Clinic
Seattle Basic Climbing Refresher Clinic - Alpine Rock Climbing Skills - Exit 38/Far Side Crags
A free clinic. Open to qualified non-members. Review and practice alpine rock climbing techniques, belay techniques, and rappelling on real rock.
Contacts
Barbara Motteler
Primary Leader
Qualified Youth Leader
- Thu, Jun 22, 2023
- Seattle Climbing
- Climbing
- Basic Alpine
- Adults
- Moderate
- Mileage: 3.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 500 ft
- 1 (5 capacity)
- FULL (3 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
4pm Dirty Harry Trailhead.
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.
This Seattle Basic Refresher Clinic - Alpine Rock Skills - covers the alpine rock climbing skills. Participants are required to already have the skills either from a Mountaineers course or other experience.
Skills to be practiced:
- Rock climbing (including face climbing, crack climbing, and friction climbing, depending on the climbing area).
- Belaying (top-rope and lead-climbing)
- Rappelling
- Anchor building
Route/Place
Roster
Required Equipment
Required Equipment
Everyone:
- 10 essentials
- helmet
- rock climbing harness
- rock shoes
- approach shoes or hiking boots
- at least 4 locking carabineers
- Double sling or PAS system
- belay device for belaying and rappelling
- grigri if you have one
- belay gloves (recommended)
- walkie talkie (if you have one)
- backpack to carry your gear and portion of the group gear.
- anchor material (slings or cordelette)
Leaders also bring:
- rope
- quickdraws
I will also bring stick clip and guidebook
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