感恩節前在Red Rock教了四天的大牆課程。
已經很久沒教大牆課程了,主要原因是大牆課程是進階課程,不是那麼好招生。大牆課程要求學生有相當的傳攀能力,且有多繩距攀登的經驗。要不然很難理解並吸收大牆課程中許多的技術元件。四天並不是很長的時間,一般目標都是以The Nose路線為假想敵,給予學生所有必要的工具,課程後若是持續練習操作,絕對登頂有期。(關於大牆課程的內容,可以參考拙作《上吧!玩攀全攻略》第15和16章。)
也因為如此,課程結束後,我給予學生最後的勉勵Keep practicing, then the hardest part of climbing a big wall is leaving the ground。意指只要願意離地,登頂是沒有什麼問題的。爬成熟的大牆路線,其實沒有大多的未知。準備充分,一步一腳印,實在沒有理由登不了頂。但是在未離地前繩隊可以對該條路線有太多的想像,也許這兒會出錯,也許那兒會不對勁,愈想愈多疑慮,而尚未離地時要放棄太容易了,所以決定回家再多練習。大牆夢依舊是牆上的那張海報。
覺得自己準備尚不充分,進入新領域前的猶豫,這我也有,能舉得例子太多了。誰不害怕?但總得踏出第一步。雖然第一步甚至到第十步都不甚完美,搞不好到了整個project結束了,都覺得自己的表現都不盡完美。但似乎都比第零步好多了。當然不是鼓勵毫無準備,暴虎馮河的衝。但既然準備了,不試試看怎麼衡量自己的準備究竟夠不夠呢?
Big Wall Climbing Course Outline
Overview
- Big wall climbing definition
- Understand rating
- Typical procedure of big wall climbing
- Scope of the course
Leading
- Gear
- Aiders
- Daisy chains
- Rack
- Hooks/Pitons/Camhooks etc
- Low angle aiding & traverse
- The rhythm
- Procedure
- Steep aiding
- Tension Traverse
- Pendulum
- High-stepping
- Bounce test
- Set up a fixed line
Following and Cleaning
- Gear
- Operate/understand ascenders
- Low angle terrain
- Steep terrain
- Cleaning
- Pass jumars
- Re-aid
- Back it up, how?
- Lower out
Hauling
- Gear
- Haul bag
- Swivel
- Docking line
- Haul line
- Progression capture device
- Pack and set up a haul bag
- How to haul
- Trouble shooting when the haul bag is stuck
- How to rappel with a haul bag
Station Management
Other
- Preparation and Strategy
- Communication
- When nature calls
- Understand topo
- Setting up a portaledge while hanging
Route Selection
Fixx Cliff
Out of Control/Remote Control combo
Shit Howdy (some traverse)/Risk Brothers Roof (overhanging)
Red Zinger
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