Ropes Practice - Abseiling Basics (for all grades
- Date:
- 15-Aug-2026
- Category:
- Abseiling This activity is restricted to UBMBC Canyon Program Members
- Days:
- 1
- Grade:
- 3
- Description
- Practice basic abseiling skills such as: abseiling smoothly on single and double ropes, safety checks, discussion about hazards and risks, adjusting friction on the descender, locking off descender, legwrap lockoff, rope management, teamwork, communication, passing rebelays on a traverse line, using prusiks. The focus will be on competent level skills, however there are opportunities for grade 4 and 5's to rig and manage anchors. It is a full day and will run from 8am to 4pm. Offtrack and rock scrambling. SUBMIT YOUR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST BY CLICKING THE PHOTOS LINK BELOW (when logged in) AND THERE YOU WILL FIND A FORM TO FILL OUT.
- Map:
- Not Specified
- Type:
- Short Notice