Yes—you should be comfortable outdoor lead climbing at 5.8+. The clinic assumes lead climbing competence and focuses specifically on trad-specific skills: gear placement, anchor building, and crack climbing.

Rock-About provides all trad gear—cams, nuts, hexes, slings, and standard climbing equipment. Just bring athletic clothing, sturdy shoes, water, and sunscreen. If you own trad gear and want feedback on your rack, bring it along.

The clinic introduces fundamental trad skills in one day. Most climbers leave confident in basic placements. For comprehensive trad competence, our 2-Day Traditional Rock Climbing Course (private) provides deeper instruction and practice.

Typically at Enchanted Rock, which offers Texas's best granite crack climbing and ideal terrain for learning trad skills. The pink granite features excellent opportunities for nut and cam placements.

Yes! Contact Rock-About to add a second day or upgrade to the full 2-Day Traditional Rock Climbing Course for deeper instruction, more practice, and supervised trad leading.

Clinic requires 3 or more participants to make. If the minimum requirement is not met by 24 hours before the clinic starts, you will be informed of the cancellation and refunded.

Customers may cancel or reschedule their booking for a full refund, in the case of a cancellation, with at least 72 hours' notice before the scheduled start time. Cancellations or rescheduling requests made within 72 hours of the booking are not eligible for a refund.

Customers will be notified to reschedule in case of operator cancellation due to weather or other unforeseen circumstances. If the customer cannot reschedule, they will be refunded. Contact us by email to cancel or inquire about a cancellation. No-shows will be charged the full price.