BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Australia/Sydney X-WR-TIMEZONE:Australia/Sydney BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3178@unswoc.org DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230202T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230202T193000 DTSTAMP:20230131T021631Z URL:https://unswoc.org/wordpress/events/trad-climbing-basics-at-the-ledge/ SUMMARY:Trad Climbing Basics at the Ledge DESCRIPTION:Hey! Want to learn how to place bomber pieces in time for Araps season? Well this might be the sesh for you!\n\nThis Thursday at the Ledg e\, Mali and I will be running a trad climbing basics training workshop. T he session will be aimed at those who have experience climbing outdoors\, are comfortable lead climbing and belaying\, and keen to venture into trad climbing.\n\nSome of the knowledge and skills we’re aiming to cover inc lude placing different kinds of protection (passive/active)\, building anc hors\, understanding the gear and the rock and general processes and logis tics. Trad climbing is obviously a lot more complex than what we will be a ble to teach in the setting of the gym\, so please continue to learn as mu ch as you can from those with the experience.\n\nBring along whatever rele vant gear you currently own\, the rest will be provided by us. In the comm ents let me know your current experience level\, what gear you own if any and what you’d be looking to get out of this training.\n\n\n\n[caption i d="attachment_14429" align="alignnone" width="375"] Trad master Mira dragg ing us up the beautiful Fer De Lance at Zig Zag[/caption]\n\n\nPre-reading :\nThese are some reads that will help you understand concepts easier on t he day\n\nTrad climbing intro\n\nPlacing gear\n\nIntro to building anchors \n\nExtendable draws\n\nCrack\n\n \;\nKeen to see y'all there! CATEGORIES:Climbing,Training END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Sydney X-LIC-LOCATION:Australia/Sydney BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20221002T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR