Clinic
Seattle Basic Climbing Refresher Clinic - Rappelling - Mountaineers Seattle Program Center
Review and practice the extended belay with autoblock.
- Wed, Apr 3, 2019
- Seattle Climbing Committee
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- 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
<General Refresher Clinic Information>
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.
Required Equipment
Standard alpine climbing gear
- Harness
- slings, personal anchor
- prusik loops
- carabiners
- helmet