Big Wall and Aid Climbing - Online Course

Big Wall and Aid Climbing

How To Climb the Big Stone

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Full Online Course

Learn everything (yes, everything) about big wall and aid climbing.

1. Course Content
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2. What is Big Wall and Aid Climbing?
3. Big Wall Destinations
4. Choosing a Route and a Partner
5. The Grading System
6. The Sketch Factor
7. Training Plan
8. How To Practise
1. What Gear Do You Need?
2. Improvised Gear
1. The Basics
2. The Setup
3. Racking Up
4. Leaving the Belay
5. Getting High
6. Practise at the Crag
1. Piton Scars
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2. Cams
3. Other Trad Gear
4. Cam Hooks
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5. Sky Hooks
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6. Bolts and Rivets
7. Fixed Gear
8. Bounce Testing
9. Practise at the Crag
1. Traverses and Roofs
2. Pendulums and Tension Traverses
3. Ascending to your High Point
4. Lowering Mid-Pitch
5. Practise at the Crag
1. Passing Gear
2. Switching Between Aid and Free
3. Cheater Sticks
4. Equalizing Gear
5. Screamers
6. Loose and Expanding Rock
7. Practise at the Crag
1. The Basics
2. Jumaring Slabs and Vertical Terrain
3. Jumaring Overhanging Terrain
4. Practise at the Crag
1. Leaving the Belay
2. Cleaning Gear
3. Jumaring Over a Lip
4. Practise at the Crag
1. Cleaning Traverses
2. Cleaning Pendulums
3. Practise at the Crag
1. The Basics
2. The Central Point
3. Fixing the Lead Rope
4. Setting Up the Hauling System
5. Simple Belays
6. Practise at the Crag
1. Communication
2. Belay Transitions
3. Belaying
4. Practise at the Crag
1. Approach
2. Packing the Haulbag
3. Hanging the Haulbag from Both Straps
4. Using a Rack Bag
5. Attaching Multiple Haulbags Together
6. Adding a Docking Tether
7. Attaching Haulbags to the Rope
8. Practise at the Crag
1. Pulleys
2. Technique
3. Friction
4. Docking Haulbags
5. Releasing Haulbags
6. Practise at the Crag
1. Space Hauling
2. Stuck Haulbags
3. Hauling Past a Knot
4. 2:1 Hauling
5. 3:1 Hauling
6. Flagging the Portaledge
7. Far End Hauling
8. Tag Lines
9. Hauling Low-Angled Terrain
10. Practise at the Crag
1. Strategy
2. Rappelling with a Heavy Load
3. Rappelling Overhangs and Traverses
4. Rappelling with a Damaged Rope
5. Rappelling Past a Knot
6. Rappelling Low-Angled Terrain
7. Walking Off
8. Practise at the Crag
1. Bivi Setups
2. Setting Up a Portaledge
3. Food, Water and Stoves
4. How to Poop
5. Weather
6. Practise at the Crag
1. Fixing Pitches
2. Teams of Three
3. Short Fixing
4. Capsule Style
1. The Basics
2. Beaks
3. Rurps
4. Knifeblades
5. Lost Arrows
6. Angles
7. Making Sawed Angles
8. Copperheads
9. Practise at the Crag
1. Bolting
1. Knots
1. The Summit

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