At what age can I take my kids rock climbing?

At what age can I take my kids rock climbing?

Daniel Wade (Rock Climbing Manager) gives expert video advice on: How is indoor climbing different from climbing outdoors?; What are the advantages of climbing indoors?; At what age can I take my kids rock climbing? and more...

I think kids of all ages can rock climb. It depends on what kind of climbing you're going to do. If you're going to the rock gym I've definitely seen very young kids, five, six years old. I work in a shop so I've definitely sold harnesses, we sell kids harnesses. So it's pretty safe if you have kids on a top rope situation, they're going to climb around in a gym and as long as the belay technique is safe they should be fine. Taking a kid down a multi pitch rock climb, you' re probably going to want to have a little more experience before you do something at that level.