Date: 4/26
Time: 8am or 1pm
Meeting Location: Tacoma Clubhouse
*Consult Equipment Matrix on Home Page to Reference What to Bring*
Learning Objectives:
Students will be able to:
Demonstrate safe lead belaying including setup, communication and belay techniques.
Demonstrate safe lead belaying with a Munter hitch, with some prompting from an instructor.
Describe and demonstrate safe use of a handline and prusik cord, with some prompting from an instructor.
Demonstrate a hands-free and transferring load to an anchor, with some prompting from an instructor.
Describe and demonstrate safe rappelling technique with an extended ATC device with autoblock backup, with some prompting from an instructor.
Describe and demonstrate rock climbing techniques appropriate to various route features, with some prompting from an instructor.
Rough Agenda:
Introductions (10 minutes)
Belay escape demo (25 minutes)
Munter belay and rappel and prusik on handline demo (15 minutes)
*Lead belay checkpoint (25 minutes)
*Munter belay and practice (15 minutes)
*Belay escape practice (40 minutes)
*Rappel practice (40 minutes)
Demonstrate and practice rock climbing techniques and munter rappel (60 minutes)
Debrief (10)
* Small group rotation
If you drop your belay device on a clip, you can use the munter hitch to both belay and rappel.
Two quick and efficient ways to go hands-free while belaying, depending on whether one is using a Gri-Gri or similar device, or a standard tube-style device like a Black Diamond ATC or Petzl Reverso.
On some alpine rock climbs, there are stretches of the climb that are either traverses or not vertical but exposed where your leader may set-up a fixed hand line. You will place a prusik on the rope, clipped with a locking carabiner back to your belay loop and travel across the fixed line prusiking yourself along the way.
The video below covers how to arm rappel:
This REI article gives a good overview of climbing technique and form.
You will practice the following styles of climbing:
Rib/Arete & Face
You will be asked to demonstrate proficiency at belay escape and rappelling at FT 9