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Free Rope Rescue PDF Manual
I have put together a free PDF rope rescue manual for anyone who is interested it comes after I did a rope rescue for climbers course, and Ady who was on the course wanted a manual for revision. Most of … Continue reading
Posted in climbing, Coaching skills, learning, rescue, rock climbing, Rope Rescue, Skill Acquisition
Tagged Climbing, rope rescue
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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
Learning to Climb
As an instructor I often find myself flabbergasted that people out there pay me a reasonable wage to teach them how to tie a few knots, whack some metal into a cliff, and call themselves safe. I am a climber … Continue reading
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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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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Planning Scotland Phase 2
I took att rest day today to try and sort out phase two of project scottish winter mountain leader. Having spent att while out on the east coast cruising around the cairngorms focusing mainly of navigation in winter, i am … Continue reading
Posted in adventure, Coaching skills, Instruction, learning, Plas Y Brenin, Scotland, Walking, Winter
Tagged plas y brenin, walking, Winter
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Blood Bath at the Bank
Well I knew that going to Scotland was going to be expensive, but I seem to be spending more and more cash. Today I had a rest day and tried to find some anti-balling plates for any one of the … Continue reading
Posted in adventure, Coaching skills, Courses, Ice Axe, Instruction, learning, Scotland, Uncategorized, Walking, Winter
Tagged Life, Training, Winter
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Rope Rescue for Rock Climbers Course: 28th & 29th August
Imagine you are caught out by a storm high up on a mountain cliff, or you are stuck at the bottom of a sea cliff. How are you going to get out of that situation? Well the Rope Rescue Course … Continue reading
Posted in accidents, climb, climbers, climbing, Coaching skills, Instruction, learning, rescue, Rigging, rock climbing, Rope Rescue, Snowdonia Mountain Guides, workshops
Tagged Climbing, Coaching, mountain rescue, rope rescue, Work
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Learning Good Technique or Unlearning Bad?
Often people who want to be coached want to improve their technique, which in my mind is often the best way to make rapid improvements, as improving how you climb will improve your grade and confidence without the need for … Continue reading
Posted in climbing, Coaching, Effective practice, learning, rock climbing, Skill Acquisition, Technique
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Coaching in Adventure Sports
Many people consider coaching adventure sports to be different from coaching any other type of sports, and whilst this may hold true to a certain extent, the underlying coaching principles do still apply for adventure sports. What this mini article … Continue reading
