Two-Bolt Anchors:
The Quad

Date: Monday, October 13th, 2025

Time: 7:00 PM-8:30 PM

Place: The Boulder Garden

Price: Free to AAC Members and non-members

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2025 Dates: None remaining


Clinic Details

Description

How do you set up your own rope outside? In this hands-on clinic, learn the most commonly used anchors in a two bolt context and how to evaluate their strengths/weaknesses. Get practice building your own Quad anchor.

Group Size

  • 12

Goals

  • Introduce anchor evaluation principles

  • Demonstrate commonly-used anchors

  • Build a quad anchor

Required Gear - you will provide this gear, The Boulder Garden does not supply harnesses

  • Climbing harness

Optional Gear - we will provide this gear, you are welcome to use your own

  • 18’+ of 7mm cordelette/accessory cord

  • Two locking asymmetric D carabiners

  • Two locking pear/mini-pear/HMS carabiners

 

Links

AAC Know the Ropes: Anchors

Carabiner Styles


Location

The Boulder Garden
328 Roney St.
Durham, NC 27701