Field trip: Intermediate Climbing
Intermediate - Ropes & Anchors Field Trip - Mountaineers Seattle Program Center
Ropes and Anchors Field Trip for 2015 Seattle Intermediate Alpine Climbing Course
Contacts
- Sat, Jan 3, 2015
- Seattle Climbing Committee
- Climbing
- Adults
- Moderate
- 6 (33 capacity)
- 2 (20 capacity)
- Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 7:00 AM
- Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 7:00 AM
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
- iCal Google
Registration for this trip will open December 3rd.
This is an experiential Field Trip, which will cover the concepts and techniques of Rock Climbing Anchors, Multi-Pitch Belay Technique, Rappel and Rope Team Technique, and Single-Pitch Top-Rope Cragging. This Field Trip is a prerequisite to all subsequent Intermediate Field Trips.
Field Trip Handout can be found in the course materials tab on the 2015 Intermediate Climbing Course page.
Seattle Mountaineers Program Center at 8am.
Required Equipment
Gear up as if you are going on a one-day rock climb. Bring rock shoes if you have them (you should!). But do not bring ropes and rock protection. Bring quickdraws or alpine draws if you have them, but don’t buy them for this field trip. Loaner gear will be provided by instructors. You will be outside most of the time without too much physical activity, dress for January Seattle weather. In addition, you will need to purchase a cordelette.
A cordelette is a length of cordage, 6 meters (20 feet) or so in length. Typically it’s made of one of these two materials: 7mm perlon or 5.5mm spectra. Spectra is more expensive but lighter, especially when wet.
Do not buy any other gear for this field trip.