2-Day Belay Skills and Climbing Structure Training

Course Description: 

Our introduction to belaying & climbing structure operations is a two-day hands-on training that introduces the fundamental belay, supervision, and management skills necessary for conducting effective indoor climbing wall and outdoor climbing tower programming. It includes a belay skill verification.

*This training is only for those who have climbing walls or towers*

Participants in the training will:

• Learn pre-use inspection of the element structure, equipment, and the program environment

• Learn the proper use of climbing and personal protective equipment

• Learn to tie a variety of figure 8 family of knots and know when to apply them 

• Learn pre-climbing safety checks and belay commands

• Learn effective P-BUS facilitator belay technique using an aperture-style belay plate

• Learn techniques for catching a fall, anchoring a belayer, and properly lowering

• Learn group belay techniques including the Australian belay and TEAM belay

• Learn climbing hold placement, tightening, and basic route setting

• Learn a basic variety of bouldering-style activities to teach movement skills

• Identify potential hazards and risks to climbers, belayers, and staff associated with each element structure

• Review Standard Operating Procedures for Climbing Structures (Walls, Towers, etc.)

• $385.00 includes registration, belay verification, training manual, and lunches during the training.

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