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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Photos from Previous Courses

Climbers on the classic routes Rowan Route in the foreground and Super Direct in the background, on Milestone Buttress, Ogwen Valley.

Want to climb harder? If so this course will look at all aspect of your climbing and help you improve your techniques, tactics, physical and psychological performances.

The only way to travel! Getting into and out of the cirque of the unclimbables is fairly unique

Dave Evans climbing puzzle groove a fantastic 6b+ at Penmaenbach quarry.

Simon Lake climbing the classic route Fay, E4 at lower sharpnose point. No pushjovewr for the grade either!

A young Adam Booth on Looning the Tube.

Al Clark on the amazing South Rdge Direct on Isle of Arran, a classic rock tick.

Abseiling into a steep swanage cliff.

Author: Mark Reeves

Filed Under: Instructional Articles, Instructor Development, Rock Climbing

Instructor Mentoring Program – ML, SPA & MIA

ML, SPA and MIA Refresher Courses

So incredibly lucky for a beautiful day out on the mountain with Mark. He was wonderfully accommodating and went above and beyond to ensure that I had the best day climbing possible. We were able to do a couple of classic routes and he was constantly sharing his local knowledge and climbing expertise. His familiarity with nearly every person we passed on the mountain showed his remarkable depth of commitment to the climbing community in Wales. I couldn't have asked for a better guide.

L Delta Merner
7/13/2017

I had the privilege of climbing with Mark for two months and I quickly learned that he possess the perfect mix of rock and book smarts. Not only is he one of the best climbers I have ever met, but he has the education and training to translate complex physical and mental climbing concepts into material that is easily absorbed by those who are new to the sport. At the same time, I was also able to observe Mark engage his skills in ways that challenged even the most seasoned climbers in my group. Do yourself a favor, climb with Mark and find out why he is a great instructor and guide!

Matthew Regan
12/02/2017