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
- Thu, Jan 17, 2019
- Seattle Climbing
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- Easy
- 12 (40 capacity)
- 7 (20 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Check in by 6:15PM in Goodman C at the Seattle Program Center.
This field trip runs until 9:30PM.
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.
ReRequired 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 - if you start in group #2: Texas prusik set (FotH9, p395)
Footwear can be rock shoes or climbing boots.
Required Equipment
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 - if you start in group #2: Texas prusik set (FotH9, p395)
Footwear can be rock shoes or climbing boots.