Trad Climbing
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Women’s All Day - DMM Fine Tune Your Lead Climbing
A chance to get some coaching on your trad lead climbing, understanding better route choice, leader placed protection, rope management while leading, building belays, stance management, change overs and descents both abseiling and scrambling off safely.Enjoy some coaching & instruction from some of the best in the business, helping you fine tune your trad lead climbing skills. We'll build on your existing experience and adapt the clinic to suit your level of ability, helping build your confidence and ability. We'll look at all the aspects that make up a fun and safe time trad lead climbing outdoors, from choosing the best route to suit your grade and style of climbing, general crag safety and being mindful of others around, to rope management of the leader, placing trad gear, extending runners, to choosing the best belay and stance management to getting off the crag safely. The day really gives us the chance to consolidate any learning and develop people’s skills to feel more confident and independent moving forward.
Arc’teryx Ambassador Dr Natalie Brown, an expert on female health and the menstrual cycle will join you midway through your day. Natalie will take time to chat to you about how to become more self-aware of the changes in psychological symptoms across your menstrual cycle and its man-agement in relation to lead climbing, which is intrinsically linked in with fear management.