Get on the sharp end! This course, hosted by The Crag at Cool Springs and taught by Fox Mountain Guides and Climbing School, is designed to give participants the required knowledge for lead climbing. Much of the anxiety experience with lead climbing is due in part to ignorance. “What will happen if I fall?” “How do I clean the anchors?” “What if I can’t make it all the way to the top?” Taking this course will help reduce some of the fears one may have associated with lead climbing. This is done by taking an analytical and objective approach to lead climbing, rope work, falling, and by giving some practical tips in technique to help control the emotion and stress often associated with lead climbing.

Topics Covered:* Clipping bolts * Lead belaying * Basic falling technique * Climbing efficiently and comfortably * Cleaning the anchors

Minimum of 4 participants. Maximum of 6 participants.