It is with great pleasure I announce that Ali Taylor of Monsterclimbs has been approved by Mountain Training to provide the Climbing Wall Instructor and the Climbing Wall Development Instructor awards from January 2019. Ali will continue to be Course Director at Undercover Rock in Bristol for the above awards but will also be able to […]
Climbing Wall Instructor Award
For those of you who have missed all the excitement there have been big changes at Mountain Training and in particular the names of the Awards and the Syllabus content. The Climbing Wall Award is now the Climbing Wall Instructor and the Syllabus covers 12 different areas, rather than the previous 3. The handbook explains […]
Autumn Climbing Madness
The Autumn has been a busy time for Monsterclimbs, I can’t believe how the time has flown by. I have run several National Governing Body Award Courses – a CWA Training Course with a full complement of 6 excellent candidates who kept me on my toes with questions and challenging ideas, and enjoyed watching them […]
A Taste of Summer Climbing
What a fickle lot we are with the regards to the weather in this country, too hot, too cold, too wet, too windy – is it ever just right? If we waited for the perfect conditions we’d never do anything. I always check the forecast and go where the sunshine is. June has been another […]
Climbing Wall Award – Women Leading the Way
It’s not often that the Climbing Wall Award attracts many women. This course was an exception and exceptional – the chaps were in a minority, but it was the mix of candidates and their values that made it so. Everyone on the course was there to share their knowledge, time and experience and to learn […]