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Son of Rock Instructors · Fri. May. 10th, 2024 - Sun. May. 12th, 2024
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Start: Friday, May. 10th
End: Sunday, May. 12th
Pre-trip meeting: Tuesday, May. 7th, 6:15 pm
Pre-trip meeting location: IRC 2
Description:
SOR can only happen every year because of wonderfully generous human beings (like you?!) who are willing to share their time, knowledge, and expertise around climbing with their community! If you have any questions about instructing, please reach out to me!
Perks of Instructing:
- No fees for the trip!
- Instructing counts as a work hike!
- Your students think you are very cool and badass!
- You get to share the gift of knowledge with your peers!
If you are signing up to instruct please reach out to me beforehand, if you have not instructed before I'll just have a quick chat with you about your climbing/instructing experience! If you have instructed before, send me an email anyways and I'll add you to my list.
Pre-trip meeting: 6:15 for instructors on May 7 in IRC 2. After (7:15) will be the full group meeting.
Climbing levels are:
1. Learn to Rock Climb: Suitable for anyone who has never climbed or who doesn't know how to belay. Here you will learn how to belay, how to make the most important knots (esp. figure eights), how to check you and your partner's knot and harness and how to climb real rock. If time permits, we can also let you rappel.
2. Learn to Build Top-Rope Anchors: For those who know how to top-rope belay and tie in for top-rope climbing, but want to learn how to set-up their own top-rope anchors on bolts and trees. We will also teach you how to clean anchors and how to rappel from your anchors. You will learn some more knots and learn about anchor gear. If you already climbed a lot at climbing gyms, for example, then this is for you.
3. Learn to Lead Climb. Students participating in Rock 3 are expected to be proficient at top-rope belaying, at building and cleaning a top-rope anchor, and rappelling (Rock 2 or equivalent highly recommended). Rock 3 is intended to introduce students to lead climbing and lead belaying. Upon completion of Rock 3, students should have the skills necessary to go single-pitch sport climbing at Chek, Area 44 or Skaha, for example.
4. Learn to Trad Climb. This is for people who are experienced at top-roping, setting up top-rope anchors, rappeling, lead belaying (and preferably know how to lead single-pitch sport) and want to learn how to place traditional lead protection properly or how to safely switch leads and set up anchors on a multipitch route.
5. Introduction to Multipitch Climbing (Tentative). This is for people that have all the skills listed as requirements for Rock 4 and want to learn how to safety switch leads, set up anchors, place gear and communicate while multipitch climbing. This will also include learning a variety of useful knots and a whole plethora of other things.
Posted: 2024-04-24 14:59:51
Last modified: 2024-04-25 18:15:57