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BMC sport climbing courses for young people
I run outdoor sport climbing course for the British Mountaineering Council BMC. These are designed for 11 – 17 year...
Rock Climbing Instructor (RCI)
This is the 3 day Rock Climbing Instructor training course. If you want to take people climbing outdoors or indoors...
Winter Mountaineering emergency shelters shovel up
A shovel up is an emergency shelter you can build in relatively shallow snow, you don’t need a slope and...
Indoor Climbing Assistant (ICA)
This is Mountain Training’s Indoor Climbing Assistant. It is a one day course to give you the skills to work...
Climbing Wall Instructor (CWI) with Abseil module
This Climbing Wall Instructor (CWI) course is a good example of how inclusive climbing can be. We had a good...
Staff training
Part of my role as a Technical Advisor is to run workshops with staff to update and build their knowledge....
Teaching indoor lead climbing – Climbing Wall Development Instructor CWDI assessment
Climbing Wall Development Instructor CWDI assessment
Climbing Wall Development Instructor CWDI
Teaching instructors how to teach indoor lead climbing. The Climbing Wall Development Instructor, Mountain Training qualification is the best way to learn...
Climbing Wall Development Instructor training courses CWDI
I’ve had a busy week running lots of Climbing Wall Development Instructor training courses. This course is designed to get...
The technical skills of trad climbing
Do you want to learn the technical skills of trad climbing? Book a course with me :-). After learning how to...
Climbing Wall Development Instructor training CWDI
Climbing Wall Development Instructor training, a Mountain Training course I ran yesterday at The Boardroom Climbing Centre.This course is for instructors learning the skills...
Cioch West then Arrow Route
A few more shots from Skye. We climbed Cioch West then Arrow Route up onto the Cioch stone. Where the...
Climbing Wall Development Instructor training course CWDI
I had the absolute pleasure of running a Climbing Wall Development Instructor training course at The Hive, Wirral Youth Zone What an...
Climbing Instructor Training with abseil module CWI
Climbing Instructor Training with abseil module. An awesome course with some enthusiastic people. If you’re interested in becoming an Instructor...
The Inaccessible Pinnacle
The Inaccessible Pinnacle. This is a must do for any mountaineer or walker. It’s the only Munro that requires climbing...
SPA to RCI refresher
Lovely crisp autumnal day in the outcrop. Getting qualified instructors up to scratch from the old Single Pitch Award syllabus...
5 day indoor to outdoor climbing course
A wicked 5 days working with 6 super psyched climbers who wanted to learn how to climb outside. We started...
Resin to Rock 3 day intro to outdoor climbing
3 day action packed course, turning indoor climbers into outdoor sport climbers, trad climbers and multi pitch climbers. We...
Top Rope setups climbing course
Today I was teaching how to set up Top Ropes using trad gear. Gear placements, equalising anchors, creating a...
Outdoor Sport Climbing course
Sport climbing. We went through bolt identification, how to strip at the top, red point tactics, solving the problem...
CWDI Climbing Wall Development Instructor training
Climbing Wall Development Instructor training today, here we are experimenting with various amounts of slack while lead belaying, belayers position...
Trad multi pitch refresher course
Another day teaching two psyched climbers. Tennis Shoe, a super classic on Idwal Slabs. Paul and Dave already trad...
Guided Sport Climbing
A forecast for a very hot day. Super strong Libbie contacted me for a days sport climbing. We visited 3...
Multi pitch trad course
Multi pitch climbing, who wants a massive Mountain Adventure? Even when the weather isn’t perfect you can still have...
Guided Climbing Main Wall Cyn Las
We climbed Main Wall on Diffwys Ddu (Cyn Las), up to Snowdon summit and then over Crib Gorch and...
Trad improvers
Pushing their knowledge of all things tad climbing
Intro to Trad and multi pitch refresher
Want to do a course with a friend but you’re at different levels? Jayne wanted a learn to...
Trad multi pitch climbing
Day 2 intro to Trad course, Multi pitch climbing on Idwal Slabs with the Tolkien family and...
Intro to trad climbing
Intro to Trad Day 1 “Thanks a million Danny! Today was really really awesome I was a bit worried...
