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

  • “Second Sunday” Alpine Skills Clinic: Crafty Rappel Tricks
  • Sunday Nov 13
  • 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 
  • Mazamas Mountaineering Center
  • Mazamas members $20, non-members $30
  • Instructor: John Godino

 

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

Some of the topics we'll cover include:

and if time allows, we may cover:

 

Gear needed: harness, a few carabiners, rappel device,a few slings/runners, friction hitch/prusik loop.

This will be "ground school", so no helmet or rock shoes are needed. To try to get through a lot of material, we'll have a mix of students watching a short demo, and then other skills with students doing things hands-on.

Recommended experience level: comfortable with the basic skills of rappelling with a tube style ATC device.

The links above go to articles from my website Alpinesavvy that cover these topics. I highly recommend you read these before class, as it will make our in-person time be more effective. 

Hope to see you,

John

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