This course takes a look at efficiency and various belay methods, knots, rope management systems and the building blocks of self rescue. This course is a...
Register online through IMLeagues by 2/3/2023 by 2:00 p.m. Tournament games start at 5:00 p.m.
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Join us for the Vert Fest Climbing Competition on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. The event will take place at McAlexander Fieldhouse and will go from 8 a.m. to 6...
This Course builds upon the skills established in Efficient Climber’s Toolbox, to provide students with the skills necessary to enact basic self rescue...
Register online through IMLeagues by 2/24/2023 by 2:00 p.m. Tournament games start at 5:00 p.m.
All participants must create an IMLeagues account and have...
Super fun, but I had one major safety concern. Of the designated spotters only one or two individuals were actually spotting in a way that made a positive difference. Those who were psotting incorrectly were standing too far away from climbers (specifically on the overhangs) to make a possitive difference. I had multiple teammates feel similarly wary of the situations and I ended up sstepping in and spotting some of them even spotting one team member myself when a high heel was thrown. I took a fall from the top of the wall off of a big slopper trying to match it and landed flat on my back hurting my right shoulder as I overrotated backwards and to my right. The spotter didn't make any contact with me where I should have felt a hard pushon my shoulder blades to make my fall alot safer. It is my strong recomendation that spotters either be well experienced and trained or not to provide spotters who don't know how to keep their climbers safe. Other than this I had absolute blast and really apreciated all the hard work that went into the setting and organizing for this event! Thanks for your time, and please reach out if there are any questions or followups! Reach me at mcfarlag@oregonstate.edu
Gabe McFarlane - OSU Cascades Rock Climbing Sports Team President
Gabriel Mcfarlane left a positive review 2/14/2020
Super fun, but I had one major safety concern. Of the designated spotters only one or two individuals were actually spotting in a way that made a positive difference. Those who were psotting incorrectly were standing too far away from climbers (specifically on the overhangs) to make a possitive difference. I had multiple teammates feel similarly wary of the situations and I ended up sstepping in and spotting some of them even spotting one team member myself when a high heel was thrown. I took a fall from the top of the wall off of a big slopper trying to match it and landed flat on my back hurting my right shoulder as I overrotated backwards and to my right. The spotter didn't make any contact with me where I should have felt a hard pushon my shoulder blades to make my fall alot safer. It is my strong recomendation that spotters either be well experienced and trained or not to provide spotters who don't know how to keep their climbers safe. Other than this I had absolute blast and really apreciated all the hard work that went into the setting and organizing for this event! Thanks for your time, and please reach out if there are any questions or followups! Reach me at mcfarlag@oregonstate.edu
Gabe McFarlane - OSU Cascades Rock Climbing Sports Team President