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 am a Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor and UIMLA International Mountain Leader and live with my wife and two young boys near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. I run my own small mountaineering and trekking company--On High Hills--as well as working freelance for other companies with whom I have shared values and aims. I am also a medical doctor and have an interest in Mountain Medicine.
ABOUT JIM / Ive been Walking Scrambling and Climbing for over 20 years. I grew up just north of the Lake District in the heart of the Eden Valley and now live just outside the Peak District. My Qualifications I hold the Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor Award (MCI) which is the highest summer based Mountaineering and Rock Climbing Qualification in the UK. I also hold the Winter Mountain Leader Award. Im First Aid Qualified as well as being fully insured for all the activities I teach. My Personal Experience I am experienced in climbing in most areas of England (Lakes Peak Cornwall Northumberland Avon) Scotland and Wales in both Summer and WinterI have also climbed in the Alps during the summer and winter as well as in the Antarctic. I have trekked in Norway Ecuador Chile Bolivia and Patagonia Personal Life Im a husband and father to two children. I have a BEng (Hons) Degree in Civil Engineering from Loughborough UniversityI am an enthusiastic climbing book collector (over 200+ signed first editions) and bit of a geek when it comes to climbing literature in general. Im also a true lover of Malt W
Im a keen climber and mountaineer. Ive been a qualified MCI since 2013 and I use the skills gained through this award on a daily basis in my work. The main reason I went down the MCI route was to give me variety in my work and also to be able to work with people as they progressed.
Iain Miller is a rock climber guidebook author and hill walker who lives works and plays on sea cliffs sea stacks mountain ranges and uninhabited islands of County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. Iain has spent the last 20 years seeking and finding unclimbed rock and summits in both the Orkney Islands and in County Donegal in Ireland. He has acquired a unique set of skills gained over these years as a mountaineer rock climber and marine engineer for too many years to mention. He has explored the mountains and coastline of County Donegal since 2007 resulting in a unique and in-depth knowledge of the geography and features of the area. finding and climbing over 50 previously unclimbed sea stacks including Tor M�r Irelands highest sea stack and Cnoc na Mara the best sea stack rock climb on earth. This has allowed him to create a collection of adventures and outdoor experiences which coupled with his in-depth knowledge of the geology of both the coastal and upland environments of Donegal has created a unique and compelling visitor experience for those seeking a new level of outdoor adventure.
Growing up in a quiet village in the West Midlands I had plenty of outdoor space to keep me busy and the fields and woodlands near my home was where my passion for the outdoors really began. After school and college I left the UK to live in Greece and Canada before returning home to start looking for a career. After a long stint in management and working as a retail manager in a cycle store I made the decision to turn my passion for the outdoors into a career and start working towards mountain leadership and becoming an outdoor instructor.In 2015 I passed my Mountain Leader and Rock Climbing Instructor Award which gave me the skills I needed to set up my own business and start offering courses to the public. Since then business has grown rapidly and I set up The Mountaineering Company in 2018 with the aim of offering high-quality instruction in smaller group sizes with passionate instructors. I now hold the Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor qualification (MCI) which is the highest qualification you can hold for summer mountaineering in the UK. Passing on knowledge and skills to my clients is what I am really passionate about and watching my clients go on to have big adventures with their new skills is the reason I became an instructor. As a passionate mountaineer climber and mountain runner I try my hardest to bring that passion with me to every course and feel that�s one of the reasons why I have so many repeat clients. Im a full member of The Association of Mountaineering Instructors (AMI) a member of Ogwen Mountain Rescue Team (OVMRO) and a member of Mountain Training and British Mountaineering Council. I also work as a Safety Manager for a number of large participation events and Technical Advisor for large-scale organisations.
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 have a great love of the Scottish outdoors and am enthusiastic about teaching and introducing others to climbing and walking in the highlands and islands of Scotland. I believe a day on the hills (as the saying goes...) is "about the journey, not the destination" and want to provide my clients with an experience of Scotland and the outdoors that will be enjoyable and inspirational.
At University I loved to study and I ended up with a BSc & PostGradCert - this took me to teaching for 14 years. I do love teaching but I was never fulfilled until I discovered that I could teach climbing and mountaineering as a career. My proudest achievements therefore were gaining my Summer (MIA/MCI) and Winter (MIC/WMCI) Climbing and Mountaineering Instructional Awards. I am now in my happy place when I am teaching or guiding people to climb or mountaineer safely for themselves. I have the dream job - theres nothing better than to share my passion and experience with other people to help them discover and build on theirs.
Dan is a mountain leader rock climbing instructor climbing wall instructor and climbing wall development instructor provider. Dan started his career in the outdoor industry at Glenmore Lodge the National Mountain Centre for Scotland where under expert tutorage he learnt the hard skills of a mountaineer as well as the professional standards that should be expected at the highest level. After this, he worked as an outdoor instructor in the Lake District and North Wales for several years gaining his Mountaineering Instructors Certificate (MIC) and developing his soft skills working with young disenchanted children from a variety of difficult backgrounds. Whilst in Wales he worked for the Joint Service Adventurous Training Centres which included training the SAS mountain troop and the joint service instructors themselves. He now runs his own mountaineering company based in Yorkshire and is a technical advisor for Carnegie Great Outdoors at Leeds Met University. His company is the largest provider of the national governing body awards for mountaineering and climbing in the North of England and provides technical advice on these matters to many schools universities and local authorities in the area.
