Clinics

Traditional Climbing 1: Gear Placements and Anchoring

A limited offering at one of the best trad climbing areas in the southwest: Cochise Stronghold!

Traditional Climbing 1 is the first of three courses desiged to expand technical climbing knowledge from sport climbing ino the realm of "trad" climbing. This course is designed with ground-based practice allowing participants to:

• explore the gear used in traditional climbing
•  understand the intended purposes and limitations of the gear
• progress to making gear placements
• practice anchor building

This full-day course ends with participants toprope climbing to see how gear is used in single-pitch terrain. Participants are responsiable for their own transportation as well as food and drink for this full-day course. Prerequisite sport climbing experience is required.

*Limited to 4 participants    8am - 5pm  Meeting in Cochise WEST

Trad Climbing 2: Advanced anchoring & single-pitch traditional climbing

A limited offering at one of the best trad climbing areas in the southwest: Cochise Stronghold!

Learn to lead and descend single-pitch trad climbs, including more advanced anchoring, top belays, mock leads, and more station management
skills.

• Trad climbing 1 course or equivalent experience with a working knowledge of traditional gear placement, anchoring, and sport climbing lead experience are required.

*Limited to 3 participants    8am - 5pm  Meeting in Cochise WEST

Trad Climbing 3: Multi-pitch traditional climbing
 
Learn multipitch climbing techniques, including station management, descents, transitions, and practice on a multipitch climb with a top belay.

• Trad climbing 1 & 2 or equivalent experience. Participants must have led or followed single-pitch traditional and sport climbs and possess a solid understanding of traditional gear placement, anchoring, and rappelling.

*Limited to 2 participants 8am - 5pm  Meeting in Cochise WEST