Toprope Setup and Anchor Building
Class is for:
Beginner, intermediate or advanced climbers who wish to improve their anchor building skills.
Prerequisites:
None. However, the course is customized to previous experience. Experience dictates depth and breath of instruction.
Course Description:
Climbing anchors are the core of safe climbing systems on rock, snow and ice. This course is a thorough introduction to rock climbing anchors, and the ideas herein transfer beautifully to snow and ice. This course is customizable; usually an emphasis is placed on building and analyzing bottom managed site anchors ("slingshot" setups) as well as top managed systems using both artificial and natural anchors, including V, N and combination rigs. Like all of our courses, the content is customized to our client's needs, and the course can also cover rigging and retreating from bolted and other fixed anchors. This course will help any indoor climber transition safely to the outdoor arena, and many experienced climbers report great gains in new techniques, technical knowledge, application, and anchor efficiency. Come learn with us!
Class Length:
We recommend signing up for 2 days of instruction.
Instructor:
One of Granite Arches' veteran AMGA certified instructors.
Possible class topics include:
- Equipment and materials for single and multi-pitch terrain.
- Single point trad anchor theory and placement.
- Single point fixed anchor analysis (bolts and pins).
- Natural anchor analysis (trees and rocks).
- Proximal system arrangements-archetypal two point anchors: double sling, stacked sling, magic x, limited x, static x, Quad, Offset Quad.
- Proximal system arrangements-archetypal multipoint anchors: prequillette, equillete, 3 point quad, novel systems
- Distal system arrangements using statics: V, N and "All-in-(n)one" systems.
- Distal system arrangements using dynamics: direct rope belay, Ted, Ped, Med belay systems.
- Much, much more . . .
