Category Archives: Skill Acquisition

Free Rope Rescue PDF Manual

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Mark Reeves

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 →

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Rope Rescue for Climbers

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Mark Reeves

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 →

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Winter Skills Coaching

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Mark Reeves

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 →

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Coaching Workshops @ LLAMFF

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Mark Reeves

After chatting to the organisers at LLAMFF, it looks like I am going to be delivering some coaching workshops through the Beacon Climbing Centre. As well as giving a slideshow of Rock Climbing in the Americas. If you are interested … Continue reading →

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Learning Good Technique or Unlearning Bad?

Posted on November 21, 2008 by Mark Reeves

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 →

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