| The Technical Section is for those members interested in technical climbing, both on rock and ice. The Technical Section sponsors programs, the Basic Rock Climbing School (BRCS) , and the Traditional Lead Climbing School (TLCS) . The section has a newsletter for its members. Subscribers to the Section's e-mail list service (see below) are notified when a new issue of the newsletter is available on the web.
The Technical Section offers three types of climbing trips; regular multi-pitch, technical rock practice, and area climbs.
Regular multi-pitch climbs are the most numerous and are held at local areas, like Eldorado and Boulder Canyons, and on the Flatirons. These climbs are of a single route with all participants climbing on that route. Graduation from TLCS or equivalent experience is usually required for members to participate.
Technical rock practices are top-roped sessions on weekends or evenings. These activities are usually in an area where multiple climbs can be top-roped at once. Members should have taken BRCS , BMS , or equivalent before coming on these.
Area climbs are weekend trips for climbing either Saturday or Sunday. On these activities, several routes in an area are climbed by participants at the same time. Graduation from TLCS or equivalent experience is usually required for members to participate.
Tech Section Programs
The Section presents programs in January, March, May, September, and November that feature technical climbing subjects. These programs are open to the public. Please check the Special Sections Events for the announcement of the next program.
Schedule
Please see the on-line activity schedule in the Members area for the schedule of Tech Section trips - select type of Technical Climbing and Denver Group to see the section's schedule.
Tech Section News
The Tech Section News is a newsletter for members of the section. Subscribers to "cmc-tech" email list are notified when a new edition is posted here.
Full Member Versions
- Available only on CMC Member's page. Use your CMC membership number for the user ID and your zip code for the password. Note this is different than the member area password. (If the PDF document does not load, right click the link and select "Save As" to save it to your computer and then open the local copy.)
- Past issue archive
E-Mail List Processor
Tech Section Email List and Discussion Board
If you would like to be informed about tech section activities, sign up for an account on the discussion board at www.CMC-tech.CMCSchools.org .
Creating an account will include you on the official tech section member email list.
The tech section leadership will occasionally broadcast email announcements to the entire membership list.
By default, members receive an email notice for new posts in the 'Announcements' forum, although that can be disabled.
Members can also edit their account profile to activate/deactivate email notifications for the 'ClimberFinder', 'General Discussion', and 'Schedule' [calendar] forums depending on their level of interest. |