Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 08:47:22 -0700 From: Darko Sarenac To: alpine-club AT lists.Stanford.EDU, climbing AT lists.Stanford.EDU Cc: "Iuliano, Blase" Subject: [SAC] Anchors II - Gear anchors & Intro to multipitch following class (Oct. 21-22) Dealine for applying is next Sunday the 14th (or Friday the 12th if possible)! Have you been setting topropes outside, and would like to learn more about trad climbing? Want to be able to comfortably follow more experienced climbers up awesome beautiful multipitch climbs in Yosemite? Want to know the basics of building gear anchors? If so, you should sign up for the Anchors II "Intro to multipitch following" class! This will be a great class to get you competent in following so that when you go to Joshua Tree over Thanksgiving you'll be a good follower! Depending on class experience, we'll cover: Basics of trad gear (cams, nuts, etc.) Building safe anchors using gear Learning to evaluate other people's anchors Lead belaying Learning to clean gear while following, how to evaluate gear placements Efficient following techniques for multipitch climbing A detailed curriculum can be found at: http://alpineclub.stanford.edu/curriculum/anchors2.txt Application Deadline is Sunday, October 14th at midnight! Class size is limited to 8-10 students. If 10 or more people apply by Friday night (Oct. 12, 5pm), we will select 10 people at random from the applications, so please apply by then if you can (then people can better plan for next weekend). The outdoor session will be on - October 21-22 (Saturday-Sunday) at some beautiful location (Yosemite most likely) where we can do some multipitch climbing. The Classroom session will be on Thurs October 19 from 7-9pm location TBA. The cost is $30 for Alpine Club members, $45 nonmembers. Membership to Alpine Club is $25 and gives you other benefits as well (see website http://alpineclub.stanford.edu ). Class fee does not cover gas, food, or campsites. So if you want to take this class, fill out the application below! Name: Phone #: Email: Year: Stanford Affiliation: Favorite colour: Name of your first pet: Can you make all of the outdoor and classroom sessions? Please describe your climbing experience. Do you have a harness, belay device, locking carabiner, helmet, and shoes? Why do you want to take this class? Do you have a car that you can drive? What kind/how many seatbelts? Is there anything else we should know about you, or we should have asked on this questionnaire? Please feel free to contact us with any questions. Thanks to David Weaver and Clint Cummins for writing the original version of this email.