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Apr 26, 2024
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REC 1083 - Rock Climbing Rescue
Provides students with a fundamental understanding of the rescue skills needed for multi-pitch climbs, traditional climbing, and sport climbing. Students will have the opportunity to learn a variety of techniques for a speedy and safe descent in times of emergency or inclement weather. To maximize learning, students will be confronted with a number of different rescue scenarios from which they can practice and apply new knowledge and skills.
Requisites: REC 1080 and 1081 and 1082
Credit Hours: 1
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 laboratory
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes: - Students will be able to assess a situation and determine the best descending option.
- Students will develop a better understanding of strategies for accident avoidance.
- Students will develop a mastery for the different knots commonly utilized in rescue situations.
- Students will develop a better understanding for the equipment needed in a variety rescue scenarios.
- Students will learn how to ascend both effectively and efficiently to injured climber.
- Students will learn how to descend both effectively and efficiently with an injured second.
- Students will learn how to effectively escape the belay while belaying the second.
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