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How To……. Pass Your SPA
The SPA is a National Governing Body(NGB) Award, that trains and assess people ability to safely supervise a rock climbing session at a single pitch venue. As such the way the award operates is that you first go climbing and … Continue reading
Teaching Leading: Soft Skills, Risk Management and Decision Making
I recently put a post up on the hard skills of using a fixed line to ascend next to the student. Having written the piece on my presonal thoughts and expriences, I have had quite a few comments on the … Continue reading
Posted in Climbing, Coaching, Coaching skills, Instruction, learning, Skill Acquisition, Uncategorized
Tagged Coaching, Lead climb coaching, Leader Falls
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Teaching Lead Climbing Set Ups
I saw a post on UKC asking how MIA (Mountaineering Instructors) set up to teach leading. There are a few suggestions in the Red MLT Handbook, I have to admit to never using any of them exactly how they have … Continue reading
MLT: National Governing Body Qualification Courses
If you follow this blog and thought that you’d like to become qualified as a climbing, hillwalking or mountaineering instructor, then I should point you in the direction of my other blog LITV, where I have just published some dates … Continue reading
How to Climb Harder: Review by Mal Creasey of the MLT
I returned from the field to find this review from Mal Creasey one of the officers at the Mountain leader Training Boards, based in Capel Curig. Mal is a great guy who also volunteers on the Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team … Continue reading
I Boulder V5 why do I struggle on HVS?
I plugged my book to a potential buyer today, and he went on to send me an email asking a few questions. I thought it would be of interest to answer some of his questions on my coaching blog, as … Continue reading
New Starting Out Article
I have just put together a short article on a first trad climbing rack over on my Snowdonia Mountain Guides website. It covers the basics of what you will need and the quantities for equipment for a beginners lead climbing … Continue reading
Posted in Climbing, Coaching, Instruction, Trad Rack, Uncategorized
Tagged Starting a trad rack
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Rope Rescue Skills for Rock Climbers Course: 28th & 29th August
Probably one of the most least understood of the climbing skills, are those that we may only need in extreme circumstances that we spend the whole of our climbing lives trying to avoid. Be it benightment, be caught in a … Continue reading
Big Wall Climbing Courses 14th & 15th August
A new big wall course is running on the weekend of the 14th & 15th August. This course is ideal if you are planning a trip to go big wall climbing in Yosemite, and will help you to prepare for … Continue reading
New Coaching and Instructing Website
Well I have been busy trying to finish off a new website for my coaching and instructing website, Snowdonia Mountain Guides. Moving it to a joomla based website. Hopefully it is more user friendly than this blog and the previous … Continue reading
Posted in Big Wall Climbing, Bouldering, Climbing, Coaching, Coaching skills, Confidence, dream of white horses, dreams, Effective practice, Escaping the System, goal setting, Goals, How to Climb Harder, Instruction, learning, mental skills, online, Rock Climbing, Rope Rescue, Skill Acquisition, Technique, Uncategorized
Tagged Snowdonia Mountain Guide Website
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