Abbreviated from ‘traditional climbing’, trad climbing is a style of rock climbing whereby a climber, or climbers, put into place all the safety gear required to protect against falls, and removes it when a pitch is complete. It is distinguished from sport climbing in which all protection and anchor points are not installed prior to […]

Multi-pitch climbing is the ascent of climbing routes with one or more stops at a belay station. The section of climbing between stops at the belay stations is called a pitch. The leader ascends the pitch, placing protective gear as they go, stopping to anchor themself to the next belay station. This allows the second […]

You will need to take out mountain biking – downhill or any competition.

Unfortunately, we are unable to cover you under our Sports Travel Insurance and Activity TopUp policies once you are a qualified skydiver. If you want cover for jumps in your country of residence, please have a look at our Sports Accident policy.

For competition and events, please refer to our road cycling policy in our sports groups which includes cover for any competing you may wish to do.

It is a form of rock climbing performed without the use of ropes or harnesses. Unlike free solo climbing, bouldering never usually takes the climber above 20ft. Artificial climbing walls allow boulderers to train indoors in areas without natural boulders but it can also be practiced at the base of larger rock faces or public […]

Unless you want to participate in a duathlon that is over Olympic distance (60km), for which you would need to upgrade your policy, your marathon running policy will cover you for the majority of duathlon or triathlon events.

Yes, but third party liability is excluded. There is no liability for damage done by motorised units. For tandem aerial activities, Personal liability claims made against the pilot by/on behalf of the passenger (third party) are excluded.