High-angle rescue re-certification session.

Activity Notes

Leadership Training: High-Angle Rescue Recert: BIPOC (Saturday 2/29)

This class is for any person of color within climb leadership.

This is a small group one-day recertification training targeted towards members of the climb leadership in the Mazamas (climb leaders, provisional leaders, and LD candidates), specifically those who have had prior high-angle rescue training that meets the Climb Leader (D/E) standard (generally, this is AR/ASI rescue curriculum).

Prerequisites:

  • You should have functional knowledge of and experience using common climbing knots and hitches, two-point and three-point anchors, belaying from above and below and usage of your belay device, rappelling with back-ups, placing rock, snow and ice protection (as it applies to leader type), belay escapes, improvised rope ascension methods, and mechanical advantage systems.
  • Practice tying a Munter-mule overhand (MMO). 

Gear:

  • harness
  • helmet
  • guide-mode capable belay device
  • personal pro leash
  • 2 ft, and 4ft cordage loops (aka waist and leg Prusiks)
  • 3 slings
  • autoblock/rope-grab
  • 5 non-lockers carabiners
  • 5 medium size munter-capable locking carabiners
  • rescue pulley (optional)
  • GriGri (optional)
  • microtraxion (optional)
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