Multi-Pitch Climbing Systems
Types: Climbing
Learn from the best and take your climbing to the next level with BlackSheep’s Multi-Pitch Climbing course. This 1-day crash course in multi-pitch climbing systems is taught by an ACMG Certified guide is designed to give you the skills needed to efficiently climb and descend long multi-pitch routs.
Multi-Pitch Climbing Systems
Ready to take your rock climbing higher, way higher? Whether you’re an expert climber or just new to outdoor rock climbing, there are lifetimes of multi-pitch routes around Squamish that require proficient multi-pitch climbing skills to tackle quickly and safely. Not to mention amazing destinations like Red Rocks or Yosemite!
This 1-day course will focus on providing you with the skills to successfully and efficiently complete multi-pitch climbs at almost any rock climbing destination. Skill development will focus on: route selection, belaying methods in a multi-pitch setting, protecting both the leader and the second while climbing, anchor construction and considerations when climbing more than one pitch, route finding, rappel and other technical descents and, of course, emergency preparedness.
Stay for an optional Bonus Day and put your new skills to use on a classic Squamish multi-pitch!
Waiver & Risk Management:
As you know, outdoor activities involve numerous hazards including, but not limited to, avalanches, crevasses, rockfall, slips and falls, equipment failure, poor weather, etc. And while we do our best to anticipate and mitigate these hazards we cannot completely eliminate them. So, as with anything fun, you will be required to sign our Participant Release to take part in one of our courses or trips.
8:30: Meet Group
- Introductions
- Review of goals
- Waiver signing
- Discuss some general concepts
- Review plan for the day:
- Note that we are going to be outside for the day and that a lunch, water and suitable clothing is needed.
9:30 – Head to a Local Climbing Area:
- Equipment review
- Route selection discussion
- Traditional rock protection review
- Anchor building concepts & practice
- Multi-pitch station management
- Multi-pitch belay techniques
- Efficiencies &
- Technical descents
- Emergency preparedness
3:45 – Course Close-out
- Review the goals for the day and discuss each, were they achieved.
- Discuss the next steps for further development.
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Fine Print:
- Lifetime deposits (deposits never expire)
- Canadian course prices are in CAD
- All courses are subject to 5% GST (tax)
- Payments made by credit card are subject to a 2.5% credit card fee
- Be sure to look over our Booking Policies
- Participants will be required to sign a BlackSheep Participant Release
