Description
Experience higher heights! For everybody who is eager to learn more skills or want to enjoy the comfort and terrain knowledge of a professional guide. Our guided multi pitch experience is a great way to literally expand your horizon. San Diego offers multi pitch climbing as well as single pitch climbing all year around (with more suitable areas in fall, winter and spring). Our guides can accommodate 1 or 2 climbers in a private setting for a full day session of 8hrs+. We highly customize everything to your climbing level and experience as we choose the perfect climb for you. You are required to have a basic knowledge that we teach in our Intro class, such as top rope belaying, figure eight knot and gear knowledge. New skills that you may learn are lead belaying, cleaning anchors and rappelling. Aside from new skills, you will also have the opportunity to observe tons of helpful tricks around rock climbing and specifically multi-pitch climbing techniques.
Multi pitch climbing allows us to climb routes that are longer than one rope length. In order to climb further than this, we first need to stop so that we can belay our partner up. Each stop signals one pitch. Any climb that requires more than one stop is classified as multi-pitch climbing. The length of each pitch is very dependent on terrain, usually ranging from 40 feet to 120 feet. It is incredible how much vertical gain is possible via multi pitch climbing techniques. The typical process goes like this:
- leader lead climbs up to the top of the first pitch
- leader will build an anchor
- leader secures herself directly into the anchor
- leader is now “off belay”
- leader will pull up rope until tight on follower
- follower signals that rope is tight
- leader puts follower on belay and communicates “ON Belay+name”
- follower is on belay! she can now dismantle the anchor (or in case of first pitch – leave ground)
- follower starts climbing and collects lead gear that leader had placed
- follower joins leader at belay station (here: top of pitch #1)
- follower anchors/secures herself into anchor
- …on repeat