Keswick Mountain Adventures will teach you all of the basic climbing skills in a practical and safe way under the direct supervision of our expert instructors. You will cover ropework, equipment selection, climbing techniques and skills and much more whilst climbing some of the Lake District’s classic routes.This is a superb way to discover the pleasures of rock climbing and at Keswick Mountain Adventures we know that once you’ve tried it you’ll want more.

Designed specifically for people who climb regularly on an indoor climbing wall and wish to develop their skills to climb confidently on the crag. Keswick Mountain Adventures will teach you all you need to know about anchor selection and construction, rope handling, abseiling and self protection along with a host of other skills. You’ll discover how to use guide books, and we’ll cover the complexities of access and crag etiquette as well as picking up tips on equipment selection, care and maintenance. On completion of this course you should be confident and motivated to climb outdoors.

The Lake District has such an immense concentration of outstanding classic routes with inspirational names such as Botterill’s Slab, Overhanging Bastion, Praying Mantis and Napes Needle that simply cry out to be climbed. Keswick Mountain Adventures instructors are perfectly placed to be able to guide you up some of the most awe inspiring mountain scenery in the country. Let us worry about the route finding and the ropework while you simply lap up the scenery and get in hours and hours of classic route climbing.

Learning to lead using leader placed protection is a defining moment for any climber wishing to advance beyond seconding a partner. It is perhaps the most important time to get expert tuition and at Keswick Mountain Adventures we know how to safely teach the vital skills you need to make this important step. Covering everything from selection of protection and ropework to understanding guidebooks and choosing routes, you should leave Keswick Mountain Adventures with a confident understanding of the principles and skills of lead climbing.

This course will teach you how to get out of those tricky situations that should never arise but all too often do. This course will cover self rescue, escaping the system, emergency first aid and how to look after an injured partner, use of prussiks, abseil retreat, hoisting and lowering. If you have any doubt how you would react in an emergency on the crag then this is the course to put your mind at ease.