Thurs August 10 - Lecture @ CMC Wall 6:00 - 9:00pm Saturday August 13 - Staunton State Park - expect a long full day Sunday August 14 - Staunton State Park - expect a long full day
Nicky Rucker
nickyrucker@hotmail.com
This advanced course will be led by an AMGA guide teaching skills taught in the Mountain Guide Manual on how to efficiently climb in a party of 3.Lecture Night @ CMC Wall August 10th2 Multipitch Field Days @ Staunton State Park August 13th and 14th
Course Objectives-Students will learn advanced 3-person multipitch climbing techniques including: station management, caterpillar and end-roping systems, parallel systems, communication, seconding, and transitioning up-to-up and up-to-down.
Prerequisites-
Students should be comfortable leading 5.7 multipitch sport routes and have 2-3 years of multi-pitch climbing experience.
Attendance/Completion Policy Students must attend all lectures and field days to receive credit for completing the course. Students will not be allowed to continue beyond a missed lecture/field day. Students must also demonstrate mastery of the both the prerequisites and the skills taught in the immediate class. If such mastery cannot be demonstrated, the student will be asked to repeat the course. If a student cannot demonstrate mastery of the prerequisites the student will not be allowed to continue in the class.
Note that classes sometimes show "Sessions"; Basic Climbing Session A, for example. Sessions are simply alternate dates of the same class. In other words, you may choose Session A or Session B, depending on which dates work best for you. You do not have to complete both Session A and Session B.
Cancellation Policy: Classes must have minimum four students signed up and requisite number of instructors. If either number is too low class may be cancelled.
Covid Policy: Please see the CMC Covid policy Refund Policy: Please see the CMC Refund policy