TRANSITION – SPORT LEAD CLIMBING | RIGAUD

• Rock climbing
• Rock climbing in Rigaud

This 2-day course will ensure your are fully equipped to lead climb on sport routes!

The course takes place over 2 consecutive days (typically Saturday and Sunday). You select the date of the first day and the second day is automatically the next day.

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COURSE CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES

• Knowing how to tie specific knots and set up climbing anchors
• Properly install SPORT climbing protection
• Rope Management in order to belay a leader and a second
• Being able to rappel safely
• Being able to clean a route

The Sport Leader Transition course includes:

• FQME and AGMA certified instructor
• Technical and instructional material
• 20$ discount on the book Freedom of the Hills (value of 45$ – promo code Freedom)

The Sport Leader Transition course doesn’t include:

• Entry fee per person to Mont Rigaud ($5 per person)

Number of participants per instructor

• Minimum 3 / Maximum 6
• Create a group of 6 people and 1 is free:
  • Enter the promo code below when registering to take advantage of your free offer: groupede6

Minimum age

• 15 years

• Being certified and having experience lead climbing in a gym

If you do not lead climb in a gym, but are autonomous top roping outside, contact us to organize a custom course. 

Day 1 schedule:

• 9:00 AM Meeting in the Mont Rigaud parking lot
  • The cliff is 500m from the parking; bring all your belongings (15-20 min hike)
• 9:30-10:00 AM: Assesment of participants’ knowledge (knots, belays and rappelling concepts)
• 10:00 AM-4:00 PM: Practice and theory taught in workshops:
  • Rock climbing standards and presentation of the equipment used – review of equipment
  • Knots workshop (water knot, double fisherman’s, Prusik, etc.)
  • The perfect anchor (number of anchor points, equalized, redundancy)
  • Physics of potential falls
  • Self-belay at cliff edge (fixed rope, prusik, rappel, etc.)
  • Setting up an anchor on trees and bolts
  • Rappelling set-up and techniques
• 4:00-4:30 PM: Review of the day and conclusion
• 4:30-5:00 PM: Equipment return and end of day
• Less than 20 minutes, up to a 100m of high difference and 500m of hike to reach the differents crags

Day 2 schedule:

• 9:00 AM Meeting in the Mont Rigaud parking lot
  • The cliff is 500m from the parking; bring all your belongings (15-20 min hike)
• 9:30-11:00 AM: Assessment of participants’ knowledge (knots, belays and rappelling concepts)
• 11:00 AM-4:00 PM: Practice and theory taught in workshops:
  • Lead climbing practice and fall practice
  • Perfect anchor and multi-pitch belay stations
  • Rope management at belay stations
  • Physics of potential falls
  • Lead climbing (with top-rope backup and/or protections already in place)
  • Using a Clip Stick
  • Using a OHM
• 4:00-4:30 PM: Feedback about the day and conclusion
• 4:30-5:00 PM: Equipment return and end of day

Dates:

This course can take place every weekend from May to October if we have a minimum of 4 participants.

10% discount on reservation during the week (promo code: 10%semaine). Contact us at 438-871-7133.

Date changes, cancellations and refunds

Read pour policies here.