• Demonstrates awareness of safety rules and hazards.
• Put on a harness safely.
• Ties a rethreaded figure of 8 knot with stopper.
• Climbs a chosen route with confidence.
• Descends from a route correctly.
• Belays safely under supervision.
• Demonstrates consistent safe behaviour.
• Communicates effectively with climbing partners.
• Completes 10 coach selected climbs of any grade, including rainbow and logs them.
• Completes 10 belays and logs them.

• Demonstrates connecting self and others with rethreaded figure of 8 and stopper knot consistently into both a one-piece and two-piece harness.
• Consistently performs pre-climb checks of self and others.
• Belays and lowers skilfully with a friction device, including a ground anchor if required.
• Holds a simple top rope fall skilfully.
• Communicates well with a climbing partner.
• Understands sport grades and selects appropriate routes.
• Demonstrates safe and effective use of a bouldering or traversing wall.
• Completes 25 coach-selected climbs of any grade and logs them.
• Completes 25 belays, and logs them.
• Climbs consistently well and shows good technique.

• Progress climbers beyond level 2 NICAS.
• Develop movement technique.
• Work on progressing ability to climb harder routes.
• Increase knowledge of different climbing equipment.
• Where appropriate learn about lead climbing and belaying

All classes can be viewed and booked using our online booking portal, the Homeportal.

• Your child will need a home portal account to book.
  
• If your child has booked with us previously, click here .
• Please note that if booking more than one child please complete the booking for the first child before booking the second child.
• Enter your email address as your username and enter your password, or select 'forgotten password' if you can't remember your password.
• Select Book class.
• Choose Active Stirling and Climbing (available classes will appear as bookable) - please have your card details at hand.
• Full terms and conditions for booking can be found on our Classes and programmes terms and conditions page.

If your child hasn’t booked with us previously and you need help setting up an account or you are having problems accessing your account, please contact our bookings team.

• Trainers or equivalent
• Comfortable leisure wear
• Tracksuit bottoms/joggers/shorts (no dresses/skirts as impedes harness fitting)

All equipment is supplied at The PEAK including:

• Harness
• Climbing shoes