Aid Climbing Instruction

Aid climbing skills can be useful in many climbing situations - prussiking up a rope, hauling extra gear, aiding the rest of the pitch you are too pumped to climb, etc.. The skills open the doors to more climbing adventures, - from Yosemite to Zion and beyond. Aid climbing can provide multi-day adventures on big walls.

We recommend a minimum of two days for aid climbing to allow time to learn the skills and provide practice and supervision. In addition to a general review of all the gear placement and leading skills you should have prior to this course, the additional topics will cover are as follows:

    • More involved gear placement
    • Anchor organization
    • Knots
    • Movement
    • Ascending
    • Hauling
    • Rappelling with a haul bag
    • How to set up a portaledge - optional bivy on the portaledge is possible
    • Equipment - what gear you will need to aid climb
    • and provide you with as much time as possible on the rock       practicing the skills and having fun rock climbing

Aid climbing instruction is available daily in the Shawangunks and Adirondacks. We supply all the necessary technical climbing equipment and day passes where required - please check out the Gear List specific for the day for what is actually supplied and what you'll be required to bring.

Aid climbing the imposing roof on Twilight Zone,
Shawangunks, NY

We offer our aid climbing instruction daily and also offer Scheduled group programs for it througout the season.