SoR Trad TRS 1: Knots, Belaying, Trad Gear
- Leaders
- Asha Park-Carter (S, T), Cole Crawford (B, TR, S, T, MP, A), Florian Pagnoux (S, T), Kathy Camenzind (B, S, T, MP), Louisa French (she/her/hers) (S, T, MP), Mike Nawrot (S, T), Suzy McKinney (S, T)
- Program
- School of Rock
- Type
- Trad climbing
- Trip date
- Tuesday, May 30th, 2023
- Difficulty rating
- SoR
- Prerequisites
- SoR Participant
At this first TRS, we'll cover belay checks, basic knots, trad gear, and an overview of rappelling which we'll practice on the first weekend trip.
Point person: Louisa
Where and When
Where: MIT climbing wall (Walker Memorial 3rd floor, 50-303)
When: 7pm-9pm
Gear
If you already own any of the following gear please bring it. Leaders will have extras of some of these things if you don't have your own yet:
- harness
- cordelette (to practice tying knots)
- nylon sling or PAS
- tubular belay device (e.g. ATC or similar)
- locking carabiner
- prusik loop
Office Hours/Renting Gear Reminder
Please note that both Week 1 Trad TRS sessions will NOT take place in the MITOC office. If you need to rent gear for this weekend's trip, please plan to go to office hours on Tuesday at 6 PM (before the TRS). Remember that you must have a harness, helmet, climbing shoes, and a belay device and locking carabiner to participate this weekend. MITOC rents all of this gear if you need it.
Resources
Here is some more info about what we will cover in this first TRS. Feel free browse these resources at your own pace before or after the TRS.
Signup
- Algorithm
- first-come, first-serve
- Maximum participants
- 16
- Signups opened at
- May 15, 2023, 6 p.m.
- Signups closed at
- May 30, 2023, 6 p.m.
Signups for this trip are closed.