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This next Saturday, June 5, at 10 AM at the BruiseBrothers Wall, we will be offering, at no charge, training in simple rescue techniques that you may need to know someday to get another climber, your partner, or yourself out of a jam. Those of you who have expressed interest in helping in the MuirSAR effort should find this training valuable. All are welcome. Several techniques from the AMGA bag of tricks plus a few new ones will be presented.

Here are five scenarios that are based on real climbing incidents that have occurred recently. Assume in all of them that there is no convenient access to the top of the cliff. We will show you how to easily resolve these problems in minutes with ordinary climbing gear and cordage.

Scenario 1:

You are climbing at the Sanctuary and hear a young woman screaming and hanging from her rope from the top anchors of “Prometheus Unbound.â€

You mean June 5, yes?

paigemarta wrote:You mean June 5, yes?

ahem... yes

Sounds wonderful. Though my daughter's dance recital will keep me away.

mike_a_lafontaine wrote:Sounds wonderful. Though my daughter's dance recital will keep me away.

This training will be repeated regularly throughout the year along with other rescue-related subjects.

Sounds great! Do you have an estimate on how long it will last?

I bet Saturday will set a record for "most crowded day ever" at BruiseBrothers. Thanks for putting it on Rick, it sounds pretty cool (and more importantly useful).

Don't think I will make it, but please do post your recommended solutions!

When you say "bring your climbing gear", does that include jumars, prusiks, daisychains, pulleys, and all the other weird stuff related to the sport? or should we just bring what we would normally have with us on a day in the valley (some quickdraws, webbing, a couple belay devices and a rope)?

DHB wrote:When you say "bring your climbing gear", does that include jumars, prusiks, daisychains, pulleys, and all the other weird stuff related to the sport? or should we just bring what we would normally have with us on a day in the valley (some quickdraws, webbing, a couple belay devices and a rope)?

Just what you would normally have with you to climb sport routes. After the training session, you might want to add a cordalette and tibloc to your "just-in-case" gear.