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Following Alpine Rock - Workshop - Core Instructional Content

Field trip: Following Alpine Rock

Following Alpine Rock - Workshop - Core Instructional Content - Mountaineers Seattle Program Center

Workshop #4 teaches followers how to go through the multipitch sequence, and teaches cleaning & racking trad gear. Meet at the South Plaza green.

Contacts

Kelly Ryan
Kelly Ryan
Primary Leader
  • Moderate
  • 10 (12 capacity)
  • 5 (8 capacity)
  • Mon, Dec 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
  • Mon, Mar 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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This workshop will be about:

  • Going through the multipitch sequence as a follower. 
  • How to throw a rope for rappel when there's a lot of grabby rocks (i.e. not just a clean vertical drop)
  • How to clean trad gear placements, and rack gear
  • Some basic of crack climbing on the basalt columns

We'll do two short bolted pitches on the South Wall, and go through the motions of multipitch rope management while scrambling up the boulder field.  We'll also use the boulder field for experience cleaning trad gear, and experience throwing rappel ropes & straightening them out.

Meeting place and time

6pm to 9pm outside the Program Center, in the center green of the South Plaza.

Route/Place

Mountaineers Seattle Program Center

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Required Equipment

Required Equipment

All required rock climbing gear in the course syllabus. 

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