Climbing holidays Ticino | Climbing course intensive

• Procedure and course content

  • Day 1 Welcome and start of the course

    Ponte Brolla, 10:33 a.m.

    We get to know each other and clarify your expectations, then we go to the climbing garden together. This course is planned to take place in Ticino. If necessary, we will remain flexible and adapt the location to the prevailing weather conditions.
    We spend the night at the Hotel Cristallina. Double rooms with a small balcony are available.

  • Day 1 Refresher and rock climbing in the climbing garden

    6h

    After the welcome and getting to know each other, we immediately go to a climbing garden nearby and look at rock climbing together or brush up on it.

    Daily destination: You have learnt or repeated the basics of rock climbing and can now climb independently in climbing gardens, taking your ability and skills into account.

    Course content:

    Climbing garden organisation

    • Which routes are right for me

    Communication of the rope team

    • Commands
    • Climbing glossary

    Partner check and team setup

    • Alignment of skills and abilities

    Materials science

    • Carabiner
    • Express
    • Ropes
    • Slings
    • etc.

    Handling the belay device

    • Which belay device makes sense for me?
    • What are the differences, advantages and disadvantages?

    Handling the rope while climbing

    • Clipping position and cliffs
    • Rope guide
    • Route selection

    Threading

    • Simply thread
    • Double threading

    Reflection

    • What have I learnt?
    • Where do I stand?
    • What's next and what's next?
      Feedback and course instructor
  • Day 2 Refresher course in multi-pitch climbing and climbing in the climbing garden

    In the morning, the focus is on consolidating and applying what you have learnt in the climbing garden. Under supervision, we will give you valuable tips on safety techniques, rope handling and rock climbing in general.

    Daily destination: You will have learnt important basics for multi-pitch climbing and gain confidence in its use.

    Course content

    Rope team communication on an MSL route

    • Which commands do we use to communicate with each other
    • Communication via rope - rope commands

    Stand construction

    • Series connection
    • Equalising anchorage

    Save in MSL

    • Stand or body
    • Rope handling
    • Half-rope technique

    Abseiling

    • Set up abseiling
      •  Threading
      • Abseiling knots
    • 3 point check

    Planning 3×3

    • Which factors of the 3×3 planning pattern are particularly important
    • How to plan an MSL route
    • Meteo
  • Day 3 and 4 Application tours

    6h

    We repeat what we have learnt and put it into practice on easy multi-pitch routes. We'll show you tips and tricks for multi-pitch climbing and enjoy the many climbing opportunities in Ticino!

    Daily destination: You have acquired the knowledge and skills to climb multi-pitch routes. You are aware of where your strengths lie and where you still need to gain experience.

    Course content:

    Repeat what you have learnt

    • Communication
    • Stand construction
    • Save in MSL
    • Abseiling

    Short MSL route independent climbing

    • Gain initial experience in self-employment

    Reflection:

    • How was the planned tour?
    • What have I learnt and what will I do differently next time?
  • Day 4 Conclusion

    17:00

    We complete the course together.

• Requirements

  • You have learnt how to lead climb and belay in the hall and use this regularly.
    • You can also book private lessons in the hall. If you are interested, please send us a message using the contact form
  • You can climb up to the 4th grade.
  • Condition for climbing tours with a comfortable ascent and descent.

• Price and services

  • CHF 990.-
  • Small group with 4 - 6 guests per mountain guide.
  • Including accommodation costs in a hotel in a double room with half board.
  • Including planning and realisation with mountain guide and his travel expenses

• Material and equipment

  • For this tour you need the following material from this PDF.

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