Seattle Basic Climbing Refresher Clinic - Belaying - Mountaineers Seattle Program Center

Meet at the back of the building (east side) at bay 1 at 9am. 

Plan on ending at 1 pm.

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. 

Clinic Materials (from the Basic Alpine Climbing Course Materials)

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.