Clinic
Seattle Basic Climbing Refresher Clinic - Belaying - Mountaineers Seattle Program Center
A free clinic. Open to qualified non-members. Practice fundamental skills needed for Basic Alpine Climbing
- Tue, Jul 25, 2017
- Seattle Climbing
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- For Beginners (Getting Started Series)
- 5 (10 capacity)
- 1 (3 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Meet in the basement (enter on east side of building)
Clinic starts at 6pm and runs no longer than 9pm
The Seattle Basic Refresher Clinics offer Basic Alpine Climbing graduates, and non-Mountaineer members with equivalent training and experience, the opportunity to review the skills and techniques they learned in the course. Cost per clinic: $0
More information on the Seattle Basic Refresher Clinics series
This Seattle Basic Refresher Clinic - Fundamental Skills - covers the fundamental skills needed before venturing into the mountains.
Skills to be practiced:
- Climbing Knots
- Prussiking
- Top-rope and lead-climber belaying
- Belay Escape
- Rappelling (with extended rappel set-up and auto-block). An alternative carabine brake rappel system will be introduced.
Required Equipment
Standard alpine climbing gear.
- harness
- slings
- carabiners
- glacier prussics (for ascending practice).
- hemet recommended
Ice axes are NOT needed for this clinic.