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Jesse Janicula

Outdoor Instructor

Jesse Janicula has an AMGA SPI (American Mountain Guides Association Single Pitch Instructor) certification, along with decades of climbing experience. He previously worked as an outdoor instructor at REI.

Latest Articles

  • Skills

    How to Rappel

    87 reviews with an average rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars

    Learn the basics of rappelling, including preparing at the top of a route, setting up the rappel, using a backup and rappelling down.

  • Skills

    How to Set and Clean a Top-Rope Anchor

    86 reviews with an average rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars

    Learn what top rope climbing is and how to set up and clean a versatile top-rope anchor: the quad.