Sport Anchors and Rescue Skills Clinic

Location

Cripple Creek, Colorado

Group Size

Max 6 people

Duration

0 hours

Hosted at the We Send Climbing Festival on Saturday, April 26. from 8:45am-3:45pm with guide Sadie Sullivan. 

This clinic is designed to teach participants how to build common sport climbing anchors and rescue skills (in the single pitch environment) that no climber should be without!  Topics covered include gear selection, building and evaluating sport climbing anchors, improving judgment to confidently build sport climbing anchors, how to escape a belay set up, ascend to aid an injured climber, and lower both climber rescuer.  This class is designed for newer climbers transitioning to outdoor climbing, as well as experienced climbers looking to improve sport anchor building skills and rescue skills in the single pitch environment.

Learning Outcomes
•        To learn about sport climbing anchor gear, knots, and its proper use in anchoring
•        Practice building common single pitch anchors 
•        Techniques to escape belay
•        Ascend rope
•        Assist climber from below

Prerequisites- None!

**Participants are required to have paid for entrance into the We Send Climbing Festival if they want to register & attend a clinic**