Safe & Smart Rappelling Techniques

Evaporate Your Fear of Rappelling with Trusted Guiding Techniques Everyone Can Use

Is rappelling the most dangerous part of your climbing day? Do you avoid it like the plague, opting to hike forever off a route rather than rappelling down? Maybe you've read some horrible fatal rappelling accident reports, and subsequently fear is keeping you from an objective that "looks super cool...if only the descent was easier". Do you want to be a desirable climbing partner, able to take the lead role when it comes to the descent?

In this 3 hour course, you are going to see what took me 15 years, 48 classic climbs of North America, and $25,000 of AMGA training to learn. Beginners will learn more about setting up solid, trustworthy, rappelling systems, so you can lean back on the rope with confidence. Then we will dive deeper into modern techniques and rappelling set-ups that will save you time, energy and reduce stress even on the biggest descents. With proper instruction, a healthy fear of gravity, applying good systemic checks, and lots of practice, I think everyone can rappel 1000's of times with the safety margins that will make your mother sleep like a baby when you're on a climbing mission.

Competence = Confidence
This course is the ultimate guide to all things rappelling. Become savvy at overcoming the common (and rare) pitfalls encountered while descending. If your curiosity maxes out wondering how to clean a two-bolt anchor and rappel a single pitch, YouTube is full videos for that basic topic. This course is for those craving a solid foundation, and more advanced descending skills for multi-pitch routes. Maximize your efficiency, without compromising safety. Learn how to deal with problems that arise.

Become the ideal climbing partner you desire to rope up with. This course will help with that transformation.