Day 1

Knots
Protection

Anchor Components
- natural pro – trees, boulders, horns
- artificial protection – stoppers, hexes, tri-cams, SLCD’s, bolts

Anchor contruction (mid-cliff anchors)
- constructed efficiently
- has master point
- fixed anchors
- using fixed anchor

Belaying the leader
- stance
- bottom anchor

Belaying clients
- type of belay

Fall line mangement/traverses
- swinging hazard recognition
- hazard mitigation

Stance management
- client positioning
- how to clip them in

Rope management
- butterfly
- lap coil

Transitions at the stance
- single client & 2 client transitions
- to a lower
- to a belayed rappel

Day 2

Evaluation Goals

• 1. To assess candidates’ ability to lead safely and build a slingshot TR belay anchor in a timely fashion. Guide rappels to ground.
• 2. To assess candidates’ ability to build an anchor, belay their clients to it in a timely fashion, to belay their clients appropriately, and to transition the clients onto a top belayed rappel – with 1 student, with 2 students
• 3. To assess candidates’ ability to lower their clients from a mid-cliff anchor to the ground – with 1 student, with 2 students