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Rock Gym to Crag: Skills for Climbing Outside

  • 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. The course will be Weds, Aug 14 (5:30- 8:30) and Fri, Aug 16 (5:30-8:30) and all day Saturday, Aug 17.

Photo by: Maryanne Reiter

  • Event Leader: Patrick McMurdo

  • Event Leader Phone: 206-714-1655

  • Event Leader Email: pmcmurdo1@gmail.com

  • Assistant Leader: Maryanne Reiter

  • Event category: Climbs

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  • Event Status: Passed

  • 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

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  • Non-Member Fees: 130

  • Committee: Climbs

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

We had a very motivated class of 6 students who learned how to build and remove climbing anchors, how to belay a lead climber and to lead climb. The class consisted of a evening at the lodge and Skinners Butte columns and then a full day at Eagles Rest climbing area near Eugene. Everyone had a good time learning new skills and working together to successfully and safely lead climb.

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