Category Archives: Snowdonia Mountain Guides

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Postcards from Snowdon Summit

I mentioned a few post ago after I had been up on Snowdon and visited the summit garrison, and made a deposit in one of the Loo’s there. I was fairly amused but thought essentially the messages on the back … Continue reading

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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

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Winter Mountaineering: Top Ten Must Do Routes in UK

I don’t know what one word I word use to describe a Scottish Winter, it embodies so much. In the last month and a half I have come to know both the agony and ectascy, for it is a double … Continue reading

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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

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Working at getting work in

I guess for those who often sit in an office looking at my blog, they must think that I live the life of reilly. I am out on the hill nearly all the time, have long holidays and never rarely … Continue reading

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Coaching Workshops @ LLAMFF

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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Social Media

Well, whilst I was away I spent some time reading a bit about utilising social media for market a business. So in order to try and bring this site and Snowdonia Mountain Guides out of the Naughties and into the … Continue reading

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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

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New Coaching and Instructing Website

I seem to have a habit of changing my websites on a regular basis, this time I choose to try and teach myself how to use joomla based web site to up grade my coaching and instructing site snowdonia mountain guides. … Continue reading

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