Climbing school training courses in Austin, TX (public, in-house or online)

This class is for those who have graduated from Climbing 301 or those with sufficient belay and climbing skills who want to learn to Lead Climb and excel at multi-pitch climbs. Emphasis is placed on safety skills, multi-pitch rope maintenance, anchors, rappelling from your own top rope anchors, pseudo-lead climbing, as well as mentally and physically challenging climbing techniques up

Excellent hands-on experience for developing the skills to set your own top ropes. On Saturday, we show you how to set superb anchors using natural protection as well as fixed anchors. On Sunday, we concentrate on advanced climbing techniques up to 5.10. In our outdoor "classrooms" we cover face climbing, overhangs, chimneys, cracks, natural protection and sport climbing.

For intermediates, this class focuses on advanced climbing technique: hone your belaying, smearing, layback and crack skills on challenging climbing routes

A weekend introduction to climbing for anyone who wants to experience a safe adventure in the vertical realm. In this class, we emphasize safety skills, basic climbing technique, teamwork, trust, communication, and having a great time in a beautiful setting (children 7-15 must be accompanied by an adult).

This course takes place in a slide climber’s paradise, miles from the nearest road. We begin instruction with an introduction to equipment and clothing for warm weather adventures; and the essentials of trip planning and navigation. After packing equipment and food, we head out for a five mile hike to our base camp for the next three nights. By backpacking almost to the foot of the mountain, we’ll gain easy access to numerous large slides.

Our second day includes a climb of one of the eas...

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