Field trip: Basic Climbing Course
Tacoma Basic FT 2 - Fundamentals - Mountaineers Tacoma Program Center
Tacoma Basic FT 1- Gear Review and Construction, Knots, Prusiking
- Sat, Jan 22, 2022
- Tacoma Basic Alpine Climbing
- Climbing
- Adults
- Easy
- 3 (13 capacity)
- FULL (5 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
This field trip will be heald at the Tacoma Program Center. Please be ready to start at 8 Am.
Tacoma Basic Course FT I: Fundamentals
Learning Objectives:
Students will be able to:
- Describe and demonstrate tying into the middle and end of a glacier-travel rope using the correct knot(s) and carabiners, with some prompting from an instructor.
- Describe and demonstrate using a Texas prusik to safely ascend up a rope and back down, wearing a backpack, with some prompting from an instructor.
- Describe and demonstrate safe tying and clean dressing of all knots required for the course, with support from an instructor.
- Describe the 10 Essentials (“10 Es”), and indicate them among own gear, with some prompting from an instructor.
- Discuss and describe course-required gear and appropriate clothing for field trips and climbs.
- Demonstrate how to coil a climbing rope, with support from an instructor.
Rough Agenda:
Introductions (15 minutes)
Demo glacier tie-in (end and middle climber) and prusiking (30 minutes)
*Construction of Texas prusiks, etc. (40 minutes)
*Glacier tie-in (middle climber) and prusiking (40 minutes)
*Knots (40 minutes)
*Gear Review (40 minutes)
Rope care discussion and coiling demo (20 minutes)
Debrief (15 minutes)
* Small group rotation
Required Equipment
See course manual