ABOUT AMI
AMI is the representative Association for qualified Mountaineering Instructors. All of our Members are independent, and either run their own businesses or work for larger organisations. We list them here so you can find them easily and see what they have to offer.
Depending on the nature of the course or activity you should expect to pay upwards of £200 per day for the services of a Mountaineering Instructor. Remote areas, winter conditions, long routes and specialist experience are just some of the factors that may justify a higher daily rate.
Ratios vary greatly depending on the grade or nature of the terrain but an instructor/client ratio of 1:1 or 1:2 is typical for rock climbing, winter climbing and scrambling in mountainous environments. In some circumstances a higher ratio is possible, such as a larger group size at a lower and less remote venue. Maximum ratios for these days are determined by the instructor.
Select your instructor and contact them directly to make your enquiries.
I live in Llanberis North Wales working as a climbing and mountaineering instructor and teaching Outdoor Education. I am passionate about working in the outdoors and the exceptional opportunities it can provide for young people and adults.Originally from London I moved to Leeds in 1998 and worked as a youth worker; developing programmes for the personal development of young women using a range of outdoor activities team games and art-based work. A personal love of being in the hills and in wild open spaces led naturally to encouraging others to find such pleasure. I started to run courses on teaching Outdoor Education and gained qualifications in rock climbing (SPA) and the hillwalking (ML). I worked for Leeds City Council at their residential outdoor education centre Herd Farm running climbing high ropes mountain biking and archery activities.In 2007 I packed it all in to travel and work in New Zealand. On my return to the UK I moved to North Wales where I worked at the Mountain Training England office. I also gained the Mountaineering Instructor Award (MIA) which allowed me to become a full time freelance instructor. In 2019 myself and Pete Marshall set up Latitude 534 - With a combined 30years working in the outdoors we wanted to build a company that reflected not just the wealth of our experience but also the quality of the work we provide. Not just �run of the mill� activities but quality instruction; supportive and inclusive access to the outdoors. The rest of the time I have free to spend climbing and walking in the incredible mountains of Snowdonia. And hiding from the rain!
Hi, I'm Luke, I'm a Rock Climbing Instructor and Mountain Leader currently based at Calshot Climbing Wall in Southampton. Currently developing my sport climbing and technical advisory portfolio and route setting as a Wall Supervisor here. Coaching is an exciting prospect within climbing, and I am avid in pursuing people's best abilities, whoever that might be. Experienced in working with all ages and abilities; beginners to intermediate climbers and all levels of NICAS.
Ive always enjoyed being in the outdoors walking and climbing was a way I could spend more time outside. Walking led to winter walking and mountaineering and rock climbing led to winter climbing and Alpinism. After taking my first flight to South Africa when I was 17 I also began to travel widely together with my interest in the outdoors travel ignited my interest in physical geography. I began to go on expeditions which led to me becoming an expedition leader as well as travelling to various mountain ranges around the world for high altitude mountaineering and ski touring. I continue to explore challenge myself in the mountains and on the crags and spend time experiencing different mountain cultures around the world.
Im a super keen climber and love everything to do with the mountains. From big alpine routes to micro nav across the Moelwyns. Ive got an ever increasing interest in the local environment with the geology history and wildlife side of being a leader becoming more and more important to me.
Keith has a breadth and depth of experience in the outdoor industry gained over a 35yr career. Employment includes activity delivery at LEA outdoor education centres youth and corporate development work and the delivery of climbing courses and mountaineering awards at The National Mountain Centre Plas y Brenin. He is a committed climber and alpinist who has climbed extensively throughout the world to a high level. He delivers instruction and guiding in the UK in both summer and winter. Outdoor qualifications include the Winter Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor and International Mountain Leader. Through his work on instructor training and assessment courses he has influenced the development of a large percentage of the UK's climbing instructors. He has worked on over 400 Mountain Training courses for a variety of providers.As a long standing member of the Association of Mountaineering Instructors (AMI) Keith sits on the AMI committee with responsibility for Professional Standards and is an AMI Trainee Workshop Trainer.
Provider of Mountain Skills. Based in North Wales for most of the year but mobile to any area. Currently engaged with Hazardous Environment Assessment and logistics for major industrial partners and media companies. Provider of hazardous environment technical advice and support for the Offshore Site-Investigation Industry.Media support with stills and video ropework/work at height or in a hazardous environment.
