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Student Noel Cruz clips a fixed line below Pronghorn Peak. After 30 days on a Wind River Mountaineering course, you'll be fluent in this and other mountaineering jargon.
WIND RIVER MOUNTAINEERING
The rugged, glacier-carved Wind River Range is famous for its sheer
granite headwalls, soaring spires, and towering 13,000-foot summits
covered with rock and surrounded by glaciers. This remote
range is also famous for mountaineering expeditions that have a
perfect blend of glacier travel, snow ascents and rock climbing.
You'll learn real mountaineering skills such as belaying, rappelling,
climbing techniques and anchor placement-all while traveling
over, around and through the rocky, steep terrain of the Wind
Rivers. Your route will allow you to learn rock, snow and ice climbing
techniques that will lead to longer, more technical climbs like
the 13,804-foot Gannett Peak, Wyoming's highest mountain. At
the same time, you'll master the camping, hiking and leadership
skills necessary to thrive in the mountain environment and beyond.
Age and Length: 16 & Over ? Average age: 20 ? Duration: 30 days
Tuition: $3,800
Course start/end: Lander, Wyoming
Fly in/out: Riverton, Wyoming
College Credit: 2 hours Environmental Ethics; 2 hours Skills Practicum; 2 hours Risk
Assessment
Dates: page 110
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
ROCK CLIMBING
This course is a comprehensive immersion into the sport of traditional
("trad?) rock climbing. You'll learn the fundamentals of
climbing on some of Wyoming's famous sheer granite walls and
towering spires. Your instructors will emphasize such skills as climbing
techniques, rope systems, anchors, rappelling and belaying, protection
placement, risk management and lead philosophy. You'll
have ample opportunity to practice your climbing skills while you
develop a strong foundation in wilderness ethics and experience extended
backcountry living and traveling. With a student to instructor
ratio of 4:1, you'll get the personal attention necessary to
develop your climbing and backcountry skills rapidly.
Age and Length:
16 & Over ? Average age: 20 ? Duration: 21 or 30 days
16 & 17 Only ? Duration: 21 days
Tuition: $3,765 (21 days); $4,475 (30 days)
Course start/end: Lander, Wyoming
Fly in/out: Riverton, Wyoming
College Credit: 2 hours Skills Practicum; 2 hours Risk Assessment (21 days); 2 hours Environmental
Ethics; 2 hours Skills Practicum; 2 hours Risk Assessment (30 days)
Dates: page 110
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