Sunday Skill Builders: Crafty Rappel Tricks

Activity Notes

• Sunday Skill Builders: Crafty Rappel Tricks
• Class date: Sunday Feb 26
• Registration opens: Jan 26
• 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
• Mazamas Mountaineering Center (SE 43rd and Stark, Portland)
• Mazamas members $25, non-members $35
• Recommended skills / experience: previous rappelling experience, know basic climbing knots 

New for 2023, the Sunday Skill Builders happen on the second and fourth Sunday of the month, usually from 6 to 9 PM. The second Sunday is more for beginner/intermediate topics, and the fourth Sunday is more for intermediate/advanced techniques.  Registration opens one month before the class. Topics will rotate and repeat, so if you miss one and want to take it, keep an eye out for it again.

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So you know the basics of rappelling. Great, let's learn some more advanced skills!

We'll cover some of the following topics. Please make time to read the links below on my website (alpinesavvy.com) before class; this will make our class time much more productive.

• How to cast, not throw, your rope
• How to descend with a damaged rope
• Single strand rappel with a super munter
• The better carabiner brake rappel
• How to do a pre-rigged rappel (and how this can make it safer to simul-rap)
• How to quickly descend 2+ rope lengths of terrain that at least one person on your team can safely downclimb
• The "courtesy anchor"
• General multi-pitch efficiency tips
• Backside clove hitch rappel transition
• Closing your rappel system with a J loop
• How to anchor your team on the way down
• Ways to speed up a group rappel
• ​How to rappel past a team that's going up

See ya!

John