Details
Dynamic belaying is a crucial technique in sport climbing for managing falls safely and efficiently. This course focuses on teaching the necessary skills to apply effective dynamic belaying, minimising the impact of falls and increasing the climber's safety.
Day 1:
- Arrival: We will park in the designated area and walk approximately fifteen minutes to the climbing sector.
- Warm-up: The day will begin with breathing exercises to prepare for climbing.
- Practice: Participants will alternate roles, practicing both catching and dynamic belaying of falls on the wall. We will work with small breaks for feedback, gradually increasing the height of the falls.
- Stress Management: The first part of the activity will use top-rope climbing to adapt to stress management.
- Lunch Break: We will take a break for lunch.
- Afternoon Session: In the afternoon, we will add falls at or above the protection height, depending on the participants' progress and considering indicators such as stress, breathing, body position, and focus.
- Closure: At the end of the day, we will take down the routes, organize the equipment, and walk back to the car (fifteen minutes).
Day 2:
- Arrival: Same approach as Day 1.
- Review: We will briefly review some of the previous day's content.
- Exercises: A series of exercises will provide a new perspective on climbing, focusing on speed, uncertain holds, and the confidence in the balance triangle.
- Lunch Break: We will take a break for lunch.
- Project Route: In the afternoon, participants will work on a project route to apply the techniques learned.
- Closure: At the end of the day, we will take down the routes, organize the equipment, and walk back to the car (fifteen minutes).
Objectives:
- Train participants in the use of dynamic belaying techniques.
- Understand the importance of dynamic belaying technique.
- Learn to correctly apply dynamic belaying.
- Develop the confidence necessary to implement this technique in real climbing situations.
- Identify the different types of belaying and their application.
- Assess the appropriate equipment for dynamic belaying.
- Foster safety and responsibility in sport climbing.
- Improve communication between climber and belayer.
- Practice advanced belaying techniques.
- Manage stress and anxiety during falls.
- Analyze case studies of real falls.
- Develop skills for observation and error correction.
- Implement belaying techniques in different scenarios.
- Perform self-assessments and receive feedback.
- Promote a culture of safety in the climbing community.
Target Audience: People who want to learn or perfect fall belaying in rock climbing or artificial walls.
Course Program:
On the first day, we will meet at Rock and Bloc to begin with one hour of theory on operating protocols.
Then, we will move on to setting up anchors, belaying the second climber, descending by fixed rope, ascending by fixed rope, load transfers, rappelling, blocking and unblocking the brake, and belaying the second climber. We will take a one-hour lunch break and continue. We will cover emergency rappelling techniques and rappelling in windy conditions.
The second day will also take place at Rock and Bloc. We will start with a brief review of the previous day's content, continue with rappelling past a knot, rappelling with an injured person, load transfers, and after a lunch break, we will proceed with rescuing a second climber while rappelling and rescue of a lead climber, concluding the course.
**Content:**
- Belaying practice in adverse conditions.
- Real-time feedback and technique correction.
- Belaying techniques on different types of rock.
- Route evaluation and ascent planning.
- Rope management during climbing.
- Belaying techniques on different types of rock.
- Communication and coordination between climber and belayer.
- Practical dynamic belaying techniques.
- Fall simulation exercises.
- Learning to manage lead climbing and autonomously climbing single-pitch equipped routes.
- Conduct an analysis by dividing the route into sections to evaluate where I can commit to climbing and where falls are not allowed.
- Deepen dynamic belaying for our partner climbing on lead or top-rope.
- Frog position.
- Work zone, comfort zone, stress zone, panic zone.
- Identifying the stress zone.
- Accompanying the fall.
- Feedback on stress indicators during each fall.
- Communication through objective language.
- Commitment during climbing.
- Objective decision-making.
- Commitment to decisions.
- Being aware of breathing during the fall process.
- Keeping eyes on the fall.
- Maintaining body position during the fall.
- Safety exercises in deciding the hold.
- Confidence exercises for holds.
- Speed exercises for grabbing holds.
- Final exam on a project route, applying the content learned.
Requirements:
- Must be of legal age.
- This is an activity of medium technical difficulty and medium physical demand.
- Intermediate level: a certain demonstrable level of climbing on-sight 6a is required.
- A normal level of physical fitness and agility is necessary.
- The difficulty is adapted to the student's physical and technical ability.
- Willingness to learn and enjoy the process.
- Previous experience: Required.
- Prior training: Required.
- Difficulty: Intermediate 6a.
Required Equipment:
- Technical clothing appropriate for the season and the sport (fleece, windbreaker, waterproof and breathable jacket, gloves, etc.). A windbreaker or light fleece is useful, even in summer.
- Comfortable clothing that is neither tight nor bulky.
- Backpack between 40 and 45 liters.
- Approach shoes or sports sneakers.
- 1L water bottle.
- Food (sandwich, bars, snacks, fruit, nuts).
- Sun protection (sunglasses, sunscreen, lip balm, cap or hat).
- Headlamp and batteries.
- Thermal blanket.
- Camera or phone.
- A notebook might be useful.
- Trekking poles may be useful for activities requiring a long approach.
- Climbing helmet.
- Climbing harness.
- Climbing shoes.
- 2 locking carabiners.
- 1 HMS locking carabiner.
- 1 belay device (e.g., Grigri).
- 1 single rope of 80m.
- 9 quickdraws.
- 1 HMPE sewn sling of 60 cm.
Start time (both days): 10:00 a.m.
Languages: Spanish and English.
Meeting point (both days)*:
- Summer: Tajo Los Vados Tourist attraction 18600 Motril, Granada, Spain. See on Google Maps
- Winter: Centro Geominero de Motril A-4133, 497, 18600 Motril, Granada. See on Google Maps
*The exact location as well as the meeting time will be decided in the days leading up to the course date, so we can enjoy the places with the best conditions for the activity.
Important notice:
If you book this activity to join a regular group, meaning if you do not book this activity as a private group, please note that:
You can book the activity individually, but a group of at least 2 people is required to carry out the activity.
If this minimum is not met, you will be notified and the amount paid will be refunded.
Duration
16 hours
Including
Mountain Guide, Speciality Climbing.
Personal equipment (climbing shoes, helmet, and harness), if necessary.
Group equipment (ropes, carabiners, quickdraws, belay devices, etc.).
Accident insurance (rescue and first medical assistance) and civil liability.
Pre-activity consultation.
Not including
Transport.
Accommodation.
Food.
Personal equipment (ask about rental).
Anything else not specified in the "Includes" section.
Certifications
Cancellation Policy
Cancellation or modification requests must be made through a message on the reservation page at MiReservaOnline.es to provide written proof of the date and time of the request.
99% of the paid amount will be refunded if the cancellation is made at least 48 hours before the start of the course.
No refund will be given if the cancellation is made less than 48 hours before the start of the course, or if the customer does not show up.
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