Tag Archives: Snowdonia Mountain Guide Website

1/3 of All Climbing Courses in May

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Mark Reeves

In a move to beat the austerity measures, here and Snowdonia Mountain Guides we are offering 33% off all courses, so for any climbing course the rate for 1 to 1 guiding, instruction or coaching is just £100 a day. … Continue reading →

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Online Coaching and Workshops

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Mark Reeves

Well it has been a while since I have had time to update this coaching blog, with anything resembling coaching. I am sorry for that, but if you can bare with me for another month, as I am currently living … Continue reading →

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New Coaching and Instructing Website

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Mark Reeves

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 →

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Snowdonia Mountain Guides: Courses

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Mark Reeves

After running a successful ‘How to Big Wall Course’ earlier in the month I am keen to offer this course again sometime over the summer. At present I am going to set a date in early July (Sat/Sun 3rd and … Continue reading →

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Snowdonia Mountain Guide Courses

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Mark Reeves

Learning to Lead Climb Week 10th -14th May 2010 This course is design to teach you the essential skills and techniques required to lead on traditional leader placed protection in the UK, and beyond. During the week we will cover … Continue reading →

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Who, What, Where? Lead Climb Coaching

Posted on August 15, 2009 by Mark Reeves

There is much more to lead climb coaching than showing you how to place runners, and manage the risks. One of the misconceptions with instructors rather than coaches is that all an instructor does is cover the safety aspects rather … Continue reading →

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Snap Gates on Belays?

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Mark Reeves

Well I have seen a few post over on UKC, a major source of inspiration for this and my other blog, so if you do have a question on coaching or rope trickery then get in contact. The debate was … Continue reading →

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Rope Rescue: Escaping the system

Posted on December 2, 2008 by Mark Reeves

There is often a thread or two on UKClimbing on how you can go about escaping the system. In an effort to answer this question I literally threw this video together today, after filming it yesterday. Now its not polished, … Continue reading →

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Online Coaching?

Posted on November 17, 2008 by Mark Reeves

For many people getting a good climbing coach is difficult, if you live too far away from the large urban areas and especially London, then a coach rather than an instructor can be hard to find. In order to help … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the Climbing Coach Blog

Posted on November 10, 2008 by Mark Reeves

This blog is there to help both climber and coaches. There will be top tips and handy hints for all style of climbing, from the qualified mountaineering instructor and coach Mark Reeves. Based in North Wales Mark has worked at … Continue reading →

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