An interesting mix of candidates in this weekend long course – 2 older women – a student and a teacher, and 2 young men – both students. The most experienced climber was the youngest of the 2 men – Petar, and the keenest to learn with the most potential as an Instructor – the teacher […]

Another successful course at UCR Bristol. The candidates Pete Marsh, Johan Cilliers and Jon Renshaw were experienced instructors who were confident and competent leaders. There was a lot of shared knowledge, much discussion and lots of practical activity. The course included how and when to introduce lead climbing to clients, depending on technique and physical […]

It was a privilege to run the Climbing Wall Award Training Course 17th -18th January 2015 with the 5 young climbers ranging from 17 –  23. Probably the nicest group of budding Instructors I’ve ever met – Ollie Chamberlain, Emily Campbell, Tom Holman, Callum Nicklin and Jason Hargreave. They all had very different and interesting […]

Ali ran the two day CWA training course at UCR with 5 very different candidates – Jenny(17) an experienced youth squad climber, Beth(19), very new to climbing having recently begun working at UWE wall, but what she lacked in experience she made up for in enthusiasm, Jim(26) with limited personal climbing experience but lots of coaching experience, […]

An exciting and stimulating CWLA Training at UCR in Bristol with Harry Martin, Geo Macintyre, Toby Dunford and Alan Reason. A wealth of experience meant a deep understanding of the areas  covered, and a great sharing of ideas and observations in a very practical course. Toby and Geo demonstrating back clipping   Discussions of techniques and […]