Free Self-Rescue Clinics to Benefit the Las Vegas Climbing Community

February 21, 2013

Benefit Events to Raise Money for the Las Vegas Climbers Liason Council and Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Search and Rescue

At the American Alpine Institute, we love mountains for their beauty  and challenge, and for the livelihood they provide us as guides and  teachers.  Over the last fifteen years, Institute guides have worked extensively throughout Red Rock Canyon. Each new guide to the area has been generously welcomed by both the Las Vegas climbing community as well as by visiting climbers. As climbing educators, we felt that it was time for us to give back. Our guides have long been involved in Red Rock advocacy, but we wanted to do something more, to give something to the warm and welcoming people in the community while continuing to promote awareness of the social and land management issues that surround climbing in Red Rock.

On February 21, 2013, we will offer two 2-hour pay-what-you-can rock rescue clinics at Nevada Climbing Center. The clinics will focus on the baseline skills required to perform a rescue in a high-angle environment.  The proceeds from these clinics will go  directly to the Las Vegas Climbers Liason Council (LVCLC) and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Search and Rescue (LVMPDSAR).

The clinics will run at the following times:

• 6:00 - 8:00 pm
• 8:00 - 10:00 pm

 

You can now register online by clicking here. Registration is  optional, but space is limited to 12 climbers per session, and those who  register will be given priority.

Click here to download the clinic handbook.

Once you register, we will send you an equipment list for the class, as well as a list of techniques that will be  useful to have practiced in advance.  These clinics will be taught by  two Las Vegas based AAI guides.  Both  have received their training through a combination of the American Alpine Institute and the American Mountain Guides Association.