Ali and Tony met the 10 University students at Box Bay north of Cardiff for their first session of trad lead instruction. It was a perfect day, in that it had stopped raining, the sun had come out, the wind was blowing hard and the tide was coming in quicker than expected! The group was divided into […]
Trad climbing in the Wye Valley with an Officer and a Pole Kat
Ali met Kat – a poledance instructor and Andy – an Officer in the Army, on an introduction to outdoor climbing in the Peak District in September 2010. They were both keen to learn more and plans were made, but time and injuries put paid to best laid plans and it wasn’t until early March 2012 that they all […]
The Three Musketeers learn to trad lead climb
Ali met Mike, Chris and Paul for a 2 day trad lead course at Symonds Yat after several email communications. They had little experience and limited equipment having done a first steps course, then taught themselves to sport lead climb indoors with help from a female instructor who felt sorry for them – they are all […]
Learning toTrad Lead Climb in the Wye Valley
Stu contacted Monsterclimbs in the Spring of 2011 to book a course to learn to trad lead climb, but circumstances were against him and time passed by. However, everything comes to he who waits and 12 months later than anticipated, Stu completed a Monsterclimbs trad lead course in the Wye Valley. After a very cold start to February […]
Part 10 – Learning to Sport Lead Climb: Belaying & Taking Lead Falls, The Lower Off
Taking a fall can be very intimidating, and it is best to practice on a steep, overhanging wall, when 5 or 6 clips up, where you can just fall into space. Often when a climber gets into difficulty, she either down climbs and sits on the rope, or asks for a tight rope, then drops off. […]