Ive now been climbing for around twelve years in which time climbing has developed from a hobby into a lifestyle. In the past few years Ive made my home among the mountains in North Wales where I work as an Mountaineering Instructor. Now I work and travel to climb whether its in the UK Europe or further afield.My greatest experiences outdoors have been pushing my limit on sport climbs in the Frankenjura attempting an unclimbed big wall in Brazil and walking a very fine line on Indian Face at Cloggy.
I registered on the Mountain Training scheme in 2000. Since then I have progressed through the awards currently holding the Mountaineering Instructor (MIA) and Mountain Leader Winter (MLW) awards and am working towards the Mountaineering Instructor Certificate (MIC). I have climbed extensively in the UK with a passion for Mountainous or adventurous locations and adventures; I have also traveled and or climbed in many remote locations and led expeditions to Denali Greenland Morocco and Mongolia.
I am a winter mountaineering and climbing instructor operating in North wales scotland and abroad
I am an adept leader with various instructional developmental and teaching experiences. I am excellent at managing and facilitating learning in people and have a positive approach to life with a strong duty of care.
I have been extensively climbing and mountaineering since 2005 but was brought up in the hills and on the crags as my Dad was also an instructor. Since getting back into climbing and mountaineering I have travelled all over the world pursing my passion. I feel totally content and relaxed in the mountains and love trying to impart the joy of being in the outdoors on others. Since following the MIA pathway I have introduced lots of people to a new hobby be that trad climbing or hillwalking. I get most fulfilment from seeing people who I have instructed going out and sending me pictures of them on their journeys.
I run the Highland Adventure School who run high quality skills courses tailored coaching and instruction in the Highlands of Scotland.
I specialise in teaching and coaching small groups often pairs or singles in a whole range of climbing and mountaineering skills so that they can develop into independent and self-sufficient climbers. Traditional mountaineering skills are my main focus including navigation rock-climbing technique snow & ice climbing advanced rope-work and general skills associated with thriving in the mountains - in both summer and winter conditions.As a regular leader of high-altitude expeditions I also offer advice and training for those embarking on their first high-altitude experiences (often on expeditions to peaks such as Kilimanjaro Island Peak Mera Peak and Denali).
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.
Freelance instructor based in North West main activities include Mountain Walking Climbing and Mountaineering. MCI ML and RCI with own insurance DBS first aid etc. Other instructor qualls include L3 Kayak Trail Cycle Leader Power Boat L2 and Safety Boat D of E assessor and Teaching Certificate. Available for all types of freelance work around the UK.
Freelance Mountaineering Instructor currently living in Oxford but able to work all over the UK.Email - mark@climbwest.comMobile - 07708 733017
For the last thirty one years I have worked as an instructor coach and advisor the last fifteen of which I have been self-employed. In addition to my own company Sandwood Mountaineering Ltd work has been for a broad and varied range of clients from National Adventure Centres and Universities to Trekking/Mountaineering Companies Management Training Providers Logistics Oil and Seismic Companies based in the Middle East and the British and U.A.E Armed Forces. The seismic work has been for a variety of clients of various nationalities over a broad variety of terrain types and on both 2D and 3D projects. I have worked as a mountaineer and QC in Yemen Egypt and Kurdistan as well as the UK on both vehicle based and helicopter portable projects. For the last 27 years much of each winter has been spent in Scotland teaching winter mountaineering and climbing. The earlier part of this was for The Irish National Centre as well as other providers. For the last seven seasons I have worked full time for Jagged Globe Ltd. I am employed as a consultant and as a Technical Advisor for a number of companies and organisations most recently on a number of high profile projects in the City of LondonI have worked on a large number of MTA and MCI training and assessment courses and now run refreshers for ML and SPA awards. I am also currently the Midlands regional representative for the A.M.I
Justin Nicholas is based in East Devon and is the Owner of Climb South West.Please visit our website for further information.www.climbsouthwest.comhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Climb-Southwest/934755163212044
I work for Joint Services Mountain Training Center in Ballachulish.
Having been involved with Mountain Training awards since I was 19 as a Trainee they have always been held in high regard in my mind for the instructor and leader to be involved with. They have industry value and respect and content developed from experience.Ive put the work in over the years into gaining the experience that would allow me to confirm my abilities against the Single Pitch Award the Mountain Leadership Awards of both summer and winter and the Mountaineering Instructor Award and Certificates. All of these awards have given me the opportunity to work with amazing people showing them the beauty and adventure of the British Outdoors.Im now lucky enough to be able to help train the next generation and provide some of these awards to others so that they may begin or continue their careers in the Adventure Industry.
