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  • Outdoor Recreation Safety
  • Mountaineering Techniques
  • Risk Management in Climbing

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  • Rock climbing presents inherent risks, necessitating basic self-rescue capabilities for climber safety.
  • Assessing self-rescue proficiency is vital for understanding and mitigating risks in the climbing community.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the self-rescue skills of rock climbers.
  • To compare climbers' self-assessed confidence with their actual performance in rescue scenarios.

Main Methods:

  • Recruited multipitch sport and traditional climbers via gyms and social media.
  • Administered surveys on climbing history and rescue skill confidence.
  • Assessed participants' performance in three standardized indoor rescue scenarios.

Main Results:

  • Twenty-five climbers participated; mean confidence ranged from 4 to 4.5 (7-point scale).
  • Scenario pass rates were 28%, 68%, and 52%; only 24% passed all three.
  • Confidence and pass rates correlated significantly in only one scenario.

Conclusions:

  • Rock climbers in the study generally demonstrated insufficient self-rescue skills.
  • Confidence, experience, training, and frequency of climbing did not predict higher rescue skill levels.
  • Emphasizing self-rescue techniques in climbing instruction is recommended to enhance safety.