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This course includes developing skills in intermediate rock climbing techniques on a variety of rock media; rope handling; knots; rappelling and rescue techniques; safety procedures; rock site management; top rope and lead climbing anchor placements; top belay; traditional gear use and mock-lead climbing; equipment care, use, and maintenance; and communication, group handling, and judgment in the context of rock climbing. Students will also develop knowledge, techniques, approaches, and methodology for teaching and leading all aspects of rock climbing expeditions. Emphasis will be on safety and judgment in teaching and leading rock climbing activities. The course meets online for several sessions and in person for one weekend. Students should be have basic rock climbing experience, such as, belaying, harness fit, and tying rope to harness. Students evaluated on a pass fail/basis.
This is a partial semester, 1 credit course with 3 weeks of online content followed by a two full days of field based learning. Dates and times for online sessions will be April 9, 16 and 23 from 7-9pm each evening. The two field based days would be April 26th and 27th from 9am-5pm. Field days are held in Fort Collins.
9704914994 | ethan.billingsley@colostate.edu
Ethan Billingsley is an alumnus of Warner College – earning his B.S. in Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism and his M.S. in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources. He served as director of undergraduate programs in the college from 2008-2018. Prior to joining CSU, Ethan worked as both an educator and guide in various capacities. He has led single and multi-day whitewater rafting trips for the last 20 years and is currently a certified raft guide in the state of Colorado. He has climbed all 58 of the Colorado’s 14,000ft mountains and led many CSU groups to those summits as well. He also spent 7 summers working in summer camps where he gained considerable experience in group dynamics and leadership. Additional experience has included work as a rock-climbing instructor, backpacking guide, and sea-kayaking naturalist. Ethan loves learning about the ecology of an area as much as he likes adventuring in it. In his free time, Ethan loves spending as much time as he can with his wife and family in the outdoors.
Andrew Sampson is an alumnus of the Warner College, earning degrees in both Ecosystem Science and Sustainability as well as Geography. In addition, he is currently a student of Colorado Mountain College studying Avalanche Science to help further his outdoor education.
Professionally, Andrew has served as an outdoor instructor for the CSU Outdoor program and as a teaching assistant for multiple outdoor leadership classes at CSU. He has also worked for multiple seasons in the skiing industry as a ski technician at Ski Cooper outside of Leadville.
Andrew's personal outdoor pursuits include summits of all of Colorado's publicly accessed 14ers, a thru hike of the Colorado Trail, a successful self-lead summit of Mt Rainier, summits of Cayambe and Chimborazo in Ecuador, and 3 self-lead trips to Denali including a successful summit. He loves spending his time outside backcountry skiing, rock climbing, ice climbing, backpacking, trail running, alpine scrambling, and mountain biking.