Flash Foxy - Trad Mentorship - Seattle, WA

Accessible climbing education for women + genderqueer climbers. Learn more at flashfoxy.com/education

The Flash Foxy Education Program is presented by Arc'teryx.

This course is run in partnership with Out in the Wild.

Flash Foxy Education courses are only open to women and genderqueer climbers. All courses will be taught by women and genderqueer instructors.

CLIMBER REQUIREMENTS:

Experience placing traditional climbing gear, such as Flash Foxy's Trad Climbing 101, is required. Must know how to belay someone lead climbing. Participants must have some experience lead climbing (indoor or outdoors). Must be able to comfortably top rope 5.9 indoors or 5.6 at the course venue.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

*This is a 1-day course.

Flash Foxy’s Trad Mentorship course is for climbers who are familiar with the technical skills required for placing traditional climbing gear and want to practice essential skills like lead climbing and anchor building/cleaning in a low-risk mock setting. Instructors will provide live feedback on gear placements, belay techniques, rope management, rappelling and anchor building/cleaning. There will be plenty of time to ask questions and build community with other trad climbers!

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

• Have a working knowledge of key equipment, including climbing shoes, harnesses, helmets, chalk, dynamic climbing rope and static lines, slings/cordelette, carabiners, quickdraws and alpine draws, cams and stoppers, assisted and non-assisted belay/rappel devices, and friction cords.
• Practice building common single pitch anchors on bolts and with traditional protection.
• Practice building not-so-common single pitch anchors with terrain features.
• Be proficient cleaning anchors via lowering + rappelling,.
• Practice (mock) belaying a lead climber with an assisted-braking device, including setting up to belay, managing the rope, taking and giving slack, catching falls, and lowering a climber.
• Practice (mock) leading up and lowering down a route, including tying-in with the figure eight follow-through, placing and clipping gear, finding and maintaining stances, managing the rope, falling, and doing system checks with their belayer.
• Be knowledgeable about anchoring (“rigging”) and trad climbing jargon.
• Connect with other climbers interested in trad climbing.

INSTRUCTORS:

Sof Petros, Chloe Goyal

COST:

We are thrilled to be able to offer a sliding scale of $50-$400 for our two-day clinics thanks to Arc’teryx, our Education Partner. If $50 is cost prohibitive, you are invited to apply for a full scholarship by clicking here.

See below for a loose guideline to help you decide where you might fall on the sliding-scale!

REFUND POLICY

• 30 Days or More Prior to Program > Reschedule or Refund (minus admin fee)
• Less Than 30 Days Prior to Program > NO REFUNDS. Reschedule (plus admin fee)
• Less Than 7 Days Prior to Program > NO REFUNDS. NO RESCHEDULES.

For information on our refund policy, please check our Education FAQs.