Climbing course - clean climb

Climbing a route clean means that individual pieces of protection, or even the entire protection system, are mobile and removed after the climb – the route is climbed cleanly, leaving nothing behind.

Clean climbing requires significantly more commitment. It demands considerable experience and confidence in one's own abilities. Placing protection requires skill, time, and energy. To be efficient in placing intermediate protection, we'll show you the basics and methods for a sensible and efficient approach.

Equipment knowledge (friends/cams, nuts, slings, specialized gear)
Building belay stations with mobile protection devices (e.g., camming devices)
Basic placements, cam spikes, and hourglass anchors
Proper placement of cams and nuts
Half rope technique
Lead climbing tactics
Practice routes with coaching

Course objective:

• You can independently plan and execute a well-protected multi-pitch climb.

  
  



• You recognize the difficulties and crux sections of a route and know how to overcome them.

  
  



• You can plan a retreat from a route.

  
  

Course content:

Equipment knowledge, knot tying, belaying techniques, belay station construction, rappelling, use of mobile protection devices, lead and top-rope climbing techniques, route planning, and handling worst-case scenarios.

Requirements:

This course is for climbers who already have outdoor climbing experience and can lead climb routes 5b-6a indoors. Furthermore, good physical condition is required.

->If you are just starting your climbing career, the Basic Climbing Course or the Basic Multi-Pitch Climbing Course are suitable.

Course locations include:
Göscheneralp, Furka, Vals, Ticino, and others.