Description

• Hike up BCMC trail, part way up set up
  fixed rope over cliff.
• Review core safety alpine principle:
  ultimate backup.
• Rappel to the base.
• Ascend the fixed rope using mechanical
  ascenders (with 1:1 and 3:1 setups). Practice
  passing the anchor.
• Practice descending fixed rope with hand
  wrap. Passing the anchor on descent.
• Complete BCMC trail to chalet, take Skyride
  down 

PHOTO: High-altitude climbers ascend fixed
rope on Denali, Alaska  © 
Weiwei Yin 2019

NOTES

• This is NOT a course: you must have prior
  training and be confident in alpine rappel.
• If have never met the event organizer
  before, you will need to answer a few basic
  screening questions before being approved for
  this event. Check your email (if none, check
  email trash folder).