Fox Mountain Guides and Climbing School

Advanced Level Course

North Carolina has some spectacular aid climbing and this course will give you the skills to aid up the big stone! We will look at all aid climbing techniques, piton craft and ‘heading’ but more emphasis will be on clean aid techniques. Pendulums, seconding, ‘speed climbing’ and hauling are also covered in detail. We will take an in-depth look at the advancement of aid climbing over the years and aid climbing ethics. We will climb routes on the North Face and Sun Wall of Looking Glass.

Topics Covered:

• Piton craft and ‘heading’
• Clean aid techniques, utilizing your trad gear
• Cam hooks, hooking and clip sticks
• Pendulums
• Seconding aid pitches. Often overlooked, this is sometimes harder than leading the pitch
• Speed climbing techniques
• Hauling, looking at simple ways to overcome hauling problems
• We will take an in-depth look at the advancement of aid climbing over the years and aid climbing ethics

Course Prerequisites:

Applicants must have taken our Intermediate Level courses or can traditional lead 5.7 climbs, rappel and have experience building artificial and natural anchors.
             
Number on course:       Maximum of 3:1 client to instructor ratio
Course length:              Two days
Course dates:               This course is ran on an ‘on request’ basis
Cost*:
3: $300 per person (three to one instructor, two days)
2: $370 per person (two to one instructor, two days)
1: $520 per person (one to one instructor, two days)

*The costs are based on the actual amount of participants on the course. courses normally run at 3 people but in the event the courses run with less people the costs will be as shown above. Participants that do not wish to take the course with low numbers (because of the cost) can change their course to another date. The upside to lower numbers is of course a more personal course.

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