Fox Mountain Guides and Climbing School

Advanced Level Course

You're belaying your friend on the diagonal second pitch of Sundial Cracks on Looking Glass Rock as an afternoon thunderstorm is moving in quicker than you estimated and it starts to rain. Your friend slips and takes a 30ft tumbling lead fall. He now hangs unresponsive and motionless about 80ft above, 40ft to the right of you and about 140ft from the ground. You have minutes to save your friends life. What would you do?

This course looks at more complex techniques required to successfully and efficiently rescue your partner in multipitch terrain. Topics include rescuing the injured lead climber, evacuation from more than one rope length off the ground, and more advanced mechanical advantage raising systems.  This course is a ‘must do’ for any climber that climbs multipitch routes as a leader or second.

“This course is one of my favorites to teach and is based largely on the rescue curriculum I teach on AMGA Guide programs and the Military rescue training courses that Fox Mountain Guides does. I guarantee every climber will walk away with valuable skills and new techniques”. –Adam Fox

Topics Covered:

• Rescuing the injured leader in the single and multipitch environment
• Weighted transitions (rappelling multiple pitches with an unconscious climber)
• Counterbalanced and tandem rappels
• Weighted transitions (rappelling multiple pitches with an unconscious climber)
• Effective knot passes on rappels and lowers
• 5:1 and 6:1 raising systems made simple. Detailed look at the physics behind raising systems, mechanical advantage raises and assisted raises using minimal equipment

Course Prerequisites:

Applicants must have taken our Intermediate Level courses or can traditional lead 5.7 climbs, rappel and have experience building artificial and natural anchors.

Number on course:       Maximum of 3:1 client to instructor ratio
Course length:              One day
Course dates:               Check out our Course Schedule Here
Cost*:
3: $150 per person (three to one instructor, two days)
2: $185 per person (two to one instructor, two days)
1: $260 per person (one to one instructor, two days)

*The costs are based on the actual amount of participants on the course. courses normally run at 4+ people but in the event the courses run with less people the costs will be as shown above. Participants that do not wish to take the course with low numbers (because of the cost) can change their course to another date. The upside to lower numbers is of course a more personal course.

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