Interested in rigging for film and TV? Want to expand your mental portfolio of equipment knowledge? Looking to learn safety techniques to improve your confidence while out climbing? Come on down to Plas y Brenin, where we can teach you the ropes!

All three ticket types include dinner on Friday; breakfast, lunch, tea+cake, and dinner on Saturday; and breakfast, lunch, and tea+cake on Sunday. Our residential tickets also include a two night stay in a beautiful twin or single en-suite room. Whether you're staying onsite or going home at the end of the day, your ticket grants you access to the talks on both evenings.

After you have chosen your ticket type, please select four workshops to fill your weekend with a variety of activities. The prices of the workshops differ, based on the cost of running each one. Read more below for more information about the interesting workshops on offer, and the exciting talks we have available for you:

Workshops

Self-lining workshops

A chance to look at all the current devices, Rigs, Sparks, Clutch and others that are in use. Looking at back ups and good working practise. The use in ascent and descent and looking at twin line use if you’re using them in a more industrial setting. A very practical workshop.

Run by PYB staff

Bolting Workshop

A practical session, looking at placing expansion bolts and Resin anchors. A guide to good practise, in Drilling and placing Bolts and load testing some of these anchors. Also, a discussion about the BMC bolt fund and how to support it

Run by Dan Robinson

Gear Testing

Dmm will bring in their portable testing machine and load test and destroy everyday climbing gear. A chance to bring some old or damaged gear for testing to see the results

Run By DMM

Belay Workshop

A chance to play with all the current belay devices around. Also, a workshop run by Petzl introducing the new neox belay device that has come on the market.

Run by Petzl

Tyrolean Workshop

A look at Tyrolean’s and how we build, manage and use them in different contexts. How we tension ropes, what devices we use and potential loads and forces that can occur

Run by Gethin Thomas

Performance flying and tree use

Use of trees in rigging. How we make judgements on suitability and how we access trees from an arborist viewpoint and rigging them for performance activities

Run By Matthew Douse

Outdoor Rigging

A look at ground anchors, stakes, Talons and other options. Set ups and forces involved. Use of Load cells to show forces and limitations. Knotcraft and improvised Rigging. Waldo Etherington of Remote ropes, will run this workshop looking at all the techniques he has used over his years rigging for film and TV in remote locations.

Run by Waldo Etherington

Light weight Rigging solutions

A look at powercord and other lightweight solutions being used by rescue teams in remote situations where weight is an issue

Run By Olly Sanders

Improvised rescue for climbers

Problem solving for climbers using simple kit that they may carry. Logical steps to work out solutions to problems that may occur in climbing situations

Run By PYB staff

Talks

Friday talk- Unusual Rigging

A look at how rigging and safety has changed over the last 40 years and a journey through arena, stunt and film rigging and the crossovers into the recreational climbing world.

Saturday talk- Rigging for Films

Waldo Etherington of Remote Ropes will talk about his rigging experiences running the company and the work he has done on many film productions for discovery Channel, National Geographic and the BBC.

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