Self Rescue Class

  • Risk Awareness and Mitigation
  • Escape a belay
  • Ascending and Rappelling
3

Hours

What’s This All About?

The Self Rescue class is designed to teach climbers a variety of safety and rescue techniques as they learn how to become more self-sufficient in single- and multi-pitch terrain. Instructors focus on technical skills as well as risk assessment and mitigation while remaining calm in a stressful environment. Suitable for all climbers, whether they are new to self-rescue or are looking to brush up on their skills.

All Self Rescue classes are taught by a qualified instructor certified by the American Mountain Guiding Association (AMGA).

What You’ll Learn:

  • Escaping a belay
  • Belay takeover
  • Raising and lowering systems
  • Counterbalance descent and lowering
  • Ascending

$99 with any form of paid entry!

Registration is required. Must be G1 top rope belay certified. Participants must be at least 13 years old. Minors must first have a waiver signed by a parent or guardian.

This class has a minimum participant requirement. The minimum participant requirements must be met within 24 hrs prior to class date. If you are the only one signed up for the class, the class may get rescheduled.

Please Bring Along

(1) Belay Device, (2) Locking Carabiners, (6) Non-Locking Carabiners, (2) Prusik Loops, (1) 24in Sling, (1) 48in Sling, and (2) Cordelettes.

*If you do not have all of the required gear it can be purchased from our gear shop*

FAQ

Usually it means securing the climber, removing yourself from belay duty, and retreating to the ground. Getting to the ground might involve a skill you already know- simply lowering the climber. The core skill is a ‘load transfer’ using some variation of a Prusik hitch and a slip knot to get a weighted rope from one anchor to another and back again.

Prerequisite skills and gear:

  • previous experience belaying from above on multi-pitch climbs
  • experience rappelling

Mostly these skills are useful for accidents in multi-pitch terrain:

    • You’re at the top of the 4th pitch with an injured climber, but you have two ropes. You might be able to quickly lower the hurt climber almost ~400′ to the ground if you know how to pass the joining knot.
    • You need to rappel with an incapacitated climber. Do you know how to put both climbers on one device? How will you anchor in at a hanging belay?
    • Your rappel rope gets stuck on the pull, and you need to ascend to the previous rap anchor
  • overhand, overhand on-a-bight, overhand as a stopper (barrel knot)
  • figure 8, figure 8 on-a-bight
  • clove hitch
  • Munter hitch
  • girth hitch
  • Prusik hitch
  • klemheist hitch
  • auto-block
  • leg wrap
  • mule knot (with a belay device and with a Munter hitch)

‘bonus’ knots if there is time/interest:

  • bowline, bowline on-a-bight
  • butterfly knot
  • ‘bunny ears’ figure 8
  • triple loop figure 8
  • VT Prusik hitch
  • Bachmann hitch
  • Garda hitch
  • mariner hitch
  • ‘RBS’ hitch

The class does not include entry to G1 Climbing+Fitness. If you are not a member, you will be required to purchase a day pass or punch pass. If you are a member at on of our Climb Pass partner gyms, you can use your Climb Pass member benefit to attend the class.

Schedule

  • Every Second Sunday of the Month

    8:00am – 11:00am

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