PHYE 133 Introduction to Climbing
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Introduction to Rock Climbing

Instructor:  Jody Hawkins

Office: Shields 207A

Office Phone: 733-9554 Ext. 2127

Meeting times and place (see below)

            Tuesdays 4:00 – 8:00pm Gym 236

Text

            How to Rock Climb by John Long (suggested)

Course Description

Instruction and participation in the skills necessary to rock climb safely in a variety of environments.  Participation in one weekend overnight climbing trip is required.  Student furnishes or rents his/her climbing equipment and pays a fee for the class. Welcome to the world of climbing.  The primary goal of this course is to introduce you to the skills necessary to sagely negotiate this three dimensional world.  You will learn basic safety techniques necessary to set up and climb top rope climbs under the supervision of experienced climbers. 

This course will not provide you with the necessary instruction to safely climb in an unsupervised environment.  Climbing is dangerous, the safety techniques discussed in this class are minimal and do not provide you with the skills necessary to venture outside unsupervised (including but not limited to sport climbing, traditional climbing, ice climbing, ice climbing, and mountaineering).  It is your responsibility to seek further instruction if you wish to climb on your own.

You will, however, become comfortable hanging from your fingertips and ascending through a milieu of ever changing hand and footholds.  You will learn a large repertoire of movements that make the seemingly impossible, probable.  Associated with overall climbing improvement are increased coordination, strength, endurance, and flexibility.  Exercises and activities will be designed on an individual basis to maintain strengths and improve weakness, a strategy that quickly improves your movement skills.

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Course Objectives and Evaluations:

1.      Outcome:  The student will improve/maintain overall climbing ability.

2.      Outcome: The student will improve/maintain muscle/joint strength and endurance.

Assessment:  Students will participate in Pre and Post semester fitness test. 3.     

Outcome:  The students will improve/maintain muscle/joint flexibility.

Assessment:  The student will participate in Pre and Post flexibility test.

4.      Outcome:  The student will learn safety techniques required to climb in a top rope setting.

Assessment:  Students will be required to individually demonstrate required techniques to instructor.

Grading:

Attendance                               =70%            

Journals                                    =10%

Safety requirements                  =10%

Pre and Post Evaluations           =10%

Each class participant will be required to keep a journal, which accurately depicts your individual training regime.  It should also contain your Pre and Post evaluation results and comments, which reflect personal goals you have set relating to this course.

We will meet once a week, Tuesdays 4:00pm-8:00pm, usually at the CSI maintenance building.  One absence will be allowed without a grade deduction, after which your grade will be lowered one letter grade per absence.  This is necessary since one absence is equal to a week of missed class.  In lieu of the last scheduled meeting time students will be required to participate in an overnight weekend climbing trip.  Failure to participate in this trip will result in you being dropped from the class.  For this trip you will need to provide you own basic camping gear and food.  The school provides transportation.

Other Requirements:

1.      Health History Form (return promptly to instructor): If anything on the health history changes during the course of the semester (pregnancy, medications, injuries, etc.) please notify instructor immediately.

2.      Comfortably fitted clothes, which allow freedom of movement.

3.      Additional course fee of $20.00.