Field trip: ARC Pro Traditional Lead Climbing
Trad Lead Climbing Field Day 1 – North Table Mountain
We will review and practice trad gear placement and anchor building, then move into leading strategies with student practice doing mock-leads.
Contacts
Scott Kime
Primary Leader
- Sat, Jun 3, 2023
- Pikes Peak
- Climbing
- Crag Rock Climb
- Adults
- Challenging
- Mileage: 1.0
- Elevation Gain: 600 ft
- 14 (13 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Students will practice gear placement and anchor building with instructor evaluations, then will learn and practice trad lead climbing skills doing mock-leading. Students will also learn and practice belaying from the top of a route.
We will meet at the Golden Cliffs main parking lot, located on the south side of N. Table Mountain Park, at 8 am. This parking lot is located at the east end of Peery Parkway and is located here: https://goo.gl/maps/kki33hcFqiBKtDwPA
Route/Place
Roster
Required Equipment
Required Equipment
- Basic climbing kit- harness, helmet, shoes, pack
- Non-locking carabiners- #11 total
- Locking carabiners- #7 total with at least 3 HMS type
- Quickdraws- #4
- 60 cm sewn slings (dyneema or nylon)- #4
- 120 cm sewn slings- #2 with at least one made of nylon (for tether) and one thin Dyneema to release autoblocking belay device
- Autoblocking belay device (BD Guide, Petzl Reverso, GriGri, etc…)
- Cordelette: 14-20ft length of 7 mm nylon accessory cord
- Rappel back-up sling- 10- 15 inch tied loop of 5-6 mm nylon cord, or small Hollow-block loop
- Nut tool
- Trad pro- whatever you own- nuts, hexes, cams, Tri-cams, etc… Some gear available for loan from Club and instructors. Cams should be equipped with their own racking cara
- Gear sling- alternatively may use 60 cm sling or tied loop of cord/webbing
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