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

For members of MTA, AMI, ACC or British Mountain Guides: £75

For members of the public: £100

How to Book

To book a place on a workshop, contact me via email at [email protected] or WhatsApp on +447792 854 863 including:

• Your name
• Your preferred time and date
• Any affiliations to organisations listed above
• Optional: A Form of Understanding (click here to download)
• Any additional information you think I should know

You will then be sent a payment link. Once payment is received, you will be added to the course.

If the start of the workshop is too soon, you can message me and both payment form can be completed at the beginning of the workshop, using a card reader and, erm, pen and paper. However there is no guarantee that you will have a space.

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.