Safety

Our Approach to Safety

Climbing is a technical sport that requires training, knowledge and discipline. The climber must understand and acknowledge the risks involved, take personal responsibility for their own safety and make a personal commitment to safe climbing practices. We believe that the best way to ensure safety is to follow the same safety principals used outdoors:

• Understand that climbing can never be made perfectly "safe." Like any other sport, there is always the possibility of accident or injury.


• Risk tolerance is always a personal decision.


• Through training and personal discipline, risk levels can be made acceptably low for most people.


• Making the effort and taking the time to learn proper climbing and belaying techniques reduces risk for the participant and other climbers.


• Discipline is required to avoid complacency. Discipline is also required to consistently perform double-checks on equipment, tie-in and communications.


• Climbers must actively assume personal responsibility for their own actions.


• Experienced climbers are encouraged to assist others to follow protocol while climbing and belaying.


• We require that our customers acknowlege that climbing entails risks by signing our assumption of risk and release document. All climbers and belayers must be willing to take personal responsibility for their own safety as well as that of their partner.


• Trust, but verify! All roped climbers must pass our belay test. We use a belay card system to make it easier to see what everyone's belay status is.

Climb Smart!
THE ROCK Climbing Center is a member of the Climbing Wall Association. As such we subscribe to the tenets of the Climbing Wall Association's Climb Smart! program.

Climb Smart! Guidelines

• You must be belay checked before using the rock climbing equipment in this facility
  


• Do not use technical rock climbing equipment until you have become experienced and proficient
  


• If you are unfamiliar with technical rock climbing equipement, contact a professional instructor
  


• Before leaving the ground, double check your partner and safety system
  


• Climbing in any facility can result in falls
  


• Falling from any height can result in serious injury or death
  


• Familiarize yourself with rules of this facility