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| Event Type: | | Course | |
| Event Location: | | options include the Junkyards, Haffner Creek and King Creek | |
| Date(s) & Time: |
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Sunday, Jan 12, 2014
07:00 AM
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Registration Cut Off:
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Saturday, Jan 11, 2014
09:00 PM
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| Event Duration: | | 1 Day | |
| Difficulty Rating: |
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D1 - 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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0 (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 clinic focused on learning to lead waterfall ice climbs. The curriculum will include hazard evaluation, movement technique, rest stances, ice screw placements, leading strategies, anchor construction, and auto-block belaying a second. All “leads” will be done as a mock-lead scenario on top-rope.
Prerequisite: Participants should have some ice climbing experience. The course is suitable for both never-ever leaders as well as climbers that are already started leading ice but desire refinement. 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, crampons (dual-points are best) and ice tools (leashless preferred). I can supply extra leashless ice tools to try. If you have your own rack of ice screws, quick draws and anchor gear then bring it; if not, I will have extra.
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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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| How to Get There: |
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tba
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| Notes: |
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This course will cost each individual a total of
$131.25 (this includes tax). This trip will be a first-come-first-serve and is based on who can deliver their $131.25 cheque/cash/INTERAC e-Transfer (to ACC Calgary)
first. Your payment options are as follows: Send cash or cheque(s) in an envelope (make
your cheque(s) out to the "Alpine Club of Canada - Calgary Section") and mail to: Nick St-Georges 134 Everglen Cres. SW Calgary, AB. T2Y 0G5 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 "http://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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