ADVENTURE RACE TRAINING

 

Training for an ultra distance and extreme sporting race? 

Let the staff at Vertical Realms help train and certify you, or your team, for the climbing/rappelling segment of that race!

Training: In three to five one-hour sessions, we can teach you the skills necessary to rappel, traverse, and ascend a rope.  After completing the technique training, Vertical Realms will certify you, and sign the certification registration forms required for you race or event.Certification:Already have raced before and entering a new race? Show us your skills and Vertical Realms will sign your race registration.

 

Skills Required for Certification Student must demonstrate the following skills for certification:

• Fit harness properly, and safely secure all buckles

• Properly set-up the rappel device

• Properly go 'over a lip' to begin a rappel

• Be in proper body position on a low-angle, vertical, and free hanging rappels

• Maintain a proper brake hand position

• Control speed during decent

• Use a no-hands back-up below the rappel device on the rope, attached to the brake hand-side harness leg loop

• Demonstrate a firefighter safety belay for a teammate from the bottom of the rappelPerform all of the above skills with 20# pack.