Full time WMCI based in North Wales. Expert in Climbing / Mountaineering (Summer and Winter) Hybrid Adventure Activities - Coasteering Sea Level Traversing (including Improvised Clip Lines Tyroleans and Zip Lines) Gorge Walking and Scrambling. www.coasteeringnow.co.uk and www.sowdoniaoutdooradventure.co.uk info@snowdoniaoutdooradventure.co.uk coasteeringnow@gmail.com Available to discuss on phone or message / Whatsapp - 07739813927
Full time at Glenmore Lodge yet always keen for a few extra days work out in the hills so send me a message and we can see what may be possible...even if I cannot I know people who can. I have worked on over 200 Mountain Training courses training and assessing. These include WMCI MCI ML Winter and ML. I am also a current course director for the training and assessment of these awards. Over 30 years working as an outdoor professional, passionate about many things outdoor related and qualified to lead and coach in advanced environments in White Water Kayak Sea Kayak and Open Canoe. Former elite-level mountain marathoner. Active technical adviser, sailor and keen fisherman...
Over 40 years climbing and mountaineering experience.Qualified Mountain Instructor and IML for nearly 30 years.MTE course provider for 30 years.Personal & instructional experience all over Europe and worldwide.My company has been in business for over 35 yearsTechnical adviser to many businesses organisations climbing walls and sole tradersBMC approved expert witness
Having gained my Mountain Leader Award in 2002 I have been actively working in the outdoors for many successive years. Whenever I feel skills fade starting to set in I move on to the next level of qualifications. I have thoroughly enjoyed the process of going through the qualifications then consolidating my skills both through working in Outdoor Education centers and leading overseas expeditions.
I’m a Winter ML and Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor and a qualified member of the Mountain Training Association and the Association of Mountaineering Instructors. I am based in the North West of England and mainly operate in North Wales and the Lake District.
Ive been climbing and enjoying the mountains for over 40 years passing on skills to young and old along the way! My main motivation is to develop clients skills and watch them progress better equipped onto yet more adventures. I always get a keen sense of satisfaction seeing my clients learn new skills and overcome the challenges they face on their journey. Ive climbed across the UK on all types of crags but just love the British sea cliffs and big mountain crags. My extensive experience climbing overseas includes: USA (California Wyoming Utah Colorado) Morocco (Anti-Atlas) Spain (Costa Durada Costa Blanca El Chorro) France (Chamonix area Fontainebleau Durance Valley Orpierre Annecy etc etc) Tenerife and Sardinia. Although I dont deliver skills in winter conditions or Alpine environments Ive been visiting the Alps to climb and ski for my own enjoyment since the 80s visiting France Switzerland and Italy.
WMCI working full time across the British mountains. I've worked at lots of festivals including ClimbOut, Arc'Teryx Climbing Academy and was a long-term volunteer and subsequently chief instructor of the Women's Trad Festival. I am also a qualified mountain bike guide and coach (British Cycling Level 3) a tutor of the British Cycling leadership schemes and a wild swimming coach so we can dip on the way home from the crag. I can offer: Multi-pitch rock climbing, learn to lead courses, refresher courses, confidence boosters, multi-pitch refreshers, single-pitch to multi-pitch. I also teach navigation, hill and mountain skills, scrambling courses, guided scrambling, alpine preparation courses, problem-solving and rescue techniques. ML course director, ML refreshers. Guided winter climbing, ice climbing, winter lead courses, winter mountaineering, winter skills, guided winter walking. Get in touch to chat about how I can help you.
A well known MIC I live and work from the foot of Ben nevis running winter climbing courses and winter mountain leader courses throughout the winter. I am a sponsored winter climber and also offer backcountry and ski touring courses. I regularly give winter safety lectures and run avalanche courses for the Mcofs.
