COURSE DESCRIPTION: Learn the skills to make your next ropes activity more safe and enjoyable. Whether you are preparing for an adventure race, or are just an outdoorsman, this weekend is for you. Highly trained instructors will guide you through various essential skills that you will need while performing high ropes activities. Adventure racers often have to perform these skills under stressful conditions. Let us help you to be safe and proficient.

REQUIRED GEAR: Participants must bring fitted harness, climbing/biking helmet, leather gloves, 2 locking carabiners, water, snacks, appropriate clothing for weather.

RECOMMENDED GEAR: 1 ATC or descent device; figure 8; prussics; mechanical ascenders

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

• PA Fire Academy trained instructors. Instructors have taught SAR ropes training for 10+ years.
• 13 hours of hands on instruction on: rope safety; equipment; rappelling; ascending; traversing; emergency rope procedures to include: converting from a rappel to an ascend, converting from an ascend to a rappel, moving past an obstruction, and changing ropes during a rappel.


• Saturday lunch.


• Skills Check List.


• Certificate of Course Completion.

LODGING OPTIONS:
Lodging arrangements are the responsibility of each participant. Here are some local recommendations:

• Blue Rocks Campground - a stones throw away from our training location of Pulpit Rock. Tent site and RV camping is available. There are showers, camp store, swimming pool. - www.bluerockscampground.com 610-756-6366
• Holiday Inn (20 minute drive). www.holidayinnlehghvalley.com 610-391-1000
• Hawk Mountain Bed and Breakfast (10 minute drive).
  www.hawkmountainbb.com 610-756-4224
• Comfort Inn (20 minute drive) .

DIRECTIONS AND TIMES:

Check in is from 8am – 9am on Saturday at Blue Rocks Campground.

From I-78 get off at Route 143 (Lenhartsville exit). Make left at stop sign onto 143 North. About 1 mile make left onto Mountain Road (bridge on right). Take right fork and follow the signs to the campground.

REGISTRATION:

GOALS Adventure Racing Association
1302 Spellman Drive
Downingtown, PA 19335
info@goalsara.org
866-338-5167
 
CLASS SIZE IS LIMITED, REGISTER SOON!!