- Advanced Skill Level Advanced
- Ages 16+ Ages 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
Beyond the world of climbing gyms and bolted sport climbing is traditional climbing, a style of climbing that allows climbers to explore the vertical world without the need for pre-placed bolts and hardware. This style of climbing opens up vast new areas and an abundance of vertical terrain to climbers seeking to diversify their skill set.
Kaf guides will teach you the critical foundations to start your development in traditional climbing. You will learn about the crucial tools and practices of the trade that will expand your climbing repertoire.
This course will teach you how to place active and passive protection, clean trad gear, build solid anchors, rack up for a climb, safely clean anchors, and rappel. In addition, you will get to practice crack climbing techniques and learn advanced climbing movement that will facilitate your climbing in this new discipline.
Get ready to learn new climbing skills that will leave you excited to discover more.
Spend the day with Kaf instructors developing the knowledge and techniques of traditional climbing, learning the basics that will set you along the road to opening up vast new terrain for you to climb.
You and your instructors meet at 9am. You will spend the morning at the crag working with the tools of the trade: placing active and passive protection, cleaning trad climbing gear, building natural and artificial anchors, and learning how to rack up for a climb.
Lunch will be done on-the-go, allowing you to maximize your learning opportunities on this one-day course.
Your afternoon will be spent preparing you for some of the real-world scenarios you may encounter when traditional climbing. You will cover topics including safely cleaning anchors, different rappelling techniques, and advanced climbing movement that will facilitate your climbing in this new discipline.
You can expect to be back at your car by 5pm.