Get ready to boost your alpine skills with inexpensive, bite-sized classes based on specific topics. Topics will include practical self rescue, mechanical advantage hauling systems, belay/ rappel transition tricks, descending and rappelling tactics to increase efficiency, especially with larger groups, building and cleaning sport climbing anchors, map and compass navigation, smart phone GPS navigation.

Activity Notes

The focus of this class is basic anchor systems and concepts. We will discuss how to build a sport anchor for the follower (2nd) to climb on, and how to transition to lower and clean the anchor. This class is targeted at climbers who are new to anchor systems, new to sport climbing, and/or want to transition from sport climbing in the gym to outdoors.

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