John Rocks 112036
Membership Mountain Training Association
Membership Type Qualified Member
Membership Number 112036
Renewal Date 23/01/2025
Membership BAIML
Membership Type Aspirant Member
Membership Number 1104/18
Renewal Date 31/12/2024
Phone 07944551630
- Summer Mountain Leader
- Rock Climbing Instructor
- Climbing Wall Development Instructor
- National Water Safety Management Level 2 (Still, River and Beach)
- WEMSI Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician
- NUCO First Aid Instructor (Including Outdoor, Student and Mini Medics)
I am in the process of working through other higher level qualifications including the International Mountain Leader, Winter Mountain Leader and Rock Climbing Development Instructor, and look to complete the three relatively soon.
I have significant experience working on child and adult programmes, developing them to suit the client's needs and desired outcomes. I also have courses which can be booked on to via my website at www.myexpeditionrocks.com.
Courses I am able to facilitate:
- MT Hill Skills (2 days)
- MT Mountain Skills (2 days)
- MT Rock Skills Introduction (1 day)
- MT Rock Skills Intermediate (2 day)
- Outdoor First Aid, First Aid at Work, Emergency First Aid aid Work, Student First Aid and Mini Medics
- Guiding in UK hills & mountains
- Single and multi day trips (rock climbing and mountaineering)
- Bushcraft skills
- Various school day and residential programmes (Primary and Secondary)
Personal and work related experiences have taken me to Morocco, Oman, the Alps, Spain, Pyrenees, Poland, Peru and Sweden for climbing, trekking, mountaineering and snowshoeing. In recent years Have explored my local area significantly learning a whole host of new skills, that I am keen to share with my clients.
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Rock Climbing Development Instructor | 07/06/2023 | |
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Development Coach | 06/06/2024 | |
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Mountain Leader | 03/08/2012 | |
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Climbing Wall Leading Award | 26/02/2011 | |
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Single Pitch Award | 05/08/2006 |
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NICAS/NIBAS Induction | 19/07/2024 | 0.50 |
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Development Coach | 06/06/2024 | 1.00 |
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First Aid Trainer course | 05/03/2024 | 1.00 |
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Employer's in-house training event (2 days or more) | 03/03/2024 | 2.00 |
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Observing a Training or Assessment Course | 04/12/2023 | 1.00 |
I have since worked for small outdoor centres in the UK and abroad and built up a solid apprenticeship of instructing and personal skills. In 2009, I got a job role as Operations Manager for John Dunne at Harrogate Climbing Centre, it was a step into management that I really enjoyed. I met great folk like Ian Fenton, and I built a rapport with the clients, getting to know them by name. This felt vitally important and something that had been missing in my other roles, building a regular client base, and having positive social interactions with them. I then moved on to Carnegie Great Outdoors as the Operations Manager. This role provided insight into logistics, large clients, large staff base and many others, and it was the perfect stepping stone. After 3.5 years I had largely become office based and yearned to be outdoors again, so I left to crack on with other ambitions. I spent 2 years in the ambulance service as an EMT. I loved this line of work, once again chatting to and supporting people.
2018 saw me start up a small business, My Expedition Rocks. It has been a complete success, and I have several school clients, run residential programmes, and have a very solid and loyal client base around the Skipton, Yorkshire area. I run most of my own sessions, and therefore get the best of both worlds, instructing and chatting to clients, but also using all my skills. I push my RCI, CWDI and ML to the absolute limit, and I am keen to begin teaching the new MT Rock Skills and MT Hill & Mountain Skills courses in 2022, to continue that journey. Currently working towards the below qualifications:
- Winter Mountain Leader
- Rock Climbing Development Instructor (Trainee)
- International Mountain Leader (Trainee)
