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Course · Puerto Natales

Single-Pitch Sport Climbing Course

Four days on the rock to reach your own autonomy. From the first knot to building your own anchor, leading a route and getting yourself down under your own steam, on the conglomerate of Cerro Benítez.

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What this course is for

Aimed at climbers with no previous experience. The goal is for you to apply the technical knowledge, the safety protocols and the manoeuvres needed to reach your autonomy in the safe and responsible practice of single-pitch sport climbing on rock*.

*Single-pitch sport climbing is a form of rock climbing on routes equipped with fixed bolts, no longer than a single rope length (usually up to 30 metres), so you come back down to the ground on the same rope you climbed up on.

The class out at the crag, the group sitting and listening to the instructor

What you will learn

The course is divided into 10 topic blocks that run from planning your day out to the manoeuvres for getting out of trouble. The theory goes deeper in the online classes and is then practised on the rock.

Stage 1 Foundations

  1. Risk management on sport climbing itineraries on rock.
  2. Leave no trace techniques.
  3. Technical foundations of safety.
  4. Knots for sport climbing.
  5. Start-up protocols and communication calls.

Stage 2 Top-rope

  1. Technique, movement and body positioning while climbing.
  2. Top-rope climbing.
    • Climbing on top-rope
    • Belay techniques

Stage 3 Lead

  1. Anchors, lower-offs and belay stations.
  2. Lead climbing.
    • Belay techniques
    • Falls and dynamic belaying
    • Climbing as leader

Stage 4 Manoeuvres

  1. Manoeuvres for sport climbing.
    • Stripping routes
    • Extended abseil applied to climbing
    • Bailing off a route
The instructor going over risk management with a participant at the foot of the route
Risk managementapplied to climbing
A belayer handling the rope through the device, seen close up
Belay techniquesLead and top-rope
A climber on the wall with the rope above, looking at the camera
Progression techniquesLead and top-rope
A lead climber reaching for a high hold on the conglomerate wall, with the belayer below
Movement and body positionin sport climbing on rock
Knots tied in rope and slings, seen close up
Knotsapplied to sport climbing
A climber hanging from the rope on an overhanging wall, sky behind
Falls and dynamic belayingthe physics of the fall
Hands building an anchor with a sling and a carabiner
Belay stations and anchorsthe basics of a safe anchor
A climber abseiling down among the roots on the wall
Extended abseiland contingency manoeuvres

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Programme

2 Theory classesOnline, so you arrive at the crag knowing enough to practise on the rock. 20·0022·00
4 Classes on rockAt different climbing sectors of Cerro Benítez. 08·0018·00
40 Hours in totalThe whole course.  

What is included and what is not

Crossed out, you bring it

ACGM certified guide instructor
Entry to the climbing sectors
Shared technical gear
Study material
Recordings of the classes
Participant assessment
Digital certificate
Personal gear: climbing shoes, harness and helmet
Transport
Food

Who runs it

Raúl Uberuaga, guide instructor, with the Torres del Paine behind

Raúl Uberuaga Gómez

Local guide and climbing instructor, resident in Puerto Natales. He has extensive experience climbing in Patagonia and knows first-hand the sectors where the course takes place.

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  • ACGM Climbing Guide / Instructor Nº 156
  • Sernatur Registration Nº 78772

$258 USD

per person · $240.000 CLP

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Ask about special discounts. A 50% deposit holds your place and the rest is paid before the course starts. If the course is cancelled, everything paid is refunded in full. The full conditions are in the terms and conditions.

Sernatur Registered Tourism Service seal Seal of the Chilean Association of Mountain and Climbing Guides, guide instructor number 156 Sustainable Tourism Chile seal, good practice commitment