Climbing Safety Skills at Birchen

On the 3rd of April, 14 members turned up at Birchen Edge for a climbing safety skills session led by our very own DMC member, Chester. As an experienced climber, Chester demonstrated various rope ties, belaying techniques, and general climbing safety. All those who attended were at different skill levels and everyone took something away with them.

A big thank you to Chester for leading the session and Roger for doing a further impromptu anchor session (pictured) and also for Jon for supporting the training.

The session demonstrated an appetite for 'up-skilling' and we plan to hold more of these workshops in the future. The next one will be led by Gill on Sport Climbing Safety and is again suitable for all skill levels.