Clinic
Seattle Basic Climbing Refresher Clinic - Belaying - Mountaineers Seattle Program Center
A free clinic. Open to qualified non-members. Practice fundamental skills needed for Basic Alpine Climbing
Contacts
David Shema
Primary Leader
- Tue, Jul 25, 2017
- Seattle Climbing Committee
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- For Beginners (Getting Started Series)
- 5 (10 capacity)
- 1 (3 capacity)
- Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 6:00 AM
- Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 5:00 PM
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
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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.
Meet in the basement (enter on east side of building)
Clinic starts at 6pm and runs no longer than 9pm
Route/Place
Roster
Required Equipment
Required Equipment
Standard alpine climbing gear.
- harness
- slings
- carabiners
- glacier prussics (for ascending practice).
- hemet recommended
Ice axes are NOT needed for this clinic.
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