Clinic
Seattle Basic Climbing Refresher Clinic - Belaying - Mountaineers Seattle Program Center
A free clinic. Practice fundamental skills needed for Basic Alpine Climbing
- 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
David Shema
Primary Leader
- Sun, Apr 30, 2017
- Seattle Climbing
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- Easy
- For Beginners (Getting Started Series)
- FULL (12 capacity)
- 1 (4 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Seattle Mountaineers building in Magnuson Park
Please arrive by 9 AM. The clinic will end at 2 PM (or when you have had enough).
The Seattle Basic Refresher Clinics offer Basic Alpine Climbing graduates, and non-Mountaineer members with equivalent training and experience, the opportunity to review the skills and techniques they learned in the course. Cost per clinic: $0
More information on the Seattle Basic Refresher Clinics series
This Seattle Basic Refresher Clinic - Fundamental Skills - covers the fundamental skills needed before venturing into the mountains.
Skills to be practiced:
- Climbing Knots
- Prussiking
- Top-rope and lead-climber belaying
- Belay Escape
- Rappelling (with extended rappel set-up and auto-block). An alternative carabine brake rappel system will be introduced.
Route/Place
Roster
Required Equipment
Required Equipment
Standard alpine climbing gear.
- harness
- slings
- carabiners
- glacier prussics (for ascending practice).
Ice axes are NOT needed for this clinic.
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