This weekend I started weekend 1 of my Lead Trad Climbing course at Montagne d'Argent, not far from St-Sauver in Quebec, with the Montreal chapter of the Alpine Club of Canada (www.accmontreal.ca).

Weekend 1 was interesting in that we revised and covered relays and anchors, proper placement of rock protection and some actual trad climbing. All in all the material was pretty much a revision of stuff I've learned from various sources, but it was nice anyway to re-remember stuff I hadn't practised in a little while.

I'm looking forward to next weekend, to see what else we can learn, and to actually see some good climbing weather for once!

View photos from the first weekend of the course.