Climbing Workshop: Cleaning!

OVERVIEW

Learn how to clean an outdoor sport route! In this workshop, we will walk you through the process of safely removing an anchor from a sport route, leaving no personal gear behind. We are leading this to get people closer to being able to lead intermediate climbing trips for the club!

The shred shack has a shiny new ground anchor, where we will practice cleaning from the safety of the shred shack backyard.

We will walk you through two cleaning methods, including a single-strand clean and cleaning off a bite, so you will be prepared to clean safely from a variety of outdoor anchors. If we have extra time, we’ll also walk through how to set up a quad!

Though this workshop is an amazing opportunity to practice cleaning, it does not mean that you should go clean a route without supervision!! This is just to get you more familiar with the process and ready to be supervised when you clean a route from a real life anchor!

What to bring
– Yourself
– Your personal harness if you have one

We will bring:
– Ground anchor
– Practice rope
– Cleaning knowledge!!!
– Cleaning gear, including personal anchor systems and locking carabiners
– Harness if you don’t already own one.

Schedule:
5:30 pm: meet in shrack backyard
5:30 – 6:00 pm: walk through steps of cleaning
6:00 – 7:00 pm: cleaning practice, quad-building practice if we have time

**we will prioritize people off the waitlist who are interested in leading intermediate climbing trips with odc and already have lead belaying and climbing knowledge