Rock Climbing Travel Insurance
Travel Insurance - Rock & Alpine Climbing
Are you travelling overseas or within Australia and planning to do some rock climbing at the same time?
- insure4less is the only travel insurance specialist in Australia (that we are aware of) that's able to insure experienced climbers.
- We have put together some great climbing travel insurance packages helped by our friends at the Australian Climbing Association.
- We have an exclusive arrangement with our underwriters where we can agree cover without having to refer to them if your plans fit within their generous guidelines.
If they don't, we can still discuss your case with them but it will probably take a bit longer to get a response back to you. So here's what we can do....
Standard Rock Climbing Plan
If you have a minimum of one years climbing experience, we can cover you for:
- All Sports climbs, Abseiling and Bouldering, subject to:
- All climbs are to use pre-placed permanently fixed protection, or top rope protection in accordance with ACA best practice.
- All climbs are to be on previously graded and approved routes only. Any new route exploration needs to be agreed by the underwriter.
- You must wear suitable protective equipment including a climbing helmet at all times when climbing or at the rock face.
- Please note that there is no cover for ice, glacier, alpine or mountaineering under our Standard Plan.
This insurance will not cover you for:
- Any ice, glacier, freesolo or solo, alpine or traditional climbing, or any climbing conducted in the Greater Ranges being the high mountains of Asia and South America or the mountains of the Arctic and Antarctic without the prior specific approval of Underwriters.
- Any climbing above 3,500m above sea level.
- Any costs incurred during the search for, or recovery of, your body when the location of your body is not known, or when approval for the search or recovery has not been given by Underwriters and/or their representatives.
- Any gradual deterioration, wear and tear, damage to equipment whilst climbing or the voluntary or enforced abandonment of equipment whilst climbing.
- The first $500 of each and every claim under section 2 Medical expenses in respect of claims arising from climbing only.
- Search & Rescue limit increased to $50,000
- Loss or damage to baggage increased to $7,500.
- Total limit per valuable $1,500
- Maximum per item, pair or set increased to $1,000.
Alpine Rock Climbing Plan
If you have a minimum of two years climbing experience, we can cover you for:
- All rock climbing activities including traditional and sport rock climbing, mountaineering, ice or glacier climbing, bouldering and abseiling.
- All climbs are to use leader placed protection, fixed equipment or top rope protection wherever possible, or climber fixed protection in accordance with ACA best practice.
- All climbs are to be on previously graded and approved routes only.
- You must wear suitable protective equipment including a climbing helmet at all times when climbing or at the rock face.
This insurance will not cover you for:
- Any freesolo or solo climbing, or any climbing conducted in the Greater Ranges being the high mountains of Asia and South America or the mountains of the Arctic and Antarctic without the prior specific approval of Underwriters.
- Any climbing above 6,500m above sea level.
- Any costs incurred during the search for, or recovery of, your body when the location of your body is not known, or when approval for the search or recovery has not been given by Underwriters and/or their representatives.
- Any gradual deterioration, wear and tear, damage to equipment whilst climbing or the voluntary or enforced abandonment of equipment whilst climbing.
- The first $500 of each and every claim under section 2 Medical expenses in respect of claims arising from climbing only.
The Alpine Rock Climbing Plan includes these extras if you buy the excel plus insure4less travel insurance policy, subject to the policy terms and conditions:
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includes all the extras as the standard rock climbing plan PLUS
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Avalanche closure $750 (subject to 24 hour excess)
This is how it works....
- Click here to send us an email or email swebb@insure4less.com.au - the information we need in advance is :
- Standard or Alpine Plan
- Date travel starts / Date travel ends
- Estimated dates of climbs
- Location of climbs - country and specific area
- Experience of individuals
- Grade of planned climbs
- Any other relevant information.
Once we have this information we will email you confirming
- Whether we can insure you and if so,
- What the additional premium on top of the normal insure4less insurance premium will be.
If you wish to proceed on this basis, we will ask you to email us back when you have bought your travel insurance, advising us
- Of your certificate number and that
- You authorise us to charge your credit card the additional premium.
insure4less will then issue you with an endorsement to extend cover to include your planned climbing.
Click here to see what other adventure activities we cover.