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Takin' the Leap [Lead Climbing School] · Thursday, January 28th, 2016

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Organized by: Artem Babaian.

Start: Thursday, Jan. 28th, 6:00 pm
End: Thursday, Jan. 28th, 10:00 pm
Pre-trip meeting location: via Email

Description:

Do you want to take the leap into Lead Climbing?

This is an evening school held in The Aviary where you'll learn the neccesary skills to take your climbing to the next level. It will also include some prep work to learn some theory to help you become a better lead climber.

The pre-requisite skills are you should have are top-rope belaying, and top-rope climbing experience (Rock 1).

Ideally you should have taken Rock 2 on anchor building, cleaning and rapelling.

Curriculum

  • New gear for lead climbing
  • Communication
  • Lead belaying
  • Lead climbing
  • Developing your 'Lead Head'
  • Anchors Review (time permitting)

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The 'Going' list will be choosen randomly from 'interested' list on Jan 21st.

We're good on instructors for now, but let me/Corey know if you want to run this in the future.

Posted: 2016-01-12 13:25:52
Last modified: 2016-01-14 22:15:22