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| Event Type: | | Course | |
| Event Location: | | Haffner Creek, Kootenay National Park | |
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Sunday, Dec 08, 2013
07:00 AM
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Registration Cut Off:
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Saturday, Dec 07, 2013
09:00 PM
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| Event Duration: | | 1 Day | |
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D4 - See Conversion Chart
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| Participant Info: |
| Who's Invited: |
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Members Only
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| Attendee Screening: |
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Attendees are Pre-Screened
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| Maximum Group Size: | | 6 |
| Maximum No. Guests: | | 0 |
| Minimum Group Size: | | 4 |
| Maximum No. Guests Per Member: | | 0 |
| Number Registered So Far: |
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2 (View sign-ups, waiting list)
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| Are Dogs Permitted: |
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No
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Course Content: A one-day course aimed at consolidating and refining steep ice movement skills so both leaders and followers can climb long vertical pitches of sustained ice efficiently, and more important, safely. Topics to be addressed include leashless technique, rest stances, strategies for not getting pumped, hooking, delicate movement (required for fragile features) and skinny pillars.
Prerequisite: Participants should have some ice climbing experience, whether it be winter waterfall ice or summer alpine ice. The content is suitable for both novice ice climbers who want to move into steeper terrain as well as more experienced ice climbers who still find they get pumped on WI5. Participants must be able to offer a safe top-rope belay.
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| Required Items to Bring: |
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Equipment: Participants should have their own harness, helmet, belay device, boots and crampons (dual-points are best). I can supply extra leashless ice tools to try.
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| Recommended Items to Bring: |
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Other obvious items to bring are warm clothes and a down jacket considering you will be sitting around listening to lecturing. Bring your own food for lunch and snacks and a warm/hot drink. It might not be a bad idea to bring a camera to take photo's and assist you in the future to look back at the various things you learned over the course of the day.
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| Notes: |
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This course will cost each individual a total of $135 (includes both days). This trip will be a first-come-first-serve and this is based on who can deliver their $135 cheque/cash/INTERAC e-Transfer (to ACC Calgary) first. Your payment options are as follows: 1. Send cash or cheque(s) in an envelope (make your cheque(s) out to the "Alpine Club of Canada - Calgary Section") and mail to: ACC Calgary Section PO Box 1995 Calgary AB T2P2M2 2. Or, send an INTERAC e-Transfer to the ACC Treasurer using the Treasurer@ACCCalgary.ca email address. About the course leader: Sean Isaac is a sponsored climbing athlete and an ACMG Alpine Guide specializing in technical leadership instruction in addition to guiding rock, ice and alpine routes. To learn more about Sean, please visit his website at www.seanisaac.com
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Cancellation/Partial Attendance:
Please review our participant responsibility guidelines!
Cancellation Policy:
Courses are offered at a discounted rate based on a 1:6 ration of instructor to student (40% discount from standard rates). Due to the popularity of these clinics, full payment must be received to book your spot. There will be no refund for cancellations. Courses will run regardless of weather unless the guide deems conditions unsafe then either a back-up option will be executed (i.e. rescue techniques offered in the climbing gym if bad weather is encountered) or an appropriate date will be rescheduled. This is to be decided by the guide the evening before.
*Cancellation Policy*: If a participant is unable to attend a paid course or trip, there will be no refund unless the participant finds a suitable replacement that is acceptable to the trip coordinator. Acceptable waiting list candidates will have priority. It will then be the participant's responsibility to recover funds from the replacement. If the coordinator cancels an event, participants get a refund (less any non-recoverable costs). Note that ACC National does not refund hut fees due to weather, delay, closures, or any other reasons. The Calgary Section of the ACC is a not for profit club and we only charge attendees what it costs us to provide courses or trips.
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