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Rock Gym to Crag: Skills for Climbing Outside

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    Sign up will open on
    07 / 24 / 2024

  • Start date: 08/14/2024

  • Start time: 5:30 PM

  • End date: 08/17/2024

  • End time: 5:30 PM

Description:

Our primary goal for this course is to teach participants to comfortably and confidently go from indoor rock gym climbing to outdoor single pitch climbing. This involves equipping students with the technical skills necessary for setting up top ropes, leading beginner sport climbs, and following more challenging sport climbs.

  • Event Leader: Mcmurdo Patrick

  • Assistant Leader: Reiter Maryanne

  • Event category: Climbs

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  • Event Status: Upcoming

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Climbing harness and helmet, 6 locking carabiners, 6 non-locking carabiners (optional), 60-meter dynamic climbing rope (9 mm – 10.2 mm) Optional, Belay device (and rappel device, if belay device cannot be used to rappel, such as a grigri), Hollow block or short prussik (for rappelling), PAS – Personal Anchor System, Double length sling - about 120 cm / 48 inches long Optional, Triple length sling - about 180 cm / 72 inches long, Cordelette for anchors. 6 -7mm, 20 – 25 feet long

  • participant prerequisites: • Competent top rope belaying (provide belay certification from rock gym)
    • Know how to tie the following knots: overhand and overhand on a bight, figure-eight and figure-eight on a bight, figure 8 follow through, auto-block, prussik, and clove hitch
    • Comfortable climbing 5.8 on top rope

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  • Member Fees: 90

  • Elevation Gain:

  • Non-Member Fees: 130

  • Committee: Climbs

  • Junior member fees: —

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 8
  • Number of spots available: 7
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Reiter, Maryanne 5415218472 N 90 0