Alpine Rappel
A beginner-friendly training session. Active club members have priority.

Location: Murrin Park

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).
• Fall factor and impact forces.
• Why you need to avoid rappelling.
• Ultimate backup.
• Rappel components: anchor. SRENE principle.
• Rappel components: rope.
• Rappel components: rappeller.
• Rappel components: method.
• Taking / paying out rope with backup prusik on.
• Rappel voice commands.
• Final check.
• Retrieving rappel rope.
• Passing the knot.
• When things go wrong: stopping in midrappel, releasing backup prusik, switching to climbing the rope.
• Climbing the rope with two prusik slings, hauling backpack after crevasse fall, switching to rappel mode.

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
• 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 ).