Toprope climbing for beginners
This course is designed for beginners to introduce them to the fundamentals of indoor top rope climbing. Participants will learn the basics of safety, equipment, and proper communication.
Course content:
- Safety aspects in the climbing gym – the does and don’ts, what to look out for, how to behave in a climbing gym, what to carry on you while climbing and what not.
- How to use a harness – how to wear a harness correctly, basics of safety equipment, what to take care of.
- How to tie a figure-of-eight – our usual knot to tie in is the figure-of-eight, we teach you the best way to tie a figure-of-eight so that also partner checks are easy.
- How to use the Gri-Gri – this is the belay device we usually use to teach beginners.
- Partner check – the essential and crucial safety check before you start to climb, we teach our HiFive method, which we believe is the safest method out there.
- Guardian angel method – if you are new to climbing and need an additional safety measure, this is the go-to method, a measure of last resort.
Within this course you will learn to belay safely and have your first attempts at climbing to the top. At the end of the course our experienced instructors will also give you personalized feedback.
Why is HiFive a good choice? We have been teaching the introduction to sport climbing course for many years now, for children and adults alike, small groups and large groups. We also teach the new instructors in Luxembourg, so we are always up to date with all safety measures and latest trends.
Organization and Communication
We will send you a confirmation email after you registered (please check your spam folder). Several days before the offer begins, we will reach out to you and all other participants to coordinate travel plans and, if necessary, discuss options if the minimum number of participants has not been met. We will finalize details such as the meeting point, equipment, travel, and other organizational information.
Material needed
For this course you should wear normal sports clothing and a harness. We would advise you to also rent a pair of climbing shoes (you can rent them in the climbing gym) which will make for a better climbing experience. If you wear your own sport shoes, please only use indoor and clean ones. You can also rent a harness and a belay device (Gri-Gri preferred) in the climbing gym.
Cancellation Policy
For more details, please refer to the General Terms and Conditions.
Dates and time: contact us for dates
Where: we can decide that after booking
Duration: Your choice, but usually 1h for a very basic notion of safety and and additional 1h for your first hands-on experience is necessary.
Experience level: No prior experience necessary
Age group: 6 – 99 years
No. participants: your choice
Costs: We charge our personal training fee of 98 € VAT incl. per hour (plus 69 € VAT incl. per additional hour in a bloc) for 1-2 participants. Inquire in case of more participants.
(excl. entrance fee of gym)
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