Intermediate Climbing

Tacoma

Introduction

This course page will serve as a one-stop-shop for materials and instructional resources for the Tacoma Intermediate Climbing Course. Please e-mail the web site developer, Karl Ertler, with questions, comments, or requests for additional functionality.

Welcoming, Expectation, Q&A meeting - 1/14 @ 6 PM Tacoma Clubhouse

Intermediate is a large step above the basic course. Basic is a course for followers, intermediate is for leaders. You need to have a lot more experience than basic alone teaches you.

Navigation

Course modules are available in the upper right-hand corner on the desktop version, and in the dropdown menu in the mobile version. Prep material for a Field Trip is on the page for that Field Trip.

Message Board/Chat

Here is a discord setup that you can use to chat with other members of the course and ask questions of the instructors or leaders. If you have any questions that you want to share with everyone or just to chat feel free to post it on there!

Intermediate Course Gear Rundown

Intermediate Course Gear

Equipment Matrix - Glacier\Ice

Equipment Matrix - Rock

Glacier Leader Badge Requirements

EXPERIENCE

To apply for Glacier Climb Leader, the candidate must have at a minimum the following field experience:

2 years of glacier climbing experience.
2 mentored glacier leads
Cannot all be with the same leader.
Must be of different routes
At least 1 mentored lead must be a basic climb
5 leadership experience glacier climbs. *
At least 2 of these climbs must have been done with The Mountaineers.
Mentored leads count towards this number.

PREREQUISITES & TRAINING

To apply for Glacier Climb Leader, the candidate must have the following training (Mountaineers or equivalent experience):

Intermediate Glacier Climbing
Level 1 Avalanche
Outdoor Leadership Seminar
First Aid
Navigation
Becoming A Mountaineers Leader eLearning Course

Rock Leader Badge Requirements

EXPERIENCE

To apply for Rock Climb Leader, the candidate must have at a minimum the following field experience:

2 years of alpine rock climbing experience.
2 mentored rock leads
Cannot all be with the same leader.
Must be of different routes
At least 1 mentored lead must be a basic climb
5 leadership experience climbs *
Must have done 5 rock climbs in a leadership role (as a rope lead or assistant leader).
At least 2 of these climbs must have been done with The Mountaineers.
Mentored leads count towards this number.

PREREQUISITES & TRAINING

To apply for Rock Climb Leader, the candidate must have the following training (Mountaineers or equivalent experience):

Single Pitch Trad Climbing
Multi Pitch Trad Climbing
Small Party Self Rescue
Outdoor Leadership Seminar
First Aid
Navigation
Avalanche Awareness or better
Becoming A Mountaineers Leader eLearning Course

Intermediate Graduation Application

Contact Us

If you have a question that is not addressed in the FAQs or the course site, contact us. If you have a question specific to a field trip, please contact the field trip leader directly (listed on the field trip page roster).

Committee:

Chair: Jon Koetje

Vice Chair: Lucas Cook

Self Rescue Leader: Gregg Gagliardi

Alpine Glacier Climbing Module Leader: Aleesha Wilson/Lucas Cook

Contact me for anything regarding the Glacier climbing module.

Rock Climbing Module Leader: Joe Ernst\Tony Mason

Contact me for anything regarding the Rock Climbing module.

Member at Large: Karl Ertler

Tacoma Intermediate Alpine Climbing Facebook page (request to join)

Contact us for anything regarding general course feedback, course registration and cancellations, and other inquiries not covered in below scenarios.

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