Basic Self-Rescue Climbing Class Joshua Tree National Park

Sightseeing  :  United States  :  California  :  Joshua Tree  :  Climbing

Learn assisted-rescue skills no climber should be without, basic self-rescue for you and your partner. Get yourself or others out of tricky situations when professional help is unavailable. What is covered in this course:

• How to escape belay
• How to rescue and ascend to aid an injured or fallen climber using an auto-locking device (ie. Gri-Gri) as well as lowering both of you to the ground
• Friction hitches for slings and cord
• Fope ascension
• Backing up rappels with an auto-block knot
• Bowering system with a re-directed auto-locking device
• Bowering system with a Munter hitch backed-up with an Buto-block knot
• The tandem rappel system
• Basic 3 to 1 “Z” raising system with an auto-locking device
  

All Equipment is Provided. Feel free to bring your own, as practicing basic self rescue with your own equipment will better prepare you for real situations.

PREREQUISITE: Prior roped-climbing experience. You must already know how tie-in to a rope and how to belay on top-rope setting.