TRS - Sport Anchor Cleaning
- Leaders
- Bing Shao Chia (Single-pitch, Bouldering), Jenny Lin (Single-pitch, Bouldering), Jonathan Lam (Single-Pitch), Phat Vinh Dip (Single-pitch, Bouldering)
- Program
- Climbing
- Type
- Sport climbing, top rope
- Trip date
- Friday, September 14th, 2018
- Difficulty rating
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- watch this prior to the TRS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzmbTHe_ql0
This will be an excellent compliment to the upcoming MITOC Rock Program. Need to freshen up on or learn how to properly clean sport anchors? This is useful for you when you are: (1) top-roping and the last person on the climb, or (2) sport-climbing and the last person on the climb. All outdoor rope climbers (whether TR or sport) should learn how to clean anchors. It's a valuable skill to have and will majorly enhance your outdoor game!
What We'll Cover:
- A short demo on sport anchor cleaning.
- Hands-on practice practice practice.
- Here's the handout
Where and When:
- Fri Sept 14 @ 8-10pm
- MIT Wall (Walker Memorial Hall rm 303)
What to Bring:
- Harness, climbing shoes, belay device
- locking carabiner
- Personal anchor system (i.e. double sling, metolius PAS, Petzl connect adjust, etc)
Signup
- Algorithm
- first-come, first-serve
- Maximum participants
- 6
- Signups opened at
- Sept. 8, 2018, 7:27 p.m.
- Signups closed at
- Sept. 12, 2018, 9 a.m.
- Notes
- What is your climbing experience? (TR, sport?)
- Have you cleaned sport anchors before?
- Favorite outdoor climb so far?
Signups for this trip are closed.