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Title: | Climbing Self Rescue |
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Course Description: | Informs climbers how to confidently handle vertical rescue scenarios ranging from simple to complex in a two to three person climbing team. Scenario based instruction will cover technical lowers and raises of the injured climber, pick-offs, knot passes, and load transfers. This course does not intend to teach first aid practices for climbers but instead focuses on the technical skills necessary for a climbing party to extract an injured climber from a vertical setting. |
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Min Credit: | 2 |
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Origin Notes: | CMC |
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Course Notes: | New course entered 12/5/13 |
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STANDARD COMPETENCIES:
1. Apply appropriate risk management practices for vertical, top-rope environments.
2. Demonstrate proper climbing communication terminology and skills.
3. Employ all safeguard practices while performing high angle rescue scenarios.
4. Identify and analyze proper construction of technical rope systems for rescue operations.
5. Construct mechanical advantage systems appropriate for a variety of rescue situations.
6. Exhibit individual and team proficiency in the following rope rescue skills passing knots, pick-offs of injured climbers, rappelling and counterbalance rappelling, lowering injured climbers, and load transfers
7. Exhibit sound judgment and good decision making skills with safety as a paramount concern.
TOPICAL OUTLINE:
I. Safety and risk management overview
II. Belay and anchor terminology and history
III. Rescue equipment review
IV. Rescue scenario discussion
V. Knot review
VI. Belay escape/load transfer
VII. Rappelling and lowering with backups
VIII. Knot pass
IX. Pickoffs (Ascending a line and counterbalance rappelling)
X. Mechanical advantage systems (1:1, 2:1, 3:1, 5:1, 6:1)
XI. Multi-pitch leader rescue
a. Ascending to a hurt leader
b. Rescue spider
c. Counterbalance rappelling
d. Load transfer to a multi-pitch anchor
e. Load transfer to tandem rappel
XII. Practical scenarios covering all climbing team rescue topics
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