Picture this: Your partner is leading the third pitch of GM Route at Index. She peels. Her last piece pulls and she whips 30 feet. When the dust settles, her leg is broken. The late afternoon light is fading.
What you gonna do, bad boy/bad girl? Do you have any tricks up your sleeve?
Self-rescue is one of the least studied skills by climbers of all ability levels. Something bad can happen to anybody on any climb anywhere. And when something does happen, it is up to the victim's partner to deal with it. Arguably, it is the responsibility of every climber to have a basic understanding of rock rescue so that they can assist their partner if something does go wrong.
We will be offering two two-hour rock rescue clinics at the YMCA climbing wall in downtown
Bellingham on
December 3. The clinics will focus on the baseline skills required to perform a rescue in a high angle environment.
They will be open to the public, with donations to the Northwest Avalanche Center strongly encouraged.
Click here to download the Self-Rescue Clinic Handbook (.pdf)
The clinics will run at the following times:
The market value of these two-hour clinics with professional guides is $80. We would like to offer these clinics on a "pay-what-you-can" basis, with a recommended donation of $25 or more per participant. All proceeds will go to the Northwest Avalanche Center benefit fund.
You can now register online by clicking here.