Teaching Outdoor Bouldering Workshop

Bouldering is unique in climbing: it is the only discipline where it is intended to fall to the ground. As such, teaching bouldering outdoors requires a change in attitude and approach and goes against the instincts developed by most established rock climbing instructors. This workshop is designed to allow you to teach outdoor bouldering safely and effectively, as well as understanding the unique differences inherent to the modern boulderer compared to trad or sports climbers.

Upcoming Dates

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For More Information

For more information on a workshop, or to arrange another date to suit you, please email [email protected] or use the button below, stating the date you are keen to attend

What’s Covered on the Workshop?

This workshop looks to demonstrate effective methods of safeguarding climbers using:

• a Risk-Consequence Balance;
• the Hierarchy of Pads;
• methods of effective spotting to keep both climber and spotter free from injury;
• and other common practices used by established boulderers.

Our workshops run in North Wales. Given the vagaries of the weather, the specific crag chosen for the workshop will be selected nearer the time to accomodate current weather conditions. However it will be within easy commute of Llanberis and plenty of notice will be given for meet and greet. Transport is not provided and participants are expected to make their own way to the crag parking, which will be detailed in advance. 

A series of course notes are included as part of the workshop.

Prices

PLEASE NOTE: THIS WORKSHOP IS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR MEMBER OF MTA, AMI OR BMG

Price for the day: £50

How to Book

• Click and download the Form of Understanding below. Fill in the boxes, add your name in the file name and email it to [email protected] with the course and date you’d like to attend in the Subject and the text. Remember to include your Mountain Training ID number for your CPD point.

• I’ll send you a payment link online. Follow the stages shown and email me when you’ve made payment
• I will add you to CMS manually and we’re good to go! I’ll be in touch nearer the time with additional information and to confirm venue

After the Course: the Resource Pack

It’s a big old day with heaps of information. Being as there’s a lot of stuff to remember, each participant on the course will receive an email designed to give you something to refer back to: your Teaching Outdoor Bouldering resource pack. 

Included in the pack is:

• Course Notes covering the content of the day
• Downloadable files covering many of the sections of the day
• A Prowess Reflection Sheet, which can also be used on any other course (with any provider) in the future
• Links to external articles and resources
• Links to relelvant articles on the Prowess website

Each participant will receive an email to a password-protected page (with the password) to browse at your leisure.

Cancellation Policy

Circumstances change, things come up and occasionally people can’t make it. It’s understandable. If this happens to you, the sooner you can let me know, the better as I can hopefully fill the space with someone else. If you let me know two weeks before the session/course/workshop then I will issue a full refund. If you let me know between two weeks and one week before the session/course/workshop I will issue a 50% refund. If you let me know less than one week before the session/course/workshop then no refund will be issued. Remember you need to pay to secure your place on the course or your place may be allocated to someone else. If the course is cancelled by Prowess, a full refund will be issued.