Combination anchor

AMI Climbing Anchor Clinic
This course is for climbers who want to develop the ability to place protection for leading, setting up anchors and rigging top rope anchors.  This intensive clinic will focus on placing various types’ protection devices and rigging for traditional leading anchors.  This is the ideal instruction for climbers who want to be able to learn to place protection or who are ready to start leading traditional climbs.

This 1 day course focuses on placing protection and constructing anchors for  single pitch climbing or multipitch. First, you will learn how protection works, which type of protection to select, how to various rigging options and why. Next, you will learn how to select the proper type and size of artificial gear given the rock.  This progresses to tricks for placing protection and evaluating your placements.  The second part of the AMI Anchor Clinic  will teach you how to create a variety of anchor matrix’s using slings, cordelettes, and rope.  More than just rigging an anchor, you will develop the skills for determining the best anchor rigging and load distribution.

If you are just getting into climbing, try the Top Rope Rock Climbing Course.  This course focuses on getting started safely and rigging your own top rope set ups.

Course Benefit

The benefits from this course include:
•    Understand how protection works
•    How to place cams, stoppers, and various other types of climbing protection
•    Confidence in evaluating the protection
•    Be able to construct a variety of anchors using a cordelette, slings, or rope
•    Be able to control force distribution in an anchor
•    Evaluate the anchor for safety  and function
•    AMI anchoring manual
•    Discount on climbing gear at Black Dome Sports.

Course Information

Participants should bring their own equipment, but more equipment will be available to experiment with other types of gear.  Course includes in-depth instructional manual on anchor rigging.
•    Bring your own climbing gear
•    Or purchase gear at Black Dome Sports or Looking Glass Outfitters
•    Lunch for session at the rock

Tuition:

Open Anchor Course:

$135 per person for three or more individuals maximum 5

Private Instruction:

One person $225

Two people $165 per person

Duration:          1  day  Climbing Anchor Clinic

Course size:

6 participants (minimum of 3 people for group pricing)

Course Schedule

• March 10th  Hickory Nut Gorge State Park, NC
• April 21th Brevard, NC
• May 5th  Brevard, NC
• June 23rd Brevard, NC
• August 25th  Brevard, NC

Course Calendar

Testimonials about the Anchors Course

I would highly recommend Patrick as an instructor, and the Anchor Clinic to anyone (of any level) who wishes to learn more about safety and the reasoning behind why gear works the way it does.

Kat Richards

In addition to being an expert in Rock Climbing, Patrick’s background as an educator is obvious. He has the ability to communicate Rock Climbing principals in way that is both easy to understand and remember. I would recommend his clinics to anyone.

Michael Egues