This course aims to provide the essential skills necessary to start your career as a traditionalist. Whether you’re envisioning a speed run up the nose with your buddy Alex Honnold or aiming to send cobra crack next season, good gear placements are essential to reach your full adventure potential.

Level One: Lowering: participants delve into the art of lowering rescues. Master the techniques required to safely and effectively lower a climber in various scenarios. This foundational level focuses on building a solid understanding of rope systems, knots, and communication, ensuring that climbers can respond adeptly to situations that demand controlled descent.

Level Two: Raising: Elevate your skill set as we shift the focus to raising rescues. Participants learn advanced techniques for efficiently and securely raising a fellow climber. From mechanical advantage systems to efficient teamwork, this level enhances climbers’ ability to respond to emergencies and execute rescues with precision, fostering a culture of safety and support within the climbing community.

Level Three: Committing is a single day course that confronts participants with the intricacies of committing situations, such as rap-in climbs and multi-pitch endeavours. This level emphasises on retrievable abseil set-ups and efficient ascending systems, communication strategies and adaptive problem-solving, preparing climbers to navigate complex climbing environments with confidence, make informed decisions and foresee preventable mishaps.

Level Four: Climbing out – The pinnacle of the Rescue Progression Series, Level Four, offers participants the opportunity to integrate and apply their acquired skills in the epic environment of Pierces Pass. Engage in a multi-pitch climb under the guidance of experienced instructors, putting theory into practice. This level is the ultimate test of proficiency and readiness, providing a real-world experience that solidifies the lessons learned throughout the series.