Starter Kit. Idea 83 of 500. Cluster 4
Rock climbing instruction
The mechanism, from the book
An app that tells people what is happening tonight converts a day visit into a 2-night stay.
The first step
Get a qualified climbing instructor to set a safe beginner route on a crag you can reach, and run one free session for four people in exchange for honest feedback and photographs. Then post a priced half-day, with those photographs, in travel and climbing communities. The first four paid bookings are the proof.
- Who pays first
- Active travellers and resident expatriates who climb at home and would book an instructed day on new rock.
- What leaves today
- The island's rock is climbed by few visitors; an instructor turns it into a paid day and a reason to stay nearby.
Ask first
- Department of Archaeology. Ask which rocks are protected and where climbing would never be allowed.
- Forest Department. Ask whether climbing on rocks in forest land needs permission.
Check before you spend
That climbing never touches protected rock, that instructors hold a recognised qualification, and that insurance covers guests and staff.
Find out these three numbers
- What will visitors pay for a day of instruction?
- What do ropes, helmets and harnesses cost for a group?
- Which rock faces are safe and allowed for teaching?
The test
Does it keep value that now leaves the island, or build the proof that lets somebody else do so?
From the appendix of Why Not Sri Lanka? by Dr Maheshika Halbeisen. The idea and the mechanism are the book's; this kit was written for the site.