing real rock with ropes and harnesses. When you’re done, congratulate yourself for breaking through the barrier of entry into rock climbing! Then continue practicing weekly at your favorite climbing gym.
Plan to meet your climbing instructor around 8 am and hike to the climbing site.
In the morning you will learn about the equipment, knots, and skills required for outdoor rock climbing. You will learn how to put on a harness, tie a figure-8 follow through, belay with an ATC, and communicate as a member of a climbing team.
After a lunch break, you will spend the afternoon refining your climbing technique on the rock and reinforcing the skills you learned in the morning.
You can expect to be back at the parking lot at 4pm.
Once you’ve learned the basics, take the next step in your rock climbing journey and join Kaf for our Smith Rock: Weekend.