Articles - Training & skills - Safety
Libby Peter's Rock Essentials Clinic: How to Prusik
Posted: 31 Jan 2012
Mountain guide Libby Peter deals out a real ‘get out of jail free’. It’s cheap, simple and could bail you out when the chips are down - learn the essential skill of how to prusik.
Diary of a fall: "One second I was on the rock the next I was in a heap on the ground..."
Posted: 15 Nov 2010
Just another day out last summer at Stanage Popular on a VS he had done before ended in a life changing fall for Rick Nash. Here, he recounts the events of the day (that he can remember), his long and ongoing road to recovery and the crucial help of the Mountain Rescue Team and Air Ambulance.
Libby Peter’s Rock Essentials Clinic: Crag awareness and safety
Posted: 05 Aug 2010
There’s more to being a climber than just getting to the top of a route. Libby Peter shows you how to be more crag aware by considering access and environmental issues, objective hazards and rescue.
Top Tips: Self-rescue techniques and equipment
Posted: 05 Aug 2010
Mountain guide Phil Douthwaite from the Plas y Brenin National Mountain Centre gives you some quick tips on self-rescue techniques and what to do when things go wrong.
Beginner's Guide: The figure of eight knot
Posted: 21 Jul 2010
In this brief photo guide we'll show you the ropes on how to tie the double figure of eight knot, used to tie the rope into your harness when rock climbing.
Beginners' Guide: Rock Climbing Ethics
Posted: 16 Feb 2010
To a newcomer in the climbing world it must seem quite odd to have an ethical code for climbing pieces of rock. Indeed one never hears about the ethics behind cycling, fell running or any other outdoor sport, so why for climbing?
Beginner's Guide: Top-rope Belaying (Part 1)
Posted: 22 Jan 2010
Video: How to take in slack rope and belay a climber safely.
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Beginner's Guide: Top-rope Belaying (Part 2)
Posted: 22 Jan 2010
Video: How to belay safely and lower a climber down when top roping.
Gear destruction test: Belay loop
Posted: 22 Dec 2009
Wild Country show how a cut in a harness belay loop can significantly affect its breaking strength in this gear testing video.
Beginners' Guide: Rope Coiling
Posted: 24 Oct 2009
This vid explores and explains an easy way to coil your climbing ropes. This will help avoid those frustrating moments at the base of the crag trying to untangle the mess of knots at the bottom of your rucksack!
