TRANSITION – TOP ROPE ANCHORS | MONTAGNE D’ARGENT

• Rock climbing
• Rock climbing in Montagne d'Argent

Do you already rock climb and want to set-up your own top rope anchors? Or do you want to help your more experienced partners set up ropes? This complete course will teach you all of the fundamentals necessary to climb safely on your own. This is an ESSENTIAL course that will give you a solid foundation for outdoor climbing.

The course takes place over 2 consecutive days (typically Saturday and Sunday). You select the date of the first day and the second day is automatically the next day.

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COURSE CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES

• Knowledge of equipment and rock climbing equipment standards
• Advice for selecting equipment
• Tying knots specific to rock climbing
• Building the perfect anchor
• Belaying techniques (from the top and bottom of the cliff)
• Belaying and rappelling on bolts/trees
• Self-rescue basics (escaping the belay – on the ground)
• Gestures and communication

The TRANSITION – TOP ROPE ANCHORS course includes:

• FQME and AGMA certified instructor
• Technical and instructional material
• 20$ discount on the book Freedom of the Hills (value of 45$ – promo code Freedom)

The TRANSITION – TOP ROPE ANCHORS course doesn’t includes:

• Entry fee per person to the Montagne d’Argent ($14 per person per day)
• Your personal gear (see list in the equipments required section; you can do rental HERE)

Number of participants per instructor

• Minimum 4 / Maximum 6
• Create a group of 6 people and 1 is free:
  • Enter the promo code below when registering to take advantage of your free offer: groupede6

Minimum age

• 15 years

Pre-requisite

• Top-rope climbing in a climbing gym or on rock

Recommendation

• We highly recommand the purchase of this instructional book, a must-have for climbers and mountain lovers.
• 20$ discount (value of 45$ – promo code Freedom)

Schedule for the weekend

Day 1 – 8 hours

• 8:45 AM Reception at the LA LIBERTÉ NORD-SUD hut and hand-out of equipment
  • Our hut is 200m from the parking; bring all your belongings
• 9:00-9:30 AM: Assesment of participants’ knowledge (knots, belays and rappelling concepts)
• 9:30 AM-4:00 PM: Practice and theory taught in workshops:
  • Rock climbing standards and presentation of the equipment used – review of equipment
  • Knots workshop (water knot, double fisherman’s, Prusik, etc.)
  • The perfect anchor (number of anchor points, equalized, redundancy)
  • Physics of potential falls
  • Self-belay at cliff edge (fixed rope, prusik, rappel, etc.)
  • Setting up an anchor on trees and bolts
  • Rappelling set-up and techniques
• 4:00-4:30 PM: Review of the day and conclusion
• 4:30-5:00 PM: Equipment return and end of day
• Less than 20 minutes, up to a 100m of high difference and 500m of hike to reach the differents crags

Day 2 – 8 hours

• 8:45 AM: Reception at the LA LIBERTÉ NORD-SUD hut and hand-out of equipment
• 9:00 AM-1:00 PM: Top-rope set-up, climbs and rappelling
• 1:00-2:00 PM: Techniques for belaying from above
• 2:00-3:30 PM: Escaping the belay on the ground (self-rescue)
• 4:00-4:30 PM: Review of the day and conclusion
• 4:30-5:00 PM: Equipment return and end of day
• Less than 20 minutes, up to a 100m of high difference and 500m of hike to reach the differents crags

Dates:

• Every weekend between mid-April and end of October
• 10% discount on reservation during the week (promo code: 10%semaine).                                                                    Contact us T. 438-871-7133

Date changes, cancellations and refunds

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