Basic Climbing Course Second Year

Tacoma Second Year Participants: If you require a second year to complete the course requirements you must contact the Course Chair, Curtis Stahlecker, by e-mail (curtis.stahlecker@tacomamountaineers.org) to request permission.  Second year participants are required to attend the full day skills evaluation on January 31st, 2015. After the evaluation a determination will made on where the in the lecture or field trip sequence participants may re-enter the course.  The course re-entry point is based on what knowledge and skills they have retained from the previous year. A conditioner, with a Tacoma Branch leader, must be successfully completed before participating on basic climbs or the crevasse rescue field trip.  The 2015 course manual is available for an additional fee of $20

Lecture Schedule*:

• January 31 - Second Year Qualifier (second year students only)
• February 11 - Lecture 1: Course Expectations, Conditioning, Equipment
• March 4 - Lecture 2: Accident Response, Mountain Rescue, Health, Nutrition
• March 25 - Lecture 3: Snow Travel, Avalanche Hazards
• April 8 - Lecture 4: Rock Climbing
• May 6 - Lecture 5: Glacier Travel, Crevasse Rescue
• June 10 - Final exam
• June 24 - Course review
• October 24 - Climbing division potluck

Field Trip Schedule*:

• Feb 25th or 26th - FT 1 Prep: Fundamentals, Knots, Prusiking
• Feb 28^th or March 1st  - FT 1: Fundamentals, Knots, Prusik Test, Belaying
• March 15 - FT 2: Belay Test
• March 28 and 29 - FT 3: Winter Overnight
• April 18 or 19 - FT 4: Rock I - Knots, Rock Climbing, Rappelling
• May 16 or 17 - FT 5: Rock II - Rock Climbing, Rappelling
• May 27 or 28 - FT 6 Prep: Crevasse Rescue
• June 8 and 9 - FT 6 and 7: Crevasse Rescue and Hard Snow

*dates are subject to change

Graduation Requirements are the same as the Basic Course