Field trip: Basic Climbing Course
Tacoma Basic FT 7 - Alpine Rock I - Mountaineers Tacoma Program Center
Tacoma Basic FT 6 - Checkpoint: Top Rope Belay. Practice & Demo: Anchors, Lead Belay, Belay Escape, Rappelling
- Sun, Apr 3, 2022
- Tacoma Basic Alpine Climbing
- Climbing
- Rock Climb
- Adults
- Easy
- 7 (17 capacity)
- 2 (7 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
This meeting will be held at the Tacoma Program Center. Please be ready to start at 8 AM.
Tacoma Basic FT 6 - Alpine Rock I
Checkpoint: Top Rope Belay
Practice & Demo: Anchors, Lead Belay, Belay Escape, Rappelling
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to:
- Demonstrate safe top-rope belaying including proper setup, communication and belay technique (PBUS).
- Demonstrate safe lead belaying including proper setup, communication and belay technique, with some prompting from an instructor.
- Describe and demonstrate safe rappelling technique using an extended ATC device with autoblock backup, with some prompting from an instructor.
- Describe the elements that make up a safely-constructed SERENE anchor for use when climbing on rock.
Rough Agenda:
Introductions (10 minutes)
Lead belay demo (30 minutes)
Rappel demo (30 minutes)
*Top rope belay checkpoint (20 minutes)
*Lead belay practice (90 minutes)
*Rappel practice (30 minutes)
Anchors demo (20 minutes)
Debrief (10 minutes)
* Small group rotation
Badges
students will earn:
Required Equipment
See manual