Field trip: Basic Alpine Climbing Course
Seattle Basic Alpine Field Trip #1 - Belay/Lower - Mountaineers Seattle Program Center
Basic Alpine Climbing Course field trip #1 - Top-rope Belay & Lower, Anchor Intro. & Belays
- 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, Jan 18, 2018
- Seattle Climbing
- Climbing
- Adults
- For Beginners (Getting Started Series)
- 16 (40 capacity)
- 12 (25 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Sign in by 6:15 PM in Goodman C at The Seattle Program Center.
Session runs from 6:30 to 9:30 PM.
This is the Basic Alpine Climbing Course sign-up for Field Trip 1.
So that students new to climbing and without prior belay experience can spend maximum time at station 1; Station 3 (Rope Ascending) will be done at Monday Night Skills for these students.
Station 3 will be set up for students who breeze through station 2. Station 3 (Rope Ascending) will be available on Monday Nights through about May. For this course rope ascending is primarily a glacier travel self rescue skill. No hurry to learn this right away at the start of the course.
Required equipment: Climbing harness - 120cm sewn nylon sling - belay device - large HMS locking carabiner (pear shape) - smaller locking carabiner - 2 or 3 non locking carabiners - climbing helmet.
Footwear can be rock shoes or climbing boots.
Required Equipment
Climbing harness - 120cm sewn nylon sling - belay device - large HMS locking carabiner (pear shape) - smaller locking carabiner - 2 or 3 non locking carabiners - climbing helmet.
Footwear can be rock shoes or climbing boots.