Course aims
To develop the knowledge and skills to lead climb on single pitch crags
the course will cover
Identifying hazards
Improving climbing technique
Placing gear
Building belays and belaying from the top
Belaying a lead climber
Lead progressions and abseiling
Dates, times and price
3rd August 2024/10:00 - 17.00 / £100 per person.
Venue
Northumberland (April - October ) Belford area ( Bowden or Kyloe). 3rd August 2024.
Yorkshire (April - October ) Harrogate area ( Almscliffe or Brimham).
Equipment
All specialist equipment provided but by all means bring your own if you have it. We have a range of climbing shoes in most sizes.
Booking
Get in touch to book onto the course or if you would like to find out more. Booking and payment information can be found here.
CLIENT REVIEWs
Absolutely loved our few days with you Andy. You're an amazing climber and an incredible coach, very understated but the breadth of your knowledge is mind blowing. Thanks for sharing some of that knowledge with us bro.
Mike and Petra. 7-9 September 2020
Andy, as ever, had a cracking day. The fundamentals starting to sink in. What a great place too .
Dan and Chris A. Learn to Lead. 12th September 2020.
Cheers Andy, it was a fantastic day. Almscliffe is an amazing crag and the weather was beautiful today. I really enjoyed it, and we got through a load of stuff; super useful. I'll be getting out in the next couple of days putting all of things I've learned into practice. Thanks again.
Richard C. Learn to Lead. May 2021
Thanks for yesterday, a quality day as always! Great to consolidate the skills I’ve learnt with you on our other days. The ‘less than ideal first anchor’ was really helpful to see in action and talk through. Also trying to protect the crack on High Man without the obvious big cams.
I think the way you structure your courses is perfect. Effectively rope rigging into learn to lead into self-rescue into multi pitch and beyond. It’s been ideal to have a day with you, go away and consolidate before coming back for the next day. It also makes it much more accessible in terms of cost as we’ve been able to break it up and spread it across pay cheques.
Another day I’d be interested to explore leading on half ropes. I think I get it from reading books but don’t want to find myself at the top of a crag all tangled up and feeling a bit mind blown under pressure. Also good to have someone shadowing when trying new belay technique / devices. Perhaps one for the autumn or early spring before thinking about a multi pitch course with you! I’ll get in touch with the others and see who is interested.
MC, Learn to Lead, July 2019
After receiving contact details as a recommendation for climbing courses I rang up Andy and booked in for 3 days climbing locally in the UK. I can honestly say it was amazing, I learnt valuable techniques and advice that you just wouldn’t get when climbing with friends or even clubs. Andy’s way of teaching is so easy to understand and even though we did 1-1 training Andy was super easy to get on with. Andy knew my limits and we climbed some great routes with all different scenarios to learn and test the skills taught. I am now set to go out on my own with much more confidence and am looking forward to booking in again for another adventure.
Trevor, Introduction to Traditional Climbing (3 day course), July 2019.
'I've just come back for a three day course with Andy learning to lead trad climbing and I can honestly say the whole experience from start to finish was just brilliant. Andy demonstrated gear placements, setting-up anchors and belays as well as what to do if things don't go to plan. He then continued to show how to use these skills in loads of different scenarios so I can apply them wherever I climb. From start to finish Andy was professional, enthusiastic, patient and safe, but the best thing was that it was like climbing with a really encouraging friend. I've come away confident and really excited about the trad side of climbing. Thanks Andy! I'd thoroughly recommended Andy to anyone that wants to get into trad or develop climbing skills.' 24/06/16