Sam Marsland Mountaineering Instructor based in The Lake District & Scotland I instruct full time under the business name Lake District Mountaineering and I am also available for private guiding in summer and winter I hold a BA Hons degree in Outdoor Leadership and I hold the WMCI and MCI qualifications
My name is Louis I am originally from Clapham in London and now reside in Fort William Scotland working as a full time Mountaineering Instructor and Winter Mountain Leader. I have been obsessed with climbing in its various forms for just over a decade but since moving to Scotland have focussed almost solely on traditional climbing and mountaineering: although since qualifying I have a rediscovered love for outdoor bouldering and sport climbing! I started my vocation somewhat accidentally; partly because the act of continuously pursuing climbing is an incredibly fun physical and cerebral challenge but as a result of the incredible people found within the community. I was definitely a bit of a misfit through school and I found a refuge with the sanctuary of the climbing wall. Admittedly I was incredibly fortunate to have many people of influence in my life help me to channel this passion into what it is today; from my first steps trad climbing aged 13 on Stanage in the Peak to my time in the Vauxwall youth development squad to my first Scottish winter climbing adventures. There have been so many wonderfully supportive people along the way to enable those gateway experiences and mould my impression of what a passion for climbing can achieve. Its now a large part of why I enjoy my job so much - getting the opportunity to introduce new people to the sport! I do a small amount of work for myself trading under the name Kennedy Mountaineering. I offer guided climbing adventures and skills courses (further details on my website) but feel I specialise in guiding classic mountain and sea-cliff routes on my Scottish Rock Tours (guided climbing/ bouldering/ sport/ trad/ scrambling) and providing introductory skills courses for new outdoor climbers. The majority of my work is on a freelance basis working with a variety of clients. From schools and youth development programmes to guiding people on their holiday mountain adventures.
With deep European roots and a love for exploring every corner of the UK’s mountains, I’ve built a life around climbing and mountaineering adventures. I hold a first-class degree in Outdoor Education and work full-time managing a busy climbing centre. Alongside that, I take on freelance instruction whenever I can and also lead youth expeditions overseas.
After leaving university with a BSc in Physical Education & Sport Science. Olly started his career in the Adventure Activities Industry over 20 years ago, working for Robinwood Activity Centres, where he quickly learnt the skills and knowledge & gained qualifications to deliver high-quality courses and develop a wide range of skills. After helping Robinwood set up a new centre (Barhaugh Hall Alston) and establish a complete staff training & development programme, Olly moved to Aberdyfi, Wales to work for the Outward Bound Trust, furthering his experience, knowledge and qualifications. The Trust’s emphasis on personal development enabled him to see and use the benefits of adventurous activities to help build confidence, self-worth, mindfulness and positivity in all aspects of life for all his clientele. Olly moved to London to work in the ever-growing indoor climbing industry. He drew on his many years of coaching & instructing experience to develop & deliver courses for the Castle Climbing Centre as well as route setting, helping train & mentor staff and establish a high-performance Youth Climbing Squad Scheme with members going on to join both junior and senior GB & GB Para climbing teams. He also continues to work for Geckos Climbing Ltd, running both indoor and outdoor rock climbing courses. He achieve Britian’s highest climbing qualification, Mountaineering & Climbing Instructor (MCI), from Mountain Training in 2015. With a passion for the outdoors, Olly set up Live Dream Adventure (www.livedreamadventure.com) with the goal of designing, developing and delivering the highest quality instructing & coaching courses for all.
Aviemore based mountaineering and ski touring instructor
I am a full-time freelance outdoor instructor based in Snowdonia North Wales. In the winter months I work as a ski and telemark instructor in Verbier Switzerland. http://betweenskiingandclimbing.blogspot.co.uk/
I discovered the Great Outdoors in the mid-eighties and have been a passionate and active rock & winter mountaineer/climber ever since. With a career which started over 40 years ago as an illustrator in the creative industries I have combined both outdoor instruction and creative work for the last 30 years. This has led me to travel and work extensively in the British Mountains enjoying the Welsh Scottish and English Crags as well as climbing widely in the mountains of Europe and further afield to the Greater Ranges of the Himalaya (India & Nepal) Kenya Iceland and Jordon. During this time I have proceeded to gain professional Mountain Instructor qualifications obtaining these during the late 80s and 90s. Over the years I have worked & gained experience both with adults and young people working on a range of adventurous outdoor activities from leading expeditions through to climbing & mountaineering courses. I have worked mainly as a freelance instructor with a number of outdoor & local authority Centres as well as private clientele both involving summer and winter skills.
