Confidence and safety in free climbing and associated training course

ledph1052  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Confidence and safety in free climbing and associated training course
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
12 credits
0 h + 60.0 h
Q1 and Q2
Teacher(s)
Zintz Thierry;
Language
French
Main themes
The student will gain a first expertise in the early stages of the indoor climbing techniques such as basic safety measures, knots, roping, belaying, self-belaying, lead climbing, relays, rappelling descent, technical clearance and emergency basis. In addition, he has practiced these techniques in natural sites, blocks or cliffs. It will: geography of the main sites of Wallonia, the geological, ecological and climatic condition the practice of climbing; the regulations relating to the practice group (degrees of difficulty, CAB, Patents, responsibilities, chains of relief ...); teaching progressions for teaching school and cliff.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 This body of teaching is organized into two complementary parts: (1) audacity and safety (2) climbing. After the "security exercise", the student will have experienced a large variety of tasks using the basic coordination in situations of high and deep. He will be aware of the educational approach inherent to this discipline: individual growth, enhancing the success of operating challenges, primacy to individual and collective security.
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
This course aims to equip students with skills related to the indoor climbing and natural outdoor cliffs. It begins with a fundamental work on skills related to audacity and safety. It is followed by an introduction to the basics of the indoor climbing. It concludes with two natural outdoor cliff climbs. Students acquire the  CATGSAE brevet during training. The evaluation focuses on the validation of security features, mastering climbing and belaying skills as well as on the presentation of a  related  theme close to the issue addressed.
Other information
Prerequisite: Support for the training of Tray 1 and 2 Rating: Continue and / or final practice with the possibility of interrogation (s) and / or a final exam to check the acquisition of knowledge associated with practice. Format: Course Portfolio: Holder (s), counselor (s) technique (s) and / or assistant (s) possibly assisted by student monitors.
Online resources
See Moodle website of the course
Teaching materials
  • Voir site Moodle du cours
Faculty or entity
FSM


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Additionnal module in Motor skills