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Road to the Nose with Andy Kirkpatrick
Join Andy Kirkpatrick for a full day of big wall banter at the Big Shakeout and take a step along the road to the Nose. With an intimate ratio of 4:1 you are bound to have a highly enlightening, informative and entertaining day, setting you up perfectly for your inspiring adventures. Andy has scaled Yosemite’s El Capitan - one of the hardest walls in America - over ten times, including two solo ascents.
When: 15th October 2011
Where: Thornbridge Outdoors
To take part in any School of Adventure courses you must have a valid Big Shakeout weekend ticket. Get them here: http://www.alpkit.com/bigshakeout/tickets
and book your place with Andy - http://www.alpkit.com/bigshakeout/event/1906
Here's a run down of what Andy will cover in this full day course.
Basic Leading
1.1 Safety (belaying, aid falls, eye/face protection, fall factors and diasy chains)
1.2 Intro to equipment (diasys, aiders, check rigs)
1.3 Setting up your system
1.4 Bounce testing
1.5 Moving in aiders
1.6 Speed climbing and french free
Basic Seconding
2.1 Intro to Jumars
2.2 Jumaring safety
2.3 Setting up your jumar system
2.4 Cleaning on jumars
2.5 Cleaning a traverse
2.6 Cleaning a pendulum
Big wall belay
3.1 The basic big wall belay
Basic Hauling
4.1 Intro to hauling
4.2 Hauling safety
4.3 Setting up and packing a haul bag
4.4 Releasing a bag
4.5 Hauling strategies and systems
4.6 Abseiling with a bag
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