Alpine Belay
A beginner-friendly training session for active club members.

Location: Mt. Seymour

Prerequisites

• Must have been a club member for at least 1 year
• Have been on at least three club outdoors trips in the past 12 months
• Have zero bailing incidents on club's records

 Agenda 

• Alpine knots (12).
• About climbing ropes: types (single, twin, double) and main characteristics (static and dynamic elongation, impact force).
• Coiling climbing rope.
• Fall factor.
• Ultimate backup.
• Tying in.
• Partner check.
• Belay fundamentals: taking in/paying out rope - alpine style.
• Belay voice commands.
• Hip belay.
• Belay anchors and SRENE principle.
• Clipping in to belay station.
• Belay systems: off-harness (ABC)/redirect/off-anchor.
• When things go wrong: locking belay device, belay escape, belay re-enter.

Personal Gear

• 30-70m 8mm half rope (or else)
• helmet
• harness + belay device (Reverso type)
• carabiners: 4 non-lockers + 4 lockers + 1 large pear shape
• anchor material: cords and slings (Nylon, Dyneema, Spectra)
• 2 5-mm prusiks + 1 spare
• alpine rock protection (cams, nuts, pitons) if you have
• personal emergency kit incl. medical
• headlamp with spare fresh batteries

B.N.

• if minimum safety levels are not met (because of weather, conditions, etc.) the trip will be canceled, last minute cancellations do occur.
• if you want to receive a response you must clearly answer  ALL "Trip Planning Questions"
• if you haven't received response, check your email in Spam folder (some eager service providers mark club's messages as such ).