Rock Climbing Safety Procedures

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Part of the video series: How to Rock Climb

Summary: Safety procedures for rock climbing include checking a partner to make sure they are setup correctly, wearing a helmet and using climbing commands. Practice safe rock climbing in a gym before going outside to climb with instructions from an experienced rock climber in this free video on rock climbing.

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By Scott Keisling
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Scott Kiesling and has been rock climbing for more than 25 years. He has been a rescue climber for more than 10 years. He is also certified in single-rope techniques, top roping and...read more

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"Hi, my name is Scott and I'm the owner of Climb On Indoor Rock Climbing Gym in Wilmington, North Carolina. Today we're going to discuss the safety of rock climbing. Some of the safety procedures would include; checking your partner, making sure their harness is on right, making their, their figure eight knot is correct, make sure that the belay are setup correctly. Some of the other safety aspects would be knowing your environment what's around you. Are there other people climbing? Is there somebody above you? If you're climbing outside, you want to make sure that you're wearing a helmet so that if some, a piece of rock falls from the top, it doesn't hit your head. Some of the other safety aspects would be making sure that you use your climbing commands; to make sure that your belay is ready for you to begin climbing. These are all things that you can learn at your local indoor rock climbing gym or by a qualified rock climbing guide. We do stress that you try to learn these, these safety procedures before you go out climbing. Being in an indoor climbing gym is a great place to do that because it's controlled environment where you can learn many, many aspects of rock climbing including all the safety procedures that we just discussed. Thank you and this has been safety procedures for rock climbing."