Basic Climbing Course Second Year

Second Year Participants: If you require a second year to complete the course requirements you must contact the Course Chair and Critical Skills Chair, by e-mail to request permission. The fee is $63. (plus $20 if you want a current student manual). Second year participants are required to attend the skills evaluation/Second Year Qualifier. After the evaluation a determination will be made on where in the lecture and field trip sequence you may re-enter the course.  The course re-entry point is based on the knowledge and skills that have been acquired and ideally 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 if not previously satisfied.

Lecture Schedule - TBD:

• Second Year Qualifier (second year students only)
• Lecture 1: Course Expectations, Conditioning, Equipment
• Lecture 2: Accident Response, Mountain Rescue, Health, Nutrition
• Lecture 3: Snow Travel, Avalanche Hazards
• Lecture 4: Rock Climbing
• Lecture 5: Glacier Travel, Crevasse Rescue
• Final exam
• Course review
• Climbing Division Potluck

Field Trip Schedule - TBD:

• FT 1 Prep: Fundamentals, Knots, Prusiking
• FT 1: Fundamentals, Knots, Prusik Test, Belaying
• FT 2: Belay Test
• FT 3: Winter Overnight
• FT 4 Prep: Intro to Rock Climbing & Lecture
• FT 4: Rock I - Knots, Rock Climbing, Rappelling
• FT 5: Rock II - Rock Climbing, Rappelling
• FT 6 Prep: Crevasse Rescue
• FT 6 and 7: Crevasse Rescue and Hard Snow

*dates are subject to change

Graduation Requirements

• Attend all lectures, field trip preps, and field trips 
• Pass final examination
• Satisfactorily complete all field trips
• Satisfactorily complete two Conditioner hikes
• Satisfactorily complete three Basic Climbs, including one Rock and one Glacier climb
• Successfully complete the Navigation course
• Participate in one day's conservation activity/trail maintenance offered by the Mountaineers or another recognized organization or agency
• Hold a current Wilderness First Aid (WFA) card by the date of graduation
• Apply for graduation as described in the course manual
• Current Mountaineer membership