Rock climbing is a kind of sport connected with risk and it demands high level of responsibility and discipline. The degree of personal responsibility is determined by knowing, fulfilling the rules of safety technique and clear instruction. The received knowledge and gained skills should help students master necessary for rock climbing lessons competencies and form maximum safe environment. Material. The article is about the reasons of possible traumatism among University first-year students at rock climbing lessons and scientific recommendations, given concerning the methodology of rock climbing lessons organization, mentioning the rules of safety technique. Moreover, the system of safe environment of sports complex is given for students’ trainings in rock climbing realization. The zone of rock-climbing wall is included into sports objects, which combine structures for different kinds of sport. In order to avoid traumatism, both among rock climbers and among other attenders of sports complexes, in the zone of lessons organization sportsmen should obey the instructions of a teacher and also other people, who are in charge of safety and order. Research methods: scientific-methodical and special literature analysis, pedagogical observation over the training process of rock climbers-first-year students; the reasons of sports traumatism analysis at rock climbing lessons. Results. Methodical recommendations, concerning safety of rock-climbing lessons provision among students of higher education establishments, are created and tested. These recommendations can be used for safety technique instructions creation in sports complexes of higher educational establishments. Conclusion. Methodical recommendations use, concerning the rules of safety technique observation, is a necessary need and the best way to preserve students’, teachers’ health and also will help to avoid traumatism and the risk for people around.