With the Young Climbers group we want to offer the older children the opportunity to stay active and to learn the basics of mountaineering and rock climbing. It is also a great way for Junior Mountaineers to continue their outdoor adventures.
Like the Junior Mountaineers, the Young Climbers are organized in semesters, September to January and February to June. The age range for the group is 13 - 17 years and the number of participants is strictly limited to 10 young climbers.
The Young Climbers meet twice per month during the semester. We have a total of 5 sports sessions in Accra and 5 climbing days outside Accra.
Physical fitness is essential for mountaineering and climbing. Automatically each training day will have lots of exercise both for strength and endurance. Especially in the second half of the semester the approach hikes become quite strenuous and rock climbing itself is a full body workout.
But to be able to fully enjoy the training days and the rock climbing, we encourage the Young Climbers to train by themselves several times per week during the semester. We will guide them and introduce them to exercises that they can do by themselves and without buying expensive equipment.
For the beginning the following can be borrowed from us, but eventually every Young Climber should have: