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Effective coaching for climbing instructors
I spent today at the beacon delivering an effective coaching coaching course for climbing instructors. We spent the day looking at theory and practice of coaching as a process of teaching and learning. There was only a couple of people … Continue reading
Posted in Coaching skills, Effective practice, Instruction
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Rope Rescue for Climbers
I spent another day with Ady, working on developing his jedi rope skills, and we focused on consolidating the skills we covered the day before, which is an approached that I have often used in these courses as the skills … Continue reading
Posted in Instruction, rescue, Rigging, Rope Rescue, Skill Acquisition, Uncategorized
Tagged Climbing, Coaching, rope rescue
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Work, Work, Work……and Play
I have for the last eight or nine days. I have lost count been teaching various people climbing, from basic movement coaching to escaping the system, and everything else in between. My last post was from Wednesday, so I’ll start … Continue reading
Posted in climbing, Coaching, Coaching skills, Escaping the System, Instruction, rock climbing, Uncategorized
Tagged Climbing, Winter Courses, Work
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First Aid Certificate Renewal
As a Mountaineering Instructor I, and everyone else who works in the outdoors or is the registered first aider at work has to undergo a renewal of there first aid certificate every three years. It never seems like three years … Continue reading
Ml Training Expedition
Just got back from a glorious two days walking around Snowdon. The weather was supreb, although it was hard to make any form of diifficult navigation as the visibility was measurable in miles, despite the heat haze. So we head … Continue reading
Posted in Courses, Instruction, MLT Qualifications, Photos, Snowdon, Training, Uncategorized, wales, Walking
Tagged Life, mountain rescue, Photos, walking, Work
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MLT: Training and Assessment Courses
Whilst I am not a provider of Mountain Leader Training Courses, I work a lot with Andy Newton, who is a registered course provider with the MLT, and as such offers a variety of National Governing Body Award Courses. These … Continue reading
Posted in climb, climbers, climbing, Coaching, Coaching skills, Courses, Instruction, learning, MLT Qualifications, Outdoor Education, rock climbing, Snowdon, Snowdonia Mountain Guides, Training, wales, Walking
Tagged Climbing, climbing wall, north wales rock, Outdoor Education, Training, walking, Work
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ML Assessment 3 day Exped
All I can say is the horror is over, the suffer fest has ended. I am now safely back down in Allt Shellach and have warmed myself and soothed aching muscles in the bath. What has just happened has happened, … Continue reading
Posted in adventure, Instruction, MLT Qualifications, Plas Y Brenin, Scotland, Uncategorized, Walking, Winter
Tagged scotland, walking, Winter
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Hows the Book Going?
Obviously this is a popular question that I am getting asked all the time, and the answer really is that I am not too sure. I had absolutely no sense on how things were going, until I sent Franco at … Continue reading
Coire Nan Lochan
Well it was the last day for the first group of Cotswolds Trainees, so we headed up Coire Nan Lochan to do a traverse over the top. I can’t remember the name of this peak, but it is a nice … Continue reading
Posted in Coaching, Instruction, MLT Qualifications, Plas Y Brenin, Scotland, Uncategorized, Walking, Winter
Tagged Coaching, scotland, Winter
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Winter Skills Coaching
Well I have spent the day out with Plas Y Brenin observing them teach the staff from Cotswold winter skills. It is part of a joint training week with Mountain Equipment. So the day was very surreal, with more ME … Continue reading
Posted in adventure, Coaching, Coaching skills, Ice Axe, Instruction, learning, MLT Qualifications, Scotland, Skill Acquisition, Walking, Winter
Tagged Coaching, Photos, Winter
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