Meet your AMI Trainer, Keith Ball at the Plas y Brenin bar for 9am.

For Trainer contact details ON THE DAY, please see the AMI Workshop Trainer details at the bottom of this page.

A fundamental skill set of the award from which stems the ability to teach effectively. This day will look at the skills of leading safely and efficiently whilst safeguarding two seconds. The focus will be on personal climbing skills and the guiding of routes, rather than the teaching and coaching of climbing skills. The aim of the day is to look at using efficient techniques and good decision making to produce an effective performance – rather than rushing or just doing things faster. Main areas covered:

• Briefings and route choice
• Rope management
• Stance management
• Protecting climbs
• Personal movement skills
• Rope Systems i.e. series, parallel and two seconds on one rope and swopping between them
• VS 4C climbing if appropriate
• Descents, fixed and stacked abseils and lowering
• Maximising opportunities and linking routes
• Maintaining a fluid pace

Trainees should bring: 50m single rope, climbing gear rack, personal climbing equipment, rock shoes.

If you are a member of the Mountain Training Association (MTA) you will receive 1 CPD point for attending this workshop. Please note that as a trainee member of AMI you are not required to accrue CPD points, therefore this will not count as AMI CPD.

Please also check the AMI Terms and Conditions regarding booking workshops.  There is a cancellation policy, where no refunds will be made if cancellations are made within 4 weeks of the course date.  Download the Trainee Workshop Policy from this page here.

Start

08/05/2019

End

08/05/2019

Total Days

1

Maximum Bookings

2

Venue

Plas y Brenin

Town

Capel Curig

County

Conwy

Country

United Kingdom

Latitude

53.07000

Longitude

-4.08000

Name

Mountain Training UK & Ireland

Phone

01690 720123

Email