Trad multi pitch refresher
Trad multi pitch refresher with Dom this weekend. We headed to the amazing Tremadog cliffs, some of the best...
Lear to Trad Lead
Day 1 Intro to Trad climbing. A packed day full of learning how to place gear, equalising anchors, building...
Guided Sea Cliff Climbing
I was hired to introduce and guide on the amazing sea cliffs of Gogarth. We did Florescent Ridge then Light...
Trad Improvers
2 day course for trad improvers and multi-pitch climbing. Loads covered such as escaping the system, assisting a stuck second,...
BMC outdoor sport climbing
BMC outdoor sport climbing for young people. This was the first time climbing outside for these guys. As well as...
Problem solving, Improvised rope work and Self rescue
This was a two day Problem solving, Improvised rope work and Self rescue course I ran for the BMC. We...
Dream of White Horses
Another beautiful day on an amazing classic ‘Dream of White Horses’. I was hired to guide two experienced trad climbers...
The Dubh Ridge
I spent a day guiding two clients up The Dubh Ridge and then over Sgùrr Dubh Mor via a...
Eagle Ridge
Eagle Ridge is a 5* must do ridge in Scotland! Every pitch has interest and puts a smile on your face....
5 day intro to climb
5 days and 6 students, the aim was to get everyone loving climbing, outdoor sport leading and confident seconds on...
Mountain Biking Great Glen Way
Is there anywhere better than Scotland for biking when the sun is out? Here is a few pictures of...
Learn to lead in the Peak
This was a learn to lead course I ran in the Peak District. The weather forecast was horrendous, but with...
Trad lead climbing refresher
Day two of a two day Trad climbing course refresher. I spent the day teaching Kevin and Neil all things...
Winter Skills
Two days spent with Mat, Mat and Sam giving them the basics of winter mountaineering. Not a fully white winter...
MTB Night Ride
Its getting dark far to early, but the fun keeps happening 🙂
Fun at the Diamond
Fun at the Diamond Llanduno
Torridon Multi pitch Rock Climbing
After completing a 5 day intro to climbing course I was hired by the group to lead a guided climbing trip...
Intro to Climb, 5 day course
I’ve been running a 5 day intro to climbing up in Scotland. A group of 6 lads who had a...
Mountain biking in Torridon
I was hired to guide a group of 6 guys on an adventure around Torridon. We spend 3 days riding...
Mountain bike foundation
Another week spent working up in Scotland delivering a Mountain Bike Foundation course. We looked at all things mountain biking...
Skye Scrambling
Gemma and Christian were heading up to Skye for Gemma’s birthday for a week. They both do a lot of...
Top Rope set-ups with John
John and his daughter both climb reguarly at The Boardroom and wanted to get outside. John hadn’t done any outdoor climbing...
Intro to Sport Climbing
This was an intro to Sport Climbing day with two guys who had done some lead climbing at The Boardroom....
Multi pitch teaching
Two guy’s from The Boardroom hired me to take them out and show them the ropes with multi-pitch trad. The...
A dream of white horses
I was hired for a day guiding on ‘A Dream of White Horses’ on Wen Slab, Gogarth. This is one...
The Cuillin
An amazing expedition on the Cuillin Ridge on Skye. We walked from Elgol along the coast and camped on the...
Rock Climbing in the Peaks
A little climbing on the hallowed grit-stone in the Peaks. And a little boulder on...
Back to North Wales
Since I’ve been home I’ve been bouldering in the Peaks, Biking around the Marin, Climbing slate in Llanberis. And a...
Some more Scottish MTBing
I’m back in sunny North Wales after finishing my last 5 day biking course. We looked at bike skills, navigation...
MTBing Scotland
I was on the bike again last week. Fun Rides and fun times even on the snow!! Good effort to...
Fun in the snow
I managed to squeezed a weeks holiday in between my work up here in Scotland. We’ve walked, climbed, skied and...
Scottish winter mountaineering
This week I have mostly been teaching winter mountaineering. Well done to everyone and hopefully see you out on the...
Scotland MTB
Luckily for me the snow melted a little for this week as I’m running a 5 day mountain biking course....
Scotland winter mountaineering
An end to my first winter skills week of the year. We managed to pack in loads from looking at...
