Confidence and safety in free climbing and associated training course

Teacher(s)

Zintz Thierry;

Language

French

Main themes

The student will gain a first expertise in the early stages of the indoor climbing techniques such as basic safety measures, knots, roping, belaying, self-belaying, lead climbing, relays, rappelling descent, technical clearance and emergency basis. In addition, he has practiced these techniques in natural sites, blocks or cliffs. It will: geography of the main sites of Wallonia, the geological, ecological and climatic condition the practice of climbing; the regulations relating to the practice group (degrees of difficulty, CAB, Patents, responsibilities, chains of relief ...); teaching progressions for teaching school and cliff.

Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	This body of teaching is organized into two complementary parts: (1) audacity and safety (2) climbing. After the "security exercise", the student will have experienced a large variety of tasks using the basic coordination in situations of high and deep. He will be aware of the educational approach inherent to this discipline: individual growth, enhancing the success of operating challenges, primacy to individual and collective security.

Content

This course aims to equip students with skills related to the indoor climbing and natural outdoor cliffs. It begins with a fundamental work on skills related to audacity and safety. It is followed by an introduction to the basics of the indoor climbing. It concludes with two natural outdoor cliff climbs. Students acquire the  CATGSAE brevet during training. The evaluation focuses on the validation of security features, mastering climbing and belaying skills as well as on the presentation of a  related  theme close to the issue addressed.

Other information

Prerequisite: Support for the training of Tray 1 and 2 Rating: Continue and / or final practice with the possibility of interrogation (s) and / or a final exam to check the acquisition of knowledge associated with practice. Format: Course Portfolio: Holder (s), counselor (s) technique (s) and / or assistant (s) possibly assisted by student monitors.

Online resources

See Moodle website of the course

Teaching materials

• Voir site Moodle du cours

Faculty or entity

FSM