This trip is only open to BCMC Mentorship Program participants. Preference will be given to mentees of the organizer (mentor). The organizer can open this trip to other mentees/mentors if needed.

Trip details: The trip is weather depends. It will be rescheduled if the weather is really crappy. We will talk about how to plan/prepare a trip first and then review/practice some skills  to prevent accident or when things go wrong..., it might cover the following topics depends on how much time we have :

1. Alpine hazard

2. Preparation and equipment

3. Route finding and navigation

4. Alpine rock movement skills, rope management, belay anchors, descent methods

5. Problem solving

1) Leading skills--Loose rock and runout routs,  Protect second for traversing

2) Alpine anchor building

3)Rappelling: Rappelling without a device, passing a knot,  rappelling on traversing terrain, transition from rappelling to ascending, stuck rope solutions.

4)Self rescue: Escaping the belay, Hauling your partner, Tandem rappelling..

6.  Climbing as team of three scenario.

Gears:

Ropes

Personal climbing gears

Basic trad climbing gears.

240 cm sling or 5m cord

120cm slings 1 or 2

Prusiks

Microtraction /rocknroll

Grigri if you have.

Please dress according to the weather.