Last month I wrote about the art of short roping. This weekend four AMI members joined me for a two-day workshop putting it all into practice. They were all keen to learn and willing to try new methods, and they made excellent progress as we explored the limits of what works and what doesn't.
Read MoreEvery Alpine season is different, but this year has been really different. Following a summer working at home in the Lake District, I had planned a short sharp Alpine season, 23rd August to 13th September. I had two long-ish bookings, both 1:1, and by huge coincidence both clients wanted to climb the Matterhorn and the Mittelegi Ridge on the Eiger.
Read MoreSo said Alex Caulfield after he’d been given a toolkit of simple efficient techniques for staying safe and solving problems, on our Rope Tricks & Rescues for SPA & Beyond workshop in April this year. I have typically seen three groups of people who benefit from a workshop like this:
Read MoreTake them yourself on your smartphone and hope that at least some of them are in focus and good enough to use?
Clip your camera onto your harness in the morning, and find it still there when you take your gear off at the end of the day, so get your clients together for a quick snap before they take their climbing gear off?
Give your phone or camera to one of the clients and give them the job of team photographer?
Read MoreOne of the best things about my job is the variety of the work. In a two-week period in June, this was my work schedule:
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