Climbing Course
Introduction to Single Pitch Trad A
Introduction to placing traditional gear in a single pitch crack climbing environment.
- Tue, May 15, 2018 - Sun, Jun 17, 2018
- Committee: Seattle Climbing
- Members: $200.00 Guests: $300.00
- Availability: FULL, 3 on waitlist (20 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
We are now accepting applications from all who qualify.
This course is designed to prepare students with the skills to lead climb single pitch traditional routes at crags. Students will be given time and education to safely and efficiently place gear and develop new climbing skills that will help them break into a new type of climbing.
Students must be already leading sport routes (bolted routes) to be eligible for this course.
Prerequisites
- Lead on bolts up to 5.7 outdoors
- Ability to rappel safely
- Ability to build a safe top-rope anchor on bolts
- Ability to clean a top rope anchor and lower or rappel
Badges you will earn:
This course has no scheduled activities.
Required:
- one set of Camelots size .3 to a #3
- full set of nuts
- helmet
- harness
- rock shoes
- 2 personal anchors
- 6 24 inch alpine slings with 2 wire gate biners per sling
- 3 locking biners
- auto blocking belay device, ei petzle reverso, BD ATC Guide, mega jel
- nut tool
- 20 feet cordalette, 6M nylon, 5M tech cord or spectra
- smaller Camelots optional; BDC3's, or any other brand
- chalk bag
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Leavenworth and Tieton beginner trad routes Courtesy of Chase Giltner and mountain project |