Climbing Course
Climbing Self Rescue-2
Advanced self rescue techniques and methods for getting out of difficult situations as a 2-person team. These are more advanced techniques that build on Self Rescue-1 to expose climbers to situations potentially encountered as a member of a 2-person climbing team.
- Mon, Oct 16, 2023 - Tue, Dec 31, 2024
- Committee: Kitsap Branch Climbing Program
- Members: $180.00 Guests: $300.00
- Availability: 10 (10 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Introduction and practice of advanced rescue techniques focused on two-person teams.
-We focus on rescue of a second who is unable to continue to climb; understanding of forces on the anchor; various mechanical advantage systems including 5:1, 6:1, 7:1 and 9:1.
-We will practice self-extrication techniques with improvised litters using the climbing rope and available gear.
-We will learn converting a belay to a counter-balanced rappel and then a tandem rappel to rescue a second having difficulty negotiating a pitch of climbing or is incapacitated and unable to continue climbing.
Badges you will earn:
Climbing Self-Rescue Course
This course has no scheduled activities.
Climbing harness, helmet and (climbing shoes for the field trip).
Your climbing rack with the equipment you normally carry, including a cordelette or another method of creating a releasable friction hitch such as a Mariner, Munter-Mariner, Radium Release Hitch, and a carabiner block and tackle.
There are no materials for this course.