Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:26:08 -0700 From: David Johnson To: alpine-club-official [AT] lists.stanford.edu, climbing [AT] lists.stanford.edu Subject: Intro to Traditional Lead Climbing The Stanford Alpine Club is proud to announce Intro to Traditional Lead Climbing. The course consists of both in-class lecture, and two weekend long trips to practice the skills in the field. The lecture, which will be held Thursday April 30th 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. The weekend trips have a limited enrollment and anyone interested must apply via the application below. There will be two weekend-long trips, May 2-3 and May 16-17. Applications are due by Wednesday, 4/29 at 5pm. The field component costs $30, which will cover group equipment for the trips (non-refundable). Students should own their own harnesses, shoes, helmet and belay device, or tell us why they want to take a trad leading class if they don't own any of these items.  If there is a justifiable reason we can supply these items as well. 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 ^Ö 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 David Johnson (david.m.johnson [AT] stanford.edu) APPLICATION Name: Email: Phone number: Age: Gender: SAC Member?: Stanford affiliation: Time left at Stanford University: Can you commit to the following classes?     Thurs April 30th, 7-9pm, May 2-3, May 15-16 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 at Lovers Leap. I have climbed some hand cracks, but am not that great at it. I have never led before. List your last five climbs (location and details). 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Anything else you want to tell us, or bribe us with?  Booty gear and food are always encouraged. [ Part 2: "Attached Text" ] _______/\/\/\_______/\/\/\_______/\/\/\_______/\/\/\_______/\/\/\_______ This message was sent to the Climbing list. The climbing list serves the Stanford Alpine Club and the general Stanford climbing community. For more information about the Alpine Club please visit alpineclub.stanford.edu. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, please visit http://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/climbing or e-mail climbing-leave [AT] lists.stanford.edu.