Whilst a teenager I was introduced to the outdoors by being in the Scouts. I enjoyed rock climbing and hill walking along with many other activities such as kayaking and mountain biking. As a Uni student, I was offered the opportunity to undertake SPA Training and then ML Training. Whilst still at University I took the SPA assessment and then promptly started a career as a Police Officer which kept me busy. I managed to get out on days off but shifts made it difficult to continue with my hobbies. In 2005 I finally managed to get round to doing ML Assessment and in 2007 I finally left the Police and worked at a FE College teaching Outdoor Education. In 2009 and 2010 respectively I gained WML and MIA. In August 2018 I left teaching at a college to concentrate on my own business and with a bit more free time in Feb 2020 I finally achieved the WMCI. I now spend my time running Mountain Training and Royal Lifesaving Society courses as well as undertaking AALA inspections.
Experienced Mountaineering Instructor and Technical Expert with 35 years working and playing in the Mountains Climbing walking and sharing my love of the Mountains with others. I have a particular passion for introducing Young people to the Mountains and for making our sport more inclusive. Mountaineering Ireland Course Director for full range of Mountain training Awards. Climbing for All Course Provider and Technical Expert. Casual Staff Tollymore National Outdoor Centre Former President Mountaineering Ireland 2016-2021.MI Rep On MTUKI 2017-2021IOSH Managing Safely.
Introduced to the outdoors via a crash course in Cross country skiing and winter survival as part of my DofE Gold expedition it was inevitable that I would lean towards a more action filled personal life. I have broadened my personal experiences by climbing and walking as part of expeditions across much of Europes mountain ranges and further afield. These emboldening experiences include early yet formative winter expeditions to the Hardangervidda in Norway the Caucasus in South Russia. Wilderness trekking through the Sud Tirol and Dolomites. Summer Alpine ascents of major Swiss and French alps. Multiple free ascents of classic Yosemite and Tuolumne routes. Multiple bouldering excursions to Fountainblau not to mention innumerable trip/routes across the major UK mountain regions in both summer and winter.Since 2009. I have endeavored to pass my passion for the outdoors over to school children from around the Sheffield area. As a secondary school teacher I have looked to embed outdoor experiences into their development and happily see rapid development in all participants. Mountain walking and outdoor climbing nurture confidence social and environmental awareness team skills and personal reflection - whats not to agree with?Next step MIA and IML!
Olly grew up in the Yorkshire Dales and explored the hills crags and trails extensively throughout his teenage years. He then headed to Ambleside Lake District to complete a BSc in Outdoor Studies. Throughout his time in the Lake District Olly took advantage of his location; climbing scrambling and walking all over the National Park. Olly is qualified with the Mountain Instructor Award which is the highest UK qualification for summer climbing and mountaineering. Olly also has extensive knowledge of Scotland and holds the Winter Mountain Leader award delivering winter skills and guided winter mountain walks. He has worked all over Yorkshire and the Lakes for outdoor centres schools and himself and has climbed all over the UK. Olly aims to help you reach and exceed your expectations in the outdoors. Feel free to contact him to chat through your aims and aspirations.
I am a mountaineering instructor and international expedition leader based in the South West of England as a former British Army officer I am highly experienced and passionate about training and developing people and with this desire that I founded my company Mountain Addiction (mountain-addiction.co.uk). I am a holder of the Mountaineering Instructor Award and a full member of the Association of Mountaineering Instructors I am also medically qualified as a Wilderness First Responder and a military Ski Touring Leader (Ski Leader 3).As well as mountaineering instruction and leading expeditions I am also highly experienced at delivering leadership coaching and team development facilitation to high level corporates middle management sports coaches and more. My varied background gives me the experience and expertise to develop peoples self confidence leadership and teamwork as well as technical skills for accessing the mountains and the outdoors in general.If you want to learn the skills you need to access the outdoors then please get in touch I would be delighted to help you.
I am an active climber and climbing instructor with a comprehensive knowledge of UK climbing both summer and winter. I also know how to have a laugh. Cheers. H
Im a freelance Mountaineering Instructor based in Pembrokeshire and also the owner of The Climbing Company. We are providers of the RCI scheme for Mountain Training. I'm lucky enough to have climbed worked and travelled to 6 continents and am as keen to get out climbing as the day I started nearly two decades ago.. Highlights include big walling in Yosemite Alpine North faces in winter ski mountaineeering in remote areas and any day in Pembrokeshire above the crashing Atlantic Ocean exploring new cliffs with dolphins swimming below! Most of my work includes learn to lead climb courses self rescue skills for climbers scrambling and Alpine ropework NGB courses guided days out climbing and coaching. Quite often get in the water for work too! Coasteering surfing kayaking...
