Intro
to Traditional Lead Climbing
The Stanford Outdoor Education Program and Stanford Alpine Club are
proud to announce Intro to Traditional Lead Climbing. The course
consists of both in-class lectures, and weekend long trips to practice
the skills in the field. The lectures, which will be held Thursday
April 15th and Thursday April 27th from 7:00 - 9:00 pm (location TBA),
are open to public and anyone interested is encouraged to come. Basic
exposure to top-roping climbing is recommended for attendees as a lot
of those basics will not be covered in the class. Please email
mburke@stanford.edu if you plan to attend.
The weekend trips have a limited enrollment and anyone interested must
apply via the application below. There will be two weekend-long trips,
April 18-19 and May 1-2. Applications are due 5 pm, Thursday April 8th.
The field component costs $30, which will cover group equipment for the
trips (non-refundable). Students should own or rent their own
harnesses, shoes, helmet and belay device.
LECTURE TOPICS
The lecture topics will likely include: basics of multi-pitch climbing,
including advanced belaying, rappelling, communication; traditional
leading, including standard types of protection, multi-anchor belay
stations, rope management, efficiency; survey of self-rescue.
FIELD TOPICS
Field topics to be chosen from: placement of protection, anchor
analysis and design, mock leading, actual leading, efficiency drills,
following instructors on multi-pitch routes, and basic self-rescue.
FIELD PRE-REQUISITES
Pre-requisites for the trips include: ability to follow unseen 5.7
climbs on first attempt, at least nominal experience with cleaning or
placing trad climbing gear (i.e. cams, nuts, hexes), self-sufficiency
for car camping, and experience with basic crack climbing. Experience
with sport climbing is a plus, and experience with multi-pitch climbing
is also plus. If you feel that you are underqualified, we strongly
encourage you to apply anyway – if there is enough demand and an
applicant pool that warrants it, we’ll likely put together an “Advanced
Anchors and Gear” class that will assume less climbing experience but
will be similarly gear intensive, and involve one weekend trip.
For more information, please contact Marshall Burke
(mburke@stanford.edu) or Dave Weaver (dww@stanford.edu).
APPLICATION
Application is due April 8th by 5pm. Please email completed application
to Marshall Burke (mburke@stanford.edu).
Name:
Email:
Phone number:
Age:
Gender:
SAC Member?:
Stanford affiliation:
Time left at Stanford University:
Can you commit to the following classes? Thurs Apr
15th, 7-9pm andThurs Apr 29th, 7-9pm
Can you commit to the following weekend trips? Apr
17th-18th and May 1st-2nd
Do you own a car that you can drive on trips? How many does it seat?
If you were offered a position on the course, would you definitely
accept?
Why do you want to learn to lead climb?
Summarize your climbing experience with respect to the following
nominal prerequisites of the course: ability to follow unseen 5.7, at
least nominal experience with cleaning or placing trad climbing gear
(i.e. cams, nuts, hexes), self-sufficiency for car camping. and
experience with basic crack climbing. Experience with sport
climbing is a plus, as is experience with multi-pitch climbing.
Example: I have been top-roping for 2 years and can on-sight 5.8. Last
season I climbed outdoors 5 times, including following a 3 pitch 5.6
route (Pop Bottle) at Lovers Leap. I have climbed some hand cracks, but
am not that great at it. I have never led before. I have my own
sleeping mat and bag, and enough warm clothes, but no tent. I could
borrow a tent, and if I could share someone's stove, I would be
comfortable car-camping for the two weekends.
List your last five climbs (location and details).
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Anything else you want to tell us?
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