Aid Climbing, with Sean Isaac - Sunday, May 16, 2021

The Basics:
Event Type: Course 
Event Location: Wasootch in Kananaskis Country 
Date(s) & Time:   Sunday, May 16, 2021 07:00 AM  
Registration Cut Off:   Sunday, May 09, 2021 09:00 PM  
Event Duration: 1 Day  
Difficulty Rating:   D3 - See Conversion Chart  
Trip Coordinator(s):   Julie Morter
Elisabeth Dupuis
 

Participant Info:
Who's Invited:   Members & Guests, 18 And Older Only  
Attendee Screening:   Attendees are Pre-Screened
Maximum Group Size: 4
Maximum No. Guests: 0
Minimum Group Size: 2
Maximum No. Guests Per Member: 0
Number Registered So Far:   4 (View sign-ups, waiting list)
Are Dogs Permitted:   No

Itinerary:
Costs: $188.75 (this includes tax)

Course Content: The intent of this one-day course is to give participants an introduction to the intricacies of leading and following aid pitches. The curriculum would include: clean-aid placements, testing pieces, efficiency, rope ascension and lower outs. All systems will be practiced as mock-leads. Prerequisites: This is not a beginner course so some climbing experience is necessary. Participants should have some of their own rack and should have taken a trad rock course.
Required Items to Bring:
Equipment: Approach shoes, harness, helmet, belay device, extra locking carabiners (optional but not necessary: camming devices, nuts, nut tool, quickdraws, alpine draws, rope, aid ladders, adjustable daisies, grigri, handled ascenders, rope bag)

Recommended Items to Bring:
Warm clothes (expect to stand around and listen/learn) and then participate, sun screen and camera

How to Get There:
Event Directions:   Sean will contact everyone the week prior to the course and provide meeting directions.  

Notes:
Applicants will be reviewed as this is not a beginner course. When you sign-up please send the Co-ordinators an email stating if you have had the TRAD course and your climbing experience. Once accepted you will need to deliver the $188.75 (this includes tax) Be sure to send a payment confirmation email to the trip coordinators.

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.c om.


Cancellation Policy as of March 2017 : If a participant is unable to attend a course or paid trip, there will be no refund unless the participant finds a suitable replacement that is acceptable to the trip coordinator. It will then be the participant's responsibility to recover funds from the replacement. If the coordinator cancels a trip, participants get a refund (less any non- recoverable costs).
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.

Trip Feedback
If you have any feedback, positive or negative, concerning this trip or any other, we want to hear from you! You can send any feedback you may have to the Section Chair.

Registration for this event closed on Sunday, May 09, 2021 at 09:00 PM.