Introduction into Climbing

Today was the start of me learning new skills. New lifestyle.

The course was to teach novice climbers the basics:

• Tie-in to a climbing rope
• Belaying and rope control
• Safety in a climbing wall 

It would be for 1.5 hours a week for 3 weeks, and would mean that I'd be taught how to be a competent and safe climber. Plus once I've completed the course I'd be signed off as an Individual climber and could climb on my own or with friends at Southampton Climbing Wall or any other climbing wall in the UK (subject to an assessment by the wall).

I left feeling amazing after my first session. We were taught how to tie in using a figure 8 retrace and stopper,(something I knew from camp) and we were climbing by the end. It was superb.