Course: Introduction to Sport Climbing

May 7th 2022

Event Details

  • Date: –
  • Spots: 9
  • Member Cost: 80 CAD
  • Destination: Smoke Bluffs
  • Categories:
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Attendee Screening: Attendees are Pre-Screened - The Trip Leader will review your background and contact you before accepting you on the trip. You will get a confirmation that your sign-up is pending right away.
    That doesn't mean that you are confirmed to go on the trip yet. If you are accepted, you should receive an email from the coordinator to confirm your sign-up and coordinate the trip's details.

Description

May 7-8, 2022 (Sat-Sun), 8 participants

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

Participants will learn how to use quickdraws to protect themselves on lead on a bolted route and how to setup and dismantle 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.

In addition to signing up via the calendar, you must also fill out this Course Application Form to participate in this course (the link will open in a new tab or window).

Applicants who sign up for this course will be reviewed prior to acceptance into the course.

Selection Criteria

If within the first week after the event was posted to the calendar more than 8 qualified members sign up for the event, applicants are selected by the number of events of the ACC Vancouver Section they have attended in the past or how much they have volunteered. Otherwise selection is by order of signup.

Once selected, you will be notified and directed on how to make your payment.  Payment will be due within 72 hrs otherwise the next person on the list will be contacted.

Cost: $80.00

Cancellation policy

There are no refunds. If you have to cancel out, with the help of the leader, an alternate person who meets the prerequisites from the waiting list (if there is one) can be contacted. Transfer of payment is to be made directly between the two participants

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! You will be contacted by our Trip Director to prompt you to get a trip posted.

https://accvancouver.ca/join-us/volunteer/

Guest sign-up

Sign-ups are no longer available for this event.