Rock and Sun America rock climbing courses are run in association with Fox Mountain Guides.
Fox Mountain Guides and Climbing School is the ‘Leader in Climber Education’ in the USA. They offer Rock Climbing and Ice Climbing trips throughout the Southeast including North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia. They tailor to individuals, families, groups, beginners and offer climbing skills courses for experienced climbers seeking to expand their skills and knowledge. They also offer climbing Instructor training and certifications through the AMGA Climbing Wall Instructor, Single Pitch Instructor and Rock Instructor Program.
Rock Climbing 101 Course
Foundation Level Course.
This is hands down the most popular course! The two day course is ideal for people wanting to learn the foundational skills to set up top ropes and begin climbing rock by themselves. This course teaches the solid set of skills needed to get out and start rock climbing and is a mix of ground school lessons along with lots of actual rock climbing!
Rock Climbing 201 Course
Foundation Level Course. This two day course is ideal for climbers wanting to learn more advanced skills such as gear placement and building anchors with artificial gear (Stoppers, Cams, Hex's Tri-Cams, etc) and to look at some basic necessary skills such as self rescue and problem avoidance in single pitch climbing. This course will also start looking at following pitches to prepare you to belay and follow lead climbers in a trad single or multipitch setting.
Single Pitch Lead Course
Intermediate Level Course.
This course is for individuals with some climbing background that now wish to get out by themselves and learn to lead climb! This course will focus on effective techniques for leading ‘traditional’ (placing gear) and ‘sport’ (bolted) climbs in a single pitch setting confidently and efficiently. The course will look at climbing efficiently, gear placements and anchor building with lots of climbing and one on one coaching throughout from your Instructor.
Single Pitch Rescue Course
Intermediate Level Course.
The Single Pitch Rescue Course looks at skills every climber that ties into a rope should know; basic competency in risk management, problem avoidance and self rescue skills. This course emphasizes reducing the risks in the first place, teaching new, clever systems and techniques to reduce the chance of ever having to use the rescue skills you will learn on the course.
Multi Pitch Lead Course
Advanced Level Course.
The Multi Pitch Lead Course is aimed at any climber that is currently climbing multipitch or wanting to step into the world of multi pitch climbing. The course looks at the skills taught to guides focusing on efficiency, teaching you the skills to climb multipitch routes effectively. The course will cover a myriad of techniques aimed at making you a more efficient and more competent multipitch climber. The course will also get some great climbs in too!
Multi Pitch Rescue Course
Advanced Level Course.
You're belaying your friend on the diagonal second pitch of Sundial Cracks on Looking Glass Rock as an afternoon thunderstorm is moving in quicker than you estimated and it starts to rain. Your friend slips and takes a 30ft tumbling lead fall. He now hangs unresponsive and motionless about 80ft above, 40ft to the right of you and about 140ft from the ground. You have minutes to save your friends life. What would you do?
Aid Climbing Course
Advanced Level Course.
North Carolina has some spectacular aid climbing and this course will give you the skills to aid up the big stone! We will look at all aid climbing techniques, piton craft and ‘heading’ but more emphasis will be on clean aid techniques. Pendulums, seconding, ‘speed climbing’ and hauling are also covered in detail. We will take an in-depth look at the advancement of aid climbing over the years and aid climbing ethics. We will climb routes on the North Face and Sun Wall of Looking Glass.
