Self-Rescue Clinic

This course is intended to provide students with tools to improvise solutions when things don't go according to plan. Self-rescue 101 aims to cover most common self-rescue scenarios in climbing like dropping your ATC or rappelling past the anchors.

Key skills reviewed during the course:

• Improvised rappels and tethering options
• Ascending climbing rope 
• Ascending a fixed rope (Falling on a traverse scenario
• Ascending rope after rappelling past the anchors
• Belay transfer on the ground

Prerequisites:

· All our students must print or e-sign the EC liability waiver (Click here to download)

· All our students must read and acknowledge our cancellation policy (Click here to download) 

· Must be able to hike with a backpack for ~2 miles and back over uneven terrain

· Ability to climb 5.6 on top rope 

· Experience belaying

· Student must know how to tie into the rope using a figure 8 knot • Understanding climbing commands and safety protocols

Locations:

• Smith Rock State Park (Bend, OR)
• Horse Thief Butte (Columbia River Gorge) 
• Broughton Bluff (PDX)
• Index Town Walls (Seattle Area)