...ROCK CLIMBING, SCRAMBLING, MOUNTAINEERING AND HILLWALKING IN NORTH WALES...GUIDING, COACHING AND INSTRUCTION
November 27, 2017
SPA Refresher Evening
Planning on attending your Single Pitch Award, but are a little nervous and would like the chance to ask a few questions and have someone check your rigging? The an SPA refresher course will be ideal for you.
This evening course covers the rigging aspects of the SPA syllabus and is ideal to help you refresh your skills in preparation for your assessment. The course changes depending on what skills you feel you need to work on and are practically based at single pitch venue in North Wales. Our instructors are highly experiences indoor and outdoor coaches, who have a lifetimes worth of experience in both single pitch work and beyond to help add to your skills. This includes writing two books on coaching climbing, How to Climb Harder and Effective Coaching for Rock Climbing Instructors.
You will leave this course more confident and know what you need to do to finish off your consolidation. As such we recommedn you allow at least a month between the course and your assessment.
Prior Experience: SPA Training
Duration: Evening
Cost: £40
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NB: We can arrange course dates to meet your requirements.
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A climber (in Blue) tackles the classic Resolution Direct on Gogarth Main Cliff a classic E2.
A climber being coached on Merlin Direct, Tremadog
The second ptich of Super Direct on Dinas Mot, a classic E1 with intricate slab climbing on this pitch and some steeper more powerful moves on the next.
Snowdon on a fine summers days.
Diagram of how to place camming devices. Left: Undercammed and tipped out placements are not secure. Middle: A well place cam with the cam between 25% and 75% of its range. Right: Overcammed, whilst generally safer than overcammed, these type of placements can lead to your precious cam becoming wedged in.
The amazing backdrop from the Moelwyns across Bleaneau Ffestiniog from the classic Kirkus Direct on Clogwyn Y Oen
Jesse King looks down at the swell as he climbs the amazing and slightly atmospheric Shangdi La at Baggy point during our UK Trad Tour
Looking down from high up on the amazing Cepeda, E1, Naranga De Bulnes.
