Intermediate top-rope climbing trip
- Leaders
- Bing Shao Chia (Single-pitch, Bouldering), Jenny Lin (Single-pitch, Bouldering), Jonathan Lam (Single-Pitch), Phat Vinh Dip (Single-pitch, Bouldering)
- WIMP
- Tony Zhu
- Program
- Climbing
- Type
- Sport climbing, top rope
- Trip date
- Saturday, April 13th, 2019
- Difficulty rating
- Intermediate
We're heading to a crag in East Brookfield, MA (~1 hr 15 mins from MIT) for a climbing daytrip.
Where and When:
Saturday 4/13 @ 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Detailed directions and rideshare to follow.
Pre-requisites:
- You must be competent / proficient at top-rope belaying. We will setup TR, assume there's no sport climbing bc bolts may have been chopped
- Comfortable climbing 5.8-5.10/5.11s (or at least a willingness to try)
Gear:
- Helmet -- REQUIRED for all outdoor MITOC climbing trips
- Harness, climbing shoes, chalk bag
- Belay device (ATC/grigri, etc) with locking carabiner
- Lunch / snacks
- Water
- Headlamp
- (optional) personal anchor system & prussik if you want to go over rappelling
Trip is dependent on weather conditions. [Forecast]
Signup
- Algorithm
- first-come, first-serve
- Maximum participants
- 7
- Signups opened at
- April 9, 2019, 11:25 a.m.
- Signups closed at
- April 13, 2019, 9 a.m.
- Notes
- Can you TR belay? (pre-req)
- Climbing experience indoor / outdoors? (so we set appropriate climbs)
- Do you have a rope? (not a pre-req)
- Do you have a car? If yes, could you drive others? (not a pre-req)
Signups for this trip are closed.