Archive:Son of Rock 2008

Synopsis

Son of Rock is being revisited this year and will be held on a weekend in mid April (before exams) or if the weather is bad then it will be held after exams in April. There will be many different stations set up in the vicinity of the smoke bluffs in Squamish. There will be a instructor at each station leading a skill. All ability levels are welcome and no climbing experience is necessary. The types of stations will be determined by who is willing to instruct.

Date

• April 19^th - 20^th, 2008
  

Location

We will meet on Saturday in the smoke bluff parking lot at 8:00 am

Pre Trip Meeting

There will be a pre trip meeting on Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 @ 6:30 pm(NOTE THE DATE AND TIME HAVE CHANGED) in the clubroom.There may also be an opportunity to sign out gear at this time.

Sign up for Saturday instructors and students

Please indicate if you are an instructor and what you would be willing to teach, the climbing gear that you have, and if you can drive. PLEASE INDICATE YOUR EXPERIENCE LEVEL, AND WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN.

• Instructors

1. Duncan Mcphedran(jamming and crack climbing techniques(a hundred thousand tons of gear.))
2. Christian Champagne (Intro to climbing, top rope stuff)
3. Eric Escobar (Saturday: Top rope anchors/sport climbing, have rack, rope, draws, and I can drive)
4. Mike B (can instruct trad on sunday)
5. Tif- intro or lead sport.
6. Will Whitty (instructing rescue - have all the gear, driving)
7. Jade intro to climbing, top rope anchors, have all gear for top rope anchors, can instruct lead sport but dont have set of quick draws)
8. Robin Avery, Can teach trad and some rescue technique. badass knots. i can only go up for 1 day, preferably Sunday. I am free either day, just need to study for finals. (No cams, but i have a set of hexes and stoppers, a ton of draws, 2 ropes, rescue pulleys...anyone want to rig a highline?)

• Students

1. Ran Z (carless, rackless. How is the weather ?)
2. Nathaniel Dolcort-Silver (have nothing)
3. Brittany King (have nothing)
4. Colin Ferster (shoes, harness, no car, beginner)
5. Dan Carey (shoes, harness, can drive two people)
6. Eric Escobar (1.5 years of indoor climbing, one full season of top-rope /sport climbing outside, I'd like to learn trad/rescue, Sunday: taking Mike's trad course
7. Miriam Gantert (shoes, harness, no rope, no car)
8. Tif(with homie G mike...=))
9. April Hall (would love to learn rescue or could instruct some intro climbing)
10. Helen Fleisig (shoes, harness)
11. Jenny Greenop (shoes, harness, ATC, would love to learn rescue stuff too)
12. Paul Bates (Harness, binas, slings)
13. Toni M. (have gear - no car)
14. Felix H. (4 years sport, 1 year trad, little bit rusty knowlege, have rack, want to learn more rescue/trad, need ride)
15. Anne Vialettes (shoes, harness)
16. Alix MacKay (brand new rope, shoes, harness...a bit of gear but no draws, most likely a car, want to learn to lead)
17. Alex Khramov (have shoes, harness can borrow quickdraws, car. want to learn sport leading)
18. Gordon Webb (shoes, harness)
19. Colin Pither (shoes, harness, rope, no rack, want to practice sport, maybe get intro to trad)
20. Bob Lai (wanna learn trad properly and rescue stuff, could instruct intro climbing if needed)
21. Jade (wanna learn more trad stuff-mike!and rescue stuff but only if I can get a lift from eric apres sun run!)
22. Emma V-B (shoes, harness, biners and slings)
23. Elena E.
24. Conrad Koziol (shoes; harness)
25. Lee Wasilenko (shoes, harness, belay - need ride)
26. Mahdi Eynian (sport climbing gear)
27. Sam Landa (shoes, harness, few months of indoor and one outdoor trip, want to practice sport)
28. Emel Dalgic (have nothing, know nothing, need ride)
29. Allison Boothe (shoes, harness, can borrow more stuff if needed)
30. Frances Sharpe (rope, quickdraws. Novice-ish, want to learn more about anchors, sport (maybe trad)leading, safety stuff. no car.)
31. Jud Berry (have basic trad rack/harness/shoes; might have a rope and quickdraws; want to learn trad (Mike) and rescue (Will Whitty); have car and can possibly drive!)
32. Itay W (TR/Trad/Rescue, driving)

Sign up for Sunday

Sign up if you would like to stay in Squamish and climb on Sunday so that people other people can know who is staying and plan for the sweet party at the camp ground.

1. Nathaniel Dolcort-Silver
2. Brittany King
3. Miriam
4. Ran Z
5. April
6. Dan Carey
7. Paul Bates
8. Anne Vialettes
9. Alix MacKay
10. Stephen Lerch
11. Emma V-B
12. Elena E
13. Felix H
14. Allison Boothe (would like to depending on rides)
15. Colin Pither
16. Itay W(Not camping)
17. Lee (unless someone wants to go ski touring Sun/Mon?)

Sign up for Eric's top-anchor theory class, Thursday April 17 7pm, clubroom (if available, otherwise we'll find alternate place)

This course is mainly for those who have already climbed indoor, and want to learn the basics of outdoor climbing.
This class will be a discussion on the theory of top anchors. We will be practicing knots, talking about multiple point anchors, material properties, etc.

Maximum 6 people

1. Conrad Koziol
2. Toni M.
3. Emma V-B
4. Gordon W
5. Lee
6. Allison

Waiting list

1. Frances
2. Miriam
3. Anton K
4. Itay W

Mike's Trad Course (bring any gear you own/ your rack! also you should have some leading experience from sport)

1. Eric
2. Bob
3. Jenny
4. Tif
5. Jade
6. jud
7. Felix H
8. Ran Z (a maybe so far)

Car Sign up

Drivers please indicate how many spots you have and where you will be leaving from and passengers you are responsible for contacting your driver.

• Dan Carey (can take 2 plus driver, leaving from UBC, returning Sunday)

1. Passenger 1 and what you will be bringing
2. Passenger 2 and what you will be bringing

• Itay Wand (4 psgr, leaving West side, Sat, not coming to pretrip.)

1. name and gear
2. name and gear
3. name and gear
4. name and gear