Description

This is a 2 day course intended to introduce
club
members to single-pitch sport climbing, i.e.
leading on
on bolted
routes.

Participants will learn how to use quickdraws
to
protect themselves on
lead on a bolted route and how to setup and
dismantel anchors when
sport climbing. The first day will be
instruction
and climbing, and the
second day mostly supervised climbing.

Curriculum:

• Selecting the necessary equipment.
• Clipping techniques.
• Avoiding clipping mistakes (back-clipping
  and
  “Z”-clipping).

• Proper lead belaying techniques (using ATC
  or
  similar device).

• Setting up sport climbing anchors.
• Cleaning the anchor and lowering.

Prerequisites:

• Top roping climbing experience, – some
  outdoor
  climbing
  experience is preferred.
• Comfortable and experienced with belaying.
• Able to tie in securely and check partner.
• Climbing confidently at 5.9 indoors:
  participants should be able to
  climb ANY 5.9 route in an indoor climbing gym
  without falling,
  weighting the rope or pausing for long period
  of
  time during the climb.

Applicants who sign up for this course will be
will be reviewed prior to acceptance into the
course. DO NOT PAY
until
you have been notified of your acceptance into
the
course.

Community Contribution
A dozen or more willing volunteers, put in a
thousand or
more hours a year to make these courses happen,
all of
which include top-quality instruction at
incredible value
for money. We’ll literally share everything we
know about
staying safe in the mountains with you, because
we
want
you to experience nature as we do.

That said, participation is a two way street,
and
if
you’re going to take a course, we ask that you
start
thinking about ways to contribute back to the
community
also. Remember, we’re an entirely volunteer
based
community and this only works if everyone
contributes!
Please consider becoming a trip-coordinator and
hosting a
trip (even just a simple hiking trip) when
signing
up for
this course!

http://accvancouver.ca/become-a-
trip-
organizer/