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Georgia
Rock Climbing
with Granite Arches Climbing Guides
What we offer:
Granite Arches Climbing Services offers private rock climbing instruction and guiding
on all of the major climbing area in Georgia including Tallulah Gorge, Pigeon Mountain,
Mount Yonah, Curahee and others. We also guide throughout the southeastern U.S. (North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia, West
Virginia, and South Carolina). Granite Arches'
intensive instruction and guiding can help both beginning and more advanced
climbers meet their
goals with maximum enjoyment, efficiency
and safety. Guided instruction is personalized and can cover beginner, intermediate, lead climbing and rescue material.
Guided instruction and climbing is tailored to the client's goals, is
highly personalized, and is loosely organized around the
following knowledge suites:
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Intro to
Outdoor Rock Climbing:
gear overview; basic climbing movement and techniques;
belaying and ground anchors; basic risk assessment; and more.
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Top Rope Setup:
rock and tree analysis; rigging options; media selection and ERNEST
analysis; cliff side safety systems; and
more.
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Climbing I: single-point protection
workshop (nuts, sliders, cams, etc.); rope physics/selection;
rack selection and organization; reading routes, choosing placements
and riggings; avoiding zipper, z clips and backclips; learning to
control rope travel and drag; lead climbing psychology. The
course makes extensive use of mock leads with transitions into anchors. |
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Climbing II: advanced leading concepts,
theory and practice (exploiting cam angles, wedge physics, building
awareness of vector dynamics; utilizing multidirectional anchors as
URPs while leading; identifying and managing critical curvature) and
involves advanced mock leading problems. |
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Multi-pitch
Climbing: complex anchors, macro-micro
route finding, anchor selection and orientation, and more.
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Self-Rescue
I & II: belay escapes, directs, knot passes, raises, lowers, ascensions,
pick-offs, rescue theory/planning, and more. |
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Guide
Skills Course: client care, climbing with multiple clients, advanced belay
systems, advanced rappel systems, transitions, and more. |
Who we are:
Swis
Stockton, head guide at Southeast Climbing Guides, holds more guiding
certifications than any other guide working in Georgia. No other guide in the
southeastern U.S. holds these credentials.
Swis has guided extensively in the U.S.,
Ecuador, and Peru on rock, snow and ice. Additionally, Swis has taught
climbing for Red Top Meadows Center in Jackson Wyoming, guided for North
Carolina Outward Bounds School, and developed and implemented the climbing
program for the University of Georgia Recreation Department.
Click here
to learn about our guiding and instructional trips in Georgia and the
surrounding mountains.
For
more information about our Georgia rock climbing guides,
click the appropriate link at left.
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