Owner and lead instructor for https://www.straightupadventures.co.uk providing guiding and instruction for walking scrambling mountaineering and climbing in summer and winter. Summer rock climbing course in Snowdonia and winter ice & mixed climbing in Fort William.
Full time WMCI & IML holder. My mountaineering work is primarily through Scotch on the Rocks Guiding - sotrg.co.ukI also direct my own business - Trail Running Scotland - TrailRunningScotland.com
I offer training coaching and guiding in all aspects of summer climbing and mountaineering in North Wales the Lake District as well as on the Isle of Skye over the early Summer season. I also offer technical advice to climbing walls and providers of outdoor adventurous activities. I am a registered practitioner with the Institute for Outdoor Learning (RPIOL) and hold teaching and health and safety qualifications as well as range of outdoor qualifications. My passion lies with supporting people to become independent in the mountains and on the crags and allow people to get active and enjoy the magic of the outdoors.
I am a qualified Summer ML and SPA and a Geography/Science teacher. It has taken a lot of indecisiveness and time to get where I am but I am glad I pursued what is shaping up to be a fantastic career choice.I started exploring the Outdoors while at university where I joined the Mountaineering club which I eventually became the President of. After only a few climbing trips I was hooked. I didnt think there was a career in outdoor activities at that point and I had already decided I wanted to be a Teacher (like most Geography undergraduates). It wasnt until after university while working in retail that I started the process of becoming a freelancer by completing the SPA. I got a little bit of work using it but only at indoor climbing centres (can you see the irony?). I decided that the ML award was the most natural progression in to the outdoor office but living in the city wasnt conducive to obtaining it. So I moved to North Wales completed my teaching degree and booked my ML assessment passed first time and I was working with my own group the week after. This year Im leading my first overseas expedition to Jordan. It is a good profession but you have to work just as hard getting work as a freelancer as you do actually working. This is balanced by the fact I am my own boss and I decide when I work and most importantly when I do Im in the outdoors or rather Im out of the indoors!.
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I first registered on the Mountain Training scheme in 1995.Since then I have completed my MIC whilst being a full time Royal Marine Commando.In that time I have had many climbing and mountaineering trips around the world. The most memorable one was to climb the North Ridge of Mt Everest when on my summit attempt I came across an injured climber over the next seven and a half hours I carried the man from almost 8000mtrs down to ABC at 6300mtrs. For this act of bravery I was awarded the Royal Humane Societies Gold Stanhope medal.Now retired from the Royal Marines I work as a freelance instructor through out the UK.
For the past eight years I have been working as an outdoor instructor in Scotland England and Wales. The awards that I hold are the Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor the Rock Climbing Instructor and the Mountain Leader (Summer). I have used these awards to teach clients how to go trad climbing sport climbing bouldering scrambling and hillwalking. I have also guided clients on rock climbing scrambling and hillwalking routes throughout the UK. The awards have enabled me lead clients in spectacular parts of the UK including the Highlands North Wales the Lake District the Peak District and the Yorkshire Dales. Some of the highlights have been guiding clients over the Cuillins on Skye taking clients multi-pitch climbing in the Lake District and teaching clients how to lead on trad climbs in the Peak District. The awards have enabled me to plan days that provided a suitable level of challenge for clients. I can take clients on rock climbs scrambles and hill walks that they might not be comfortable doing by themselves. It feels like a privilege to be able to give clients these opportunities.
Hello thanks for visiting my profile i have been walking and climbing for nearly 30 years working in the Outdoor Industry for over 20. I set up Ecosse Mountains in 2003 based in Grantown on Spey North East Scotland. As a mountain instructor WMCI a full member of the Association of Mountaineering Instructors (AMI) provides courses and tailor-made days on all aspects of Summer and Winter Mountaineering and Climbing.I also work as a freelance instructor engaging with many other companies where I am an associate instructor I have a wealth of experience in training and assessing a variety of National Governing Body qualifications up to and including Winter Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor Scotland North East AMI Trainee trainer as well as a WMCI Mentor.As well as working in the UK I have experience in running ice climbing courses in Norway and have guided numerous high-altitude trekking trips in Africa and Nepal.The above experience has also enabled me to work in the TV/Film industry for over a decade looking after cast and crew in challenging locations Health and Safety qualified IOSH Safety and Health for Business and a member of the Institute of Safety & Health.For further details - www.ecossemountains.co.uk
I am a qualified Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor and Foundation Coach who specialises in teaching rock climbing in all of its forms. I have been working as a rock climbing instructor for more than 10 years throughout the UK and overseas. I moved to the Scottish Highlands in 2020 to be closer to the best mountains in the UK. From my base in Inverness I offer guided rock climbing learn to lead courses and performance climbing coaching.
