Seattle Basic Climbing Refresher Clinic - Top Rope Anchor Building

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Seattle Basic Climbing Refresher Clinic - Top Rope Anchor Building - Mountaineers Seattle Program Center

Learn how to set up top-rope anchors on bolts

  • Wed, Nov 6, 2019
  • Seattle Climbing
  • Climbing
  • Adults
  • Moderate

Meet at 6:30PM in the basement of the Seattle Mountaineers Building at Magnuson Park.   If traffic hinders your arrival, you will still be welcome.

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
If you don't have the prerequisites but think you have the necessary climbing skills, contact the leader.


This  Seattle Basic Refresher Clinic - Top-Rope Anchor Building covers techniques in building anchors using bolts.

Skills to be practiced:

  • Focused vs Equalizing anchor rigging off bolts and natural protection.
  • Belaying off an anchor, with discussion on when this might be appropriate.
Route/Place

Mountaineers Seattle Program Center


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Required Equipment

Required Equipment

Standard alpine climbing gear.

  • harness
  • slings
  • carabiners
  • cordelette 

Ice axes are NOT needed for this clinic.

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