When we think about climbing, we think about big walls and big mountains like Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre. However, in El Chaltén we have crags with amazing rock climbing routes.
Sport and Traditional climbing routes discovered by the greatest alpinists of the world. We invite you to enjoy your day climbing if you have experience or to learn the basics of rock climbing.
You can choose to start in the morning or in the afternoon! We run this activity in El Chalten surroundings for 4 hours.
We will be covering the following topics:
- Safety procedures briefing
- Warm up with some bouldering
- Transferring body weight
- Basic progression on rock
- Feet and hands techniques
- Rock characteristics
- Getting to know the rock climbing gear and its purpose (you will gain confidence on the gear)
- How to put harness properly
- Basics nuts
- Rope management
- Top-rope climbing
- Belaying and communication