ASI - Intro To Rock Climbing

Technical Difficulty (Class):

Prerequisite Skills:

Physical Condition:

Class Size: 3-6

Includes:
Rock shoes, harness and helmet.

Operating under Special Use Permit, Tahoe National Forest.

Intro To Rock Climbing Step 1

If you have never climbed before, just tried it in the climbing gym or it's been a while and you need a refresher, this first course is where to begin. Besides learning about your harness and rock shoes, you'll learn necessary basic knots, belaying, lowering, rappelling and be introduced to both crack and face climbing technique on superb Donner Pass granite. Come join the fun!

Skills covered will include:

Rock shoe, harness and helmet fit and use
Harness tie-in with figure eight knot
Top rope climbing setup from permanent anchors
Belayer/climber commands
Belaying and lowering a climber with a standard belay device
Climbing techniques for slab, face, jam crack and lie-back
Basic rappeling with a safety backup
Lead climbing demonstration with placement and removal of protection
Introduction to the climbing rating system
Leave No Trace practices at climbing areas

Climbing difficulty from 5.0 - 5.7

Prerequisites
No previous climbing skills are necessary.

Dates:

May 21, 2011 (Sat)
June 4, 2011 (Sat)
June 18, 2011 (Sat)
July 2, 2011 (Sat)
July 16, 2011 (Sat)
July 30, 2011 (Sat) Full
Aug 13, 2011 (Sat)
Aug 27, 2011 (Sat)
Sep 10, 2011 (Sat)
Sep 24, 2011 (Sat)
Oct 8, 2011 (Sat)
Oct 15, 2011 (Sat)

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