BCEP 2024 Team 05: Skills Session: MMC2

Activity Notes

*NEW*  Prospectus has been added

Please be at the MMC by 11:50 AM, get your harness and helmet on, and be ready to to start at noon.  There is another group coming in after us so we have to be done at 3 PM!

Gear Checklist: 

• climbing harness 
• climbing helmet 
• belay device (ex: ATC) 
• carabiners (6 locking & 1 non-locking) 
• two prusik slings (waist & leg)
• personal protection leash(es) (2 sewn runners)
• autoblock sling
• pet rope 
• comfortable athletic type clothing – the MMC can be both very  cold and very warm so please bring layers 
• lightweight boots (to practice climbing in)
• snacks and water 
• Optional - snacks to share
• Optional - rock climbing shoes

We will practice: belaying, climbing (optional to try a route graded around an "outdoor" 5.9), belaying with GriGri, rappelling on two strands and on a single strand, fixed line travel, running belay, ascending the rope, down climbing, and belay from above.

Safety: 

• Speak up and ask questions if something seems unsafe to you. 
• All students will be checked by an instructor before climbing, belaying, or rappelling.
• All participants will wear climbing helmets when on and near the climbing wall where there is a possibility of being struck by a falling object (ex: dropped carabiner). 
• All participants will remain clipped-in at all times when up on the belay ledge. Instructors stationed up on the ledge are required to be at ICS level or above. 
• Sandbags and floor-level bolts are provided for belay anchors. 
• Rock chalk is not permitted on the training wall.