Description
A pack gives access to all 4 episodes: VideoWorkshop on Lead Climbing part 1 includes:
- Introduction to the idea and essentials of lead climbing and the key procedures of the belayer;
- Most important information about the structure and the application of quickdraws;
- Clipping rope into quickdraws – correct technique and consequences of the incorrect technique;
- Correct procedure of preparing a rope before climbing – rarely mentioned but important for safety and comfort of climbing, issues;
- Correct technique for lead climbing and common mistakes, including clipping the rope too early, Z-clipping and biting down on the rope before clipping;
- Useful exercises to improve clipping the rope.
VideoWorkshop on Lead Climbing part 2 includes:
- Correct technique for giving and taking slack;
- Procedures that need to be done before climbing – planning the first bolt clipping and a partner check;
- Spotting until the first bolt;
- Starting the action of belaying with the belaying device;
- Posture of the belayer;
- Correct amount of slack, which depends on various variables;
- Coming up to and going away from the wall – the fastest ways of giving and taking slack;
- “Take” during the lead climbing and lowering to the ground;
- Example of comfortable and safe exercise for belaying during the lead climbing.
VideoWorkshop on Lead Climbing part 3 includes:
- Introduction to catching climber’s fall after falling off the wall and the reasons why it should be trained quite often;
- Static and dynamic belaying;
- Catching falls from the first bolt;
- “Take” above the bolt – safe ways to avoid climber hitting to the wall;
- Dynamic ways of catching the fall;
- Climber’s commands and phrases and belayer’s behaviour before and during the climber’s fall;
- Safe ways of falling off the wall depending on the situation – including distance to the ground, protruding elements of the rock, as well as belayer’s location towards the last bolt, both in a vertical and a horizontal surface;
- Climber’s behaviour during the fall, as well as its slowdown;
- A psychological aspect of lead climbing and ways of dealing with the fear of falling off the wall;
- Comfortable and safe ways of training falling off the wall and catching climber’s falls;
- Influence of falling off the wall on the consumption of the rope and ways of reducing it;
- Impact of multiple falls on the property of shock-absorption of the rope;
- Examples of different falls (including very long ones), caught smoothly and safely by the belayer with the use of presented techniques of dynamic belaying.
VideoWorkshop on Lead Climbing part 4 includes:
- Semiautomatic belaying devices and their application to lead climbing;
- An effective way of dealing with a weight difference between a climber and a belayer;
- The Munter Mule Overhand knot – tying off a climber resting on the wall;
- The Double Cowboy Bowline – advantages and disadvantages and a variation of the Figure Eight knot which prevents turning upside down while falling off the wall;
- Top-rope climbing and unclipping quickdraws while climbing – advantages and dangers;
- Correct and effective way of coiling a rope after climbing and tying the end;
- Additional information – about the inspection of the climbing gear and its damage which disqualify it from usage;
- Elimination of rarely mentioned dangers connected to lead climbing.
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After payment, you get access to:
- Video on YotuTube platform
- Resolution: 1920×1080 FullHD
- Audio: Polish
- Subtitles: Polish or English
- Duration: 21 minutes (part 1), 26 minutes (part 2), 31 minutes (part 3), 28 minutes (part 4)
- Minimum requirements: desktop computer, laptop or smartphone with the access to the YouTube platform
Rock climbing is an extreme sport, and presented materials cannot replace a practical climbing training course. Polish School of Alpinism does not take responsibility for the application of presented materials in real life situations.
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