I am a qualified teacher QTS plus three years Mountaineering and Rock climbing instructor Coasteering Guide Glacier Guide. I have a vast background in walking in all weather in the UK since I was nine years old. I have been walking and climbing all over the UK and further afield. This has been in a vast range of conditions from heavy snow to sunny days. I have trekked in the States New Zealand and the UK. I have worked as a Glacier Guide (Franz Josef) in New Zealand Coasteering and Rock climbing Guide in Dorset and Mountain Leader across all of the UK National Parks. I have done a lot of Duke of Edinburgh and group work with both children and adults. I have dealt with clients in all sorts of situations from sunny days exploring to rescues of other group members. I have completed advanced rope training in terms of winching helicopter loading and casualty extraction both on glaciers and sea cliff rescue with the RNLI. Have been traditional climbing all over the UK and New Zealand since 2006 and have climbed mods to E3 onsight and seconded to E5. I enjoy all aspects of traditional climbing from Sea Cliffs to Gritstone outcrops and to Mountain crags. I have climbed a great deal of very committing routes particularly at Swanage in Dorset where I have climbed nearly everything to E2 including some terrifying loose routes that required a great amount of skill to get up. I think that my belaying rope work gear placing and general problem solving are to a high standard on the crag. I have done extensive amounts of winter climbing/walking and scrambling in very wet cold conditions.
I am an MCI trainee with the aspiration to become a WMCI in the furure.I have been hill walking since a very young age. My grandparents took me up Pen Y Fan when I was 6 years old and since then I have been hooked with the outdoors. Every year since then I have ventured to North Wales and the Lake District building upon my knowledge. Aged 13 I joined the Army Cadet Force as a young and keen teenager eager to develop my skills in a more demanding environment and improve my hill skills and navigation. Through the ACF I entered the Ten Tors challenge 5 times and found a love of rock climbing.Aged 16 I took up rock climbing as a hobby which soon developed into UK winter Ice and mixed climbing. When I turned 19 I did a Summer Mountain Leader Training course and 6 months later passed the Assessment. Since then I have continued to train Ten Tors teams for the ACF and lead groups in North Wales and the Lake District. I have always enjoyed passing on my knowledge to others and relish in the enjoyment others gain from learning new skills and experiencing the outdoors. It means a lot to me when I see individuals develop and improve their new found skills in an environment they may not usually find themselves in. This is the basis of why I set up my business At The Edge Mountaineering where I deliver navigation and climbing courses on Dartmoor as well as mountain skills courses in Snowdonia and the Lake District.My winter climbing has now led me to climb in the Alps both summer and winter and take up ski mountaineering and touring.
I live in the Lake District and love teaching, coaching and guiding climbing and mountaineering. Whether it's long days in the mountains, pulling hard on limestone sport crags or doing funky moves on a boulder...I'm pretty happy when I'm climbing. It's a sport with something for everyone. I can explore new places, meet new people, push myself physically and mentally, and enjoy an activity which is inclusive and inspiring no matter who you are. I aim to still be in the hills and pulling myself up rock climbs when Im 80!?I have lived in Yorkshire, the Peak District and Scotland before returning to Cumbria. I started climbing as a teenager, first competing indoors and then learning to explore outdoor climbing and mountaineering all over the UK and abroad.�?I studied for a degree in Outdoor Studies and since then have gained many years working in the outdoor industry with a wide variety of clients, activites and locations. I am experienced in youth development work and also currently study part-time for a masters degree in Environmental Education. ?I always continue to pursue my own passion for the outdoors in my personal time particularly in rock climbing. I enjoy being outdoors regardless of the grade, but some specific highlights have been trad climbing up to E6 sport climbing up to 8a and bouldering V11. I really enjoy teaching and coaching others to develop skills for themselves no matter what level theyre at and love sharing my passion with other people.
