Peak District-based Beyond the Edge provide instruction and training in climbing, mountaineering, walking and navigation – along with other outdoor skills. In fact, I did my Rock Climbing Instructor training with them.
They have over 20 years of instructing experience and are one of the UK’s most experienced providers of Mountain Training courses. I’m helping them to share their knowledge, propagate their brand and some encourage good practices whilst we’re at it with blog posts and a few illustrations on the topics of climbing, scrambling and the outdoors.
Getting into the Outdoors part 1: Couch to Crag
Rock Climbing outdoors is incredibly exciting and rewarding, and logistically-speaking there’s a little more to it than climbing at a purpose-built climbing wall. Working out where you’re going and how you’re getting there are good starting points, but there are loads of extra things you can do to ensure a safe and enjoyable day out.
Here are a few tips for preparing for the crag to help you make those first steps into the outdoors.
Getting into the Outdoors part 2: the law of the crag
Stuff that’s perfectly acceptable at the climbing wall may not be good practice at crag. This is important because our bad habits and practices can damage the environment and the reputation of climbing community, threatening our access to crags.
So let’s talk about how to climb sustainably and minimise your impact on our glorious environment.
Hati Whiteley 