At a Glance
Experience: Rock Safe or Equivalent
Duration: 2 days
Location: Nordegg, & Lake Abraham, Alberta
Offered: Select Weekends
Departure: 8 am
Ages: 18 & up
Fitness Level: Reasonable fitness (ability to climb a ladder, go for a short run or hike)
Group Size: 3-6
Cost/pp: $449
All prices in Canadian Dollars
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Adventure Details
Take your Multi-Pitch safety skills to the next level, and sharpen your ability to handle complex incidents while in a challenging environment. Take your team’s safety seriously by forming safety skills that will set you up for success if the unexpected happens. Our highly trained guides will sharpen and expand your safety skills so that you and your climbing team can together manage the range of scenarios you might find yourself in while Multi-Pitch climbing.
- Extensive gear list required
- Rental gear is available
- Please arrive with lunch, water, a full tank of gas, and be ready to adventure
Course Summary
Day 1
- Welcome
- Anchor construction review
- Rappel Review
- Ratchet Options ratchets
- Which ratchets belong where
- Why knot
- Escaping the belay from above
- Belay Devices and Lowers
- Escaping the belay from above to a lower
- Escaping the belay from above to a raise
- Escaping the Belay
- Low efficiency 3 to 1 (z drag)
- Lower with double Italian (Bonus Material – with a knot pass)
Day 2
- Accident assessment Up? Down? Help?
- Escape the belay to a lower
- Tandem Rappel
- Rope Ascension Systems
- Optional Demonstration ‘Leader Fall Accident Scenarios
Brinnae Erb
February 2023
I have taken several courses through GirthHitch Guiding now and each one has been such a fantastic experience. Highly recommend them to anyone who is looking for excellent customer service, top quality instruction, opportunities for solid skill development and client centred adventures. Looking forward to booking more adventures in the future.
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