Hi my name is Connor Holdsworth I am the company founder of Atlas Mountaineering. I was born in Bradford although I have spent a great deal of my adult life in Scotland. Since a young age I have always been outdoors walking and climbing it only seemed natural after I graduated from university that I would do this full time. I love helping people experience what the UK has to offer whether it is trying climbing for the first time or taking a group to the summit of Ben Nevis. It is such a beautiful place to live and work and I would not trade what I do for the world. Outside of work I am a keen climber and love going on big adventures recently I have spent time in Morocco in the High Atlas mountains (hence the company name) and the Italian Dolomite climbing and trekking.
From Moor to Mountain: A Yorkshire Lad in the Highlands. Earning my Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor award alongside Winter Training and the Winter Mountain Leader qualification felt like a proper milestone. Not flashy, just solid. Like a well-packed rucksack or a brew after a long day on the hill. It’s the kind of recognition that says, “Aye, you’ve put the graft in, and you’ve done it right.”I didn’t set out chasing certificates. I set out to help folk feel steady on their feet, whether they’re picking their way through summer scree or navigating a whiteout in January. These awards have given me the tools to do that properly structured safe and with a bit of character. They’ve opened doors with providers, sure, but more than that, they’ve helped me build trust. Trust that when someone steps onto the hill with me, they’re not just getting a qualified instructor, they’re getting someone who cares. Since gaining them, I’ve tightened up my emergency protocols, refined session plans to suit all sorts from nervous beginners to confident returners and brought a bit of Highland hospitality and Yorkshire plain-speaking to every briefing. No fluff, no ego, just good, honest mountain days. I love having these awards, not for the badge but for what they let me offer: calm leadership, clear communication and a coaching style that’s rooted in care. When I mention them in a session or jot them down in a proposal, it’s not about showing off, it’s about saying “You’re in good hands. Let’s crack on and make this day count.”
Having adventures in the mountains and help others to have their own adventures is what I am all about! I am super psyched on facilitating adventure and learning in the outdoors.Please do not hesitate to get in touch and get more out of your own adventures.
I am a full time instructor living in the mountains of North Wales with my wife Kate and our 4 children. I have climbed around the world and seen many beautiful places but love living and working in the mountains of Snowdonia.I took up rock climbing as a teenager and have been climbing ever since. I love adventurous climbing favourite rock climbs are routes like the Old Man of Hoy big multi pitch routes on Cloggy or Gogarth. Winter Climbing for me captures the adventure element that I love the short days sunsets cold crisp air and the uncertainty of catching the routes in condition all combine to give a magical experience. Trips to the Alps manage to combine the best of each warm sunny rock blue skies soaring snow aretes and steep ice - often all in one day! I have been lucky enough to climb classics like the Matterhorn Frendo Spur North Face of the Grande Jorasses Mont Blanc and many more. I visit the Alps for fun with friends a couple of times each year for ski mountaineering and climbing and have also climbed in the States Norway the Himalaya Africa and across Europe.
Im a lifelong outdoor instructor... started working for PGL in 1982 and still loving it!Currently I work part time for Plas y Brenin leading the majority of the activities that we do here.I also work part time as an inspector for AALA (the HSE outdoor centre safety inspectorate) and the ATSR (the military equivalent).Im interested in all aspects of mountaineering and cimbing but also am a Level 5 kayak coach ageing raft guide and Mountain Bike Leader/ Coach. This breadth of experience working in other areas of the outdoor world gives me access to knowledge that fits well with my qualification and experiences working in the mountains and on the crags of the UK and further afield.
I started working in the Outdoor sector in 2006 with little experience and through work and friends I quickly developed a passion for all things in the Outdoors.Working my way up through the SPA ML CWLA and Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor (formally MIA) Award schemes. I now actively use my Awards for an Activity Centre company providing Technical advice and Staff training and Development. I provide climbing and Naviagtion courses in Rossendale and West Yorkshire and also work as a freelance MCI instructor in the Peaks Dales Lakes Snowdonia and occasionally Scotland when I can.Its not all about work though I try to get out as often as possible personally and love getting out there pushing myself having adventures and just having fun in the outdoors.
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Mountaineering and Climbing Instructors are qualified to instruct mountaineering in non-winter conditions including all aspects of rock climbing, both single and multi-pitch, plus hill walking and scrambling.
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The WMCI is the highest MTUKI award and Members must first hold the MCI. Winter Mountaineering and Climbing Instructors are qualified to instruct and guide in all aspects of winter climbing and mountaineering activities along with winter hill walking.
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