Lecture: Basic Climbing Course
BC Lecture #1: Intro and Basic Skills - Lacey Community Center
First Lecture for Olympia's Basic Climbing class, after the Wilderness Skills module.
- Info
- COVID-19: Learn about our most up-to-date guidance for participants and leaders on our COVID-19 Response page. All participants and leaders must agree to the COVID-19 Code of Conduct before participating in this Mountaineers activity.
Contacts
- Thu, Feb 1, 2018
- Olympia Basic Alpine Climbing
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- For Beginners (Getting Started Series)
- 5 (47 capacity)
- 1 (23 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
We will meet at the Lacey Community Center, 6729 Pacific Ave SE, Lacey, WA 98503, from 6:30-9:30 PM.
This lecture will focus on wilderness skills and the nuts and bolts of the course. It will include an introduction to the course; student orientation; belay demonstration, and knot practice.
Foundational Skills-knots, belaying
Nuts and Bolts of Climbing, wilderness basics
Foundational Skills-knots, belaying
Students should read Freedom of the Hills, 9th edition: ch. 9; basic safety system; and ch. 10; belaying; in addition to chapters 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7, which were assigned to be read prior to Wilderness Skills.
Required Equipment
Freedom of the hills, note taking materials, student manual.