Ali and Tony met the 10 University students at Box Bay north of Cardiff for their first session of trad lead instruction. It was a perfect day, in that it had stopped raining, the sun had come out, the wind was blowing hard and the tide was coming in quicker than expected! The group was divided into […]
Trad climbing in the Wye Valley with an Officer and a Pole Kat
Ali met Kat – a poledance instructor and Andy – an Officer in the Army, on an introduction to outdoor climbing in the Peak District in September 2010. They were both keen to learn more and plans were made, but time and injuries put paid to best laid plans and it wasn’t until early March 2012 that they all […]
The Three Musketeers learn to trad lead climb
Ali met Mike, Chris and Paul for a 2 day trad lead course at Symonds Yat after several email communications. They had little experience and limited equipment having done a first steps course, then taught themselves to sport lead climb indoors with help from a female instructor who felt sorry for them – they are all […]
Part 13 – Abseiling & Recovering Ropes
If you climb on a single 60m rope and you wish to abseil back down the route you have just climbed, you can only abseil in 30m pitches in order to recover your rope. If, however, you have been using double ropes of 60m, then by tying the two ends together you can abseil 60m […]
AMI Annual General Meeting
The Association of Mountaineering Instructors held their AGM at the Conway Centre near Bangor, North Wales over the weekend 11th/12th February 2012. It was an opportunity for AMI members to get together as a professional body and discuss good practice, MLTB courses, Continuing Professional Development and AMI administrative issues. It was also an opportunity for members […]