Seattle Basic Climbing Refresher Clinic - Rappelling

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

Review and practice the extended belay with autoblock.

  • Moderate
  • 5 (10 capacity)
  • FULL (4 capacity)
  • Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 6:00 AM
  • Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 5:00 PM
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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
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This  Seattle Basic Refresher Clinic - Rappelling -  covers the rappel skills needed before venturing into the mountains. 

Skills to be practiced:

  • Rappelling (with extended rappel set-up and auto-block). An alternative carabiner brake rappel system will be introduced.
  • Rappelling off a low anchor (sit-n-spin rappel)

Meet at 6:00 PM at the Friction Mountain on the north end of the Seattle Mountaineers building. Don't worry if traffic makes you late - arrive when you can.

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Mountaineers Seattle Program Center


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Required Equipment

Required Equipment

Standard alpine climbing gear

  • Harness
  • slings, personal anchor
  • prusik loops
  • carabiners
  • helmet
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