I had the absolute fortune to run the most amazing Climbing Wall Award I have ever done, and I’ve led a few. The group – Tom, Lisa, Charlotte, Illya and James were an intersting group with a variety of experience, mostly in their early 30’s and there was knowledge and experience to share. It was an interesting […]
CWLA – Young Climbers leading the way
It was an interesting day at Bristol Undercover Rock, which started badly for me when I got blocked in my garage by a Polish fisherman for 2 hours. I did get to the climbing centre late morning, still in time to run the Climbing Wall Lead Award. This is a prestigious award and for those […]
CWA Assessment BUCR
It was an interesting assessment at BUCR with Jodie Bett and Jon Parish, both experienced instructors with a good log of assisted teaching sessions and personal climbing. It was a crammed day and after a brief introduction to the course the candidates were introducing themselves to a group of youngsters and coaching a bouldering coaching […]
Monsterclimbs now a Provider of CWLA
Monsterclimbs is pleased to announce they are now Providers of the Climbing Wall Lead Award. In order to train for this Award you must first register with the MTE and have already completed either the: Climbing Wall Award or Single Pitch Award Registration is an application process, where your experience of logged sessions as a […]
Climbing Wall Award Training at Bristol Undercover Rock
A beautiful weekend in the SW saw Ali directing an indoor climbing course – MT’s Climbing Wall Award. The 8 candidates – Jon, Trish, Aaron, Paul, Helen, Hannah, Brooks and Lucas were from very different climbing backgounds with varied experience. Day 1 concentrated on personal climbing and coaching skills – which make up 25% of the […]