Top Rope Solo Course
Top Rope Solo Course
- Sunday, April 26th @ Donner Summit
- $249 per Person
- 4 Students per Instructor
Or call/text us at (916) 299-0711
GO climbing by yourself, on your own time.
Ever wonder how world-class climbers stay strong and send their projects even with busy schedules? Ever dream of going climbing on your own time without the hassle of coordinating with a partner? Would you like to be able to get outdoor pitches in before or after work at your local cliff?
Top Rope Soloing is an amazing way to get out and go climbing without the hassle and coordination of going climbing with another human. It’s also a wonderful way to work on your projects, climb in a party of 3 in a single pitch setting without any sitting around, and it’s arguably less dangerous than leading a sport pitch with the right tools and training.
Top Rope Soloing is the next hot thing, and we’re experts at it.
This course is designed to help climbers understand the nuances of self belaying or Top Rope Soloing in a single pitch setting. We’ll go over set ups, devices, anchors and rigging, and transitions from ascent to descent.
This is a great course for anyone looking to get more mileage and more out of their outdoor days of climbing.
Itinerary
We’ll first start off the day by going through the basic setup and theory of a Top Rope Solo system. We’ll talk about common devices, how we set them up and common mistakes and pitfalls people make when starting out TR soloing.
From there, we will work our way into understanding anchoring and rigging options for our ropes, talk about assisting our devices to feed smoothly, and understand how to mitigate edges for our ropes and re-anchoring to isolate sections of our rope.
We will finish the day with a thorough discussion transitioning from ascent to descent mode and make sure everyone is dialed with how to escape weighted systems.
Curriculum
These are the main meat and potatoes of Top Rope Solo climbing. TR Soloing is overall a very safe way to go climbing, BUT you are responsible for all of your backups, checks and rigging.
- Common TR Solo Devices
- How To Rig 2 Device TR Solo Setup
- Chest Harness/ Neck Lanyard
- Separation of Devices
- Backup Device
- Carabiner/ Anti-Cross Loading Considerations
- Weight on Bottom of Rope for Smooth Feeding
- Anchor Rigging
- Edge Protection
- Re-Anchoring
- Options for Rappelling into Routes and Anchors from the Top
- Transitions
- Ascent to Descent
- Pitfalls and Unweighting Devices
- Solo Anchor Cleaning
What's Included?
- Ropes
- 8 hours of instruction.
- All photos taken during the trip! Including top-down photos from a fixed line!
- Any videos of instruction.
Not Included:
- Food or Snacks
- Travel/Trip Cancellation Insurance (recommended)
- Anything on the What to Bring list below
What to Bring
Climbing Gear:
- Helmet
- Harness
- Handful of lockers
- 2 Progress Capture Devices
- 1 Petzl Micro Traxion and 1 Edelrid Spoc preferred
- Many options exist. Contact us after booking for questions!
- Belay Devices (GriGri style and ATC style)
- Anchor/rescue material (ie cordalette or quad length sling)
- Prussik cord
- A few alpine and quick draws.
- Gloves
- 30+ liter backpack
Clothes:
- Sun Glasses
- Sun Shirt
- Sun Hat
- Thin Pants for climbing
- Solid Shoes for the approach
- Warm Puffy Jacket
- Rain Coat
Food:
- Please bring your own lunch food.
Prerequisites
In order to make the most of our time together, please observe these prerequisites:
- Anchor Building Experience
Possible Course Locations
Next Course Details
- Sunday, April 26th @ Donner Summit
- $249 per Person
- 4 Students per Instructor
Or call/text us at (916) 299-0711
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