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Sport Climbing Basics is a one-week course in Sella, Spain, built to do one thing well: take a gym climber from indoor walls to confidently leading real outdoor routes on their own. No prior outdoor experience is assumed — just the basics, built properly, on the rock where lead climbing actually happens.
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A Rockbusters sport climbing course takes you from wherever you actually are — first time outdoors, stuck at a plateau, or six days from a lifetime send — and builds the week entirely around that. We run three distinct courses, each solving a different stage of the gym-to-rock journey: Sport Climbing Basics, Beta Babes, and PROJECT X.
Beta Babes is a week of sport climbing coaching in Cuenca, Spain, built around a simple idea: women climb best when the coaching focuses on how they actually move — precise footwork, flexibility, and mental control — rather than defaulting to raw power. The coach is a woman, the crew is women only, and the only ego to manage is your own.
A standard week-long climbing trip is enough to try a project. It is not enough to own one. PROJECT X is a two-week camp in Rodellar, Spain, built around exactly one outcome: clipping the chains on the hardest route of your life — with mornings reserved for your laptop and fast WiFi, so a career doesn't have to be sacrificed for the send.
While most of Europe spends the holidays indoors, Rockbusters runs a two-week sport climbing retreat on the limestone of Sella, Costa Blanca — daytime temperatures of 15–20°C, over 2,000 routes within a short radius, and a small group of climbers who'd rather send than sit through another holiday dinner.
While northern Europe shivers through January, Rockbusters runs a sport climbing course on the limestone cliffs of Leonidio, Greece — a small Peloponnese town overlooking the Myrtoan Sea that's quietly become one of Europe's most sought-after winter climbing destinations.
While most people are still hunting eggs, Rockbusters spends Easter on the limestone of Istria, Croatia — a two-week sport climbing holiday across four distinct climbing areas, with daytime temperatures of 16–22°C and Klemen Becan on the coaching team.
The Dolomite Dolce Vita is a two-week sport climbing holiday through two of the Italian Dolomites' best-known bases — Cortina d'Ampezzo and Val Gardena — in a UNESCO World Heritage mountain range known for dramatic pale limestone peaks and hundreds of high-quality routes.
A Rockbusters sport climbing holiday is built around one goal: put you on the best routes in your grade, with a coach who actually watches you climb, for a week or two, somewhere the sun is out when your home crag is closed for winter. We run these holidays in four destinations across the year — Sella in Spain, Leonidio in Greece, Istria in Croatia, and the Dolomites in Italy — each timed to its own best season.
Rockbusters climbing course levels explained: Beginner (6a), Intermediate (6a-6c), Advanced (6c-7b), Expert (7b+). Choose your perfect program.
Suggestion to create unwritten ethics to use of clip-stick.
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