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Climbing training courses and schools
Ice, Mountain and Rock Climbing

School: The Bob Culp Climbing School
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Climb Eldorado
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Climb with Bob Culp in Eldorado Canyon, one of the world’s finest rock climbing areas. Bob particularly enjoys guiding his first ascent routes such as Ruper or Rewritten as well as Eldo classics such as The Bastille Crack, The Bulge, Wind Ridge, or the Yellow Spur. Eldorado is internationally known and a favorite stop for visiting climbers. Its steep, 600 ft cliffs of metamorphosed sand...
 

Chamonix Climbing
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These 3 days (or longer) climbing trips are held in the Mt Blanc range of the French Alps. The trips will consist of rock, ice, and mountain climbing providing the perfect introduction to alpine mountaineering and an experience not to be forgotten. Gaston Rebuffat the renowned Chamonix guide writes about the Mt Blanc range "What an extraordinary creation this is, wrought by earth and ti...
 

Dolomite Climbing
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The Dolomites in northern Italy are some of Europe’s most awe-inspiring mountains. Their breathtakingly steep ramparts are a rock climber’s paradise and the setting for our Dolomite Climbing Adventures. Come with us to retrace the paths of legendary pioneers like Comici, Solda, Buhl, and Cassin. Experience the thrill of standing on some of the Alps’ most dramatic summits. Rock ...
 

Basic Ice
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This complete course for beginners is an excellent first step towards becoming an accomplished ice climber. Two full-days of instruction and practice climbing familiarize students with the fundamental techniques of steep ice climbing. Basic ice climbing topics are covered including techniques for efficient crampon and tool use, footwork, anchor placement, energy conservation, mental prepared...
 

Leading on Ice
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Full-day or half-day lessons for solid intermediate ice climbers who want to develop the specific skills needed for leading ice climbs. We emphasize efficient movement and energy conservation, choosing a route, and estimating ice conditions. Various types of protection devices will be demonstrated and practiced, including ice screws, hooks, pound-ins, and v-threads. Students will practice placi...
 

Intermediate Ice
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Full-day or half-day lesson for those with some ice climbing experience. Practice climbing and skills training under the close supervision of an experienced instructor is a quick way to improve your ice climbing ability. We structure each lesson to suit the ability and goals of each student with emphasis upon more challenging climbs. Vertical ice, thin ice, mixed ice, and dry-tooling are ...
 

Beginning Ice
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Full-day or half-day overview of fundamental ice climbing procedures. The use of crampons and hand tools for movement on steep ice is practiced. Ice conditions and safety procedures are discussed. Anchor placement is demonstrated. A good introductory experience providing a taste of the sport.
 

ICE CLIMBING
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ICE CLIMBING LESSONS - are taught in the cold months, December through March (depending upon conditions) in the Boulder area where naturally occuring ice formations are ideal for instruction and climbing under a wide variety of situations at all levels of difficulty. We also travel to other ice climbing areas. We offer instruction for everyone, novice to advanced. Our beginning courses provi...
 

First on the Rope
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First on the Rope �One day lead climbing course - private lesson scheduled anytime The goal of this course is to prepare students with the information and practice necessary to begin leading on their own. The course consists of one full day lesson, combining our two half day lessons, Leading on Rock I and Leading on Rock II.
 

Leading on Rock II
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Leading on Rock II �Half day practice lead climbing - private lesson scheduled anytime The goal of this lesson is to allow students who have demonstrated sufficient aptitude to gain experience leading without a top rope safety. Leads are made in situations where the instructor is confident adequate pro placement opportunities exist and students can climb without worrying if protection will...
 

Leading on Rock I
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Leading on Rock I �Half day introduction to leading - private lesson scheduled anytime The goal of this lesson is to familiarize students with the basics of leading on rock. It includes methods for efficient rope clipping and minimizing rope drag, planning lead strategy, and practice “leading�while placing pro with a top rope for safety. The lesson begins with a review of pro placement in...
 

Basic Rock
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Basic Rock �2 day private beginning rock climbing course scheduled anytime We have been teaching this introductory course in traditional rock climbing since the early seventies and have refined and updated it regularly. It is an effective course for serious beginners or those who have been gym climbing and want to make the transition to the outdoors. The objective of the course is to pre...
 

Multi-Pitch Climbing
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Multi-Pitch Climbing �Half day private beginner’s lesson scheduled anytime The goal of this lesson is to give students practice seconding multi-pitch climbs and climbing as a team. A multi-pitch rock climb will be done giving students the opportunity to put into practice everything learned in the course.
 

Belaying and Rappelling
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Belaying and Rappelling �Half day private beginner’s lesson scheduled anytime The goal of this lesson is to familiarize students with techniques for belaying on multi-pitch climbs (belaying the second and belaying the leader) and rappelling in all situations using equipment currently available so students are prepared to belay or rappel in a safe way. Students will catch simulated leader ...
 

Climbing Anchors
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Climbing Anchors �Half day private beginner’s lesson scheduled anytime The goal of this lesson is to present everything a climber needs to know in order to safely place gear in rock and set up anchors. We cover climbing pro placements including natural anchors, passive chocks, and active mechanical chocks (cams). Students practice pro placement and removal. Anchor equalization methods wi...
 

Basic Rock Climbing
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Introduction to Rock Climbing �Half day private beginner’s lesson scheduled anytime The goal of this lesson is to teach basic rock climbing skills in a top rope setting. Such things as climbing philosophy, safety, ethics, rope handling, knots, communication, equipment overview, and top rope belaying will be demonstrated and practiced. Students will practice climbing on natural rock and wi...
 

School: The Northwest Mountain School
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Ouray Ice Climbing
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For a portion of each winter we travel to the historic Victorian mining town of Ouray, CO in the San Juan Mountains to hone our ice climbing skills. Ouray offers predictably fantastic ice climbs in both the Ouray Ice Park and the surrounding mountains. The combination of reasonably priced lodging, good restaurants, nearby airports, and good local skiing, provide the perfect setting for practici...
 

Multi-Pitch Rock Climbing
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Multi-pitch rock climbing is essentially what traditional rock climbing is all about. This program builds on what is covered in our introduction to lead climbing course. On this course we cover topics such as route finding, belay station management, strategies for belaying the second, (i.e. belaying off the anchor, redirecting the belay, and belaying off the harness), preventing factor 2 falls,...
 

Lead Climbing
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Learning to lead climb can be a stressful and even dangerous process. By learning with a guide you have the opportunity to slow things down, moving forward to each new step only when ready. Over the years we have put a lot of energy into teaching people how to make the transition from top roping and climbing in gyms to leading sport and "trad" climbs or setting up top ropes in a varie...
 

Outdoor Rock Climbing
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New rock climbers often believe that climbing requires unusual upper body strength. In this course we demonstrate that good rock climbers have generally refined their rock climbing skill to the point where they have perfected their footwork, energy conservation, weight transfer, and balance, allowing them to move smoothly up difficult rock climbs. This course provides a starting point for new r...
 

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