My name is Dan and I’m a Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor with a strong passion for climbing and scrambling. You can find me on my days off making the most of the rock that surrounds me in North Wales. I enjoy sharing experiences and knowledge with others in the outdoors. Giving people the skills to be safe and be able to enjoy the outdoor for themselves. I’m an experienced instructor and have been working in the outdoors for over 8 years. In that time I have worked to build my experience and qualifications not only in outdoor activities but also in teaching and reflective practice and now hold one of the highest qualifications for summer mountaineering in the UK. When delivering courses I ensure that they are tailored specifically to the clients requirements and prepare them for their next steps no matter where they might be.
Alan Kimber based in Fort William (semi retired). With my wife Sue and daughter Victoria we run a self-catering accommodation business for outdoor people groups and clubs. The best drying rooms in the area!
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.
I have been mountaineering in the UK and overseas for over 30 years. I live in North Wales on the Isle of Anglesey so I can be found out on the mountains or sea-cliffs on a regular basis. My interests extend to more than just the activities in the mountains and I am happy to chat about the geology of the local area with you as we are out and about.I thoroughly enjoy introducing people of a range of ages and abilities to the mountains. Whether it is a low level walk introducing you to climbingor scrambling helping you to improve your climbing or hill skills such as navigation or achieve a personal challenge then you can be assured of a professional and friendly service. I offer a range of courses as well as private instruction so you get a specialised experience in the mountains tailored to your requirements.If the weather does not conform then I can modify your experience so that you get the maximum out of your time with me.Apart from North Wales my other favourite walking and climbing area is the Picos de Europa in Northern Spain an area of outstanding beauty exciting rock faces dramatic gorges and beautiful remote mountain villages. I will be offering a range of walking and climbing holidaysto the Picos de Europa in 2013 (the details will be available from September 2012).Qualifications:I hold the Mountain Leader Summer Award and the Mountain Leader Winter Award both awarded by Mountain Training UK and I am a trained mountaineering instructor. I also hold a current REC Mountain First Aid qualification. I hold civil liability insurance and I am a full member of the Association of Mountaineering Instructors (AMI) a full member of Mountain Training UK and the Climbers Club of Great Britain.Please contact me to discuss your requirements. My prefered contact is by email joe@mountaineeringjoe.co.uk as I am often out in the mountains.
Most of my life Ive been an engineer and product designer working to go climbing. I have done many alpine rock routes primarily in the Dolomites become involved with cascade ice climbing created an accommodation business in the Dolomites (Casa Alfredino) worked on climbing equipment designs (notably the WC Friend Edelrid Bulletproof HMS and a line of Skylotec equipment) and generally enjoyed being in the climbing mountaineering and skiing scene. Now I aim to pass on what Ive learned to the next generation helping people who have discovered climbing through bouldering walls get outside and fall in love with that too.
I have been climbing mountaineering and instructing for over years 25 years.I have lived worked and travelled throughout much of the world and I currently live in Snowdonia.Im based in Llanberis North Wales and provide all aspects of Mountaineering Instruction and Guiding in Snowdonia and Scotland all year round. I offer rock climbing scrambling and mountaineering courses in summer and winter in both Wales Scotland and adventures overseas to places like Morocco and the Himalaya.I am an Accreditied Practioner of Outdoor Learning (APIOL) I hold the Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor (MCI) Winter Mountain Leader Award (MLW) I am an approved MTC Course Provider and a qualified Further Education tutor. A full member of The Association of Mountaineering Instructors (AMI) and North Wales Regional Co-ordinator for The Mountain Training Association (MTA).If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. Please forgive me if you dont receive an immediate response as Im probably out on the hill but will respond as soon as I can.
Outdoor Education Youth Worker Geography Teacher Head of Outdoor Education and now a Local Education Authority Outdoor Education Adviser. My awards have been gained during my career journey to support and enhance the work that Ive been doing.Ive derived so much pleasure and enjoyment from being outdoors myself and am forever thankful to those who introduced me back when I was a snotty nosed long haired schoolboy: Day hikes; canoeing at Symonds Yat; walking trips to the Brecon Beacons; Ten Tors on Dartmoor and a week on Skye when I should have been revising for A Levels. All these experiences and those who led them are the reason I became a teacher and ultimately started collecting outdoor qualifications.My qualifications have allowed me to introduce and pass on my skills and knowledge to others. There are few things better than sharing and passing on your passion for something to others. What goes around comes around!
Scott Kirkhope is the Director of Elite Guides. Based in Fort William Scotland, Elite Guides offers a wide range of high-quality mountain guiding and instructional courses. Ben Nevis Guides Skye Cuillin Ridge Guides and Glencoe Mountain Guides - offering Guided Rock Climbing Guided Scrambles and Winter Climbing Courses and Guided Winter Climbing. Scott has spent 20 years working in the outdoor sector in a range of roles from a Trainee instructor to a Senior Instructor at outdoor education centres before starting his own company. Scott is the current Development Officer for AMI.
I love giving people new experiences in the mountains increasing their personal skills as they journey towards independence and helping them understand more about their surroundings. I enjoy developing and reflecting on my own skills to this more skillfully. As part of this I run Northern Aspect which offers guided walks environmental days navigation coaching and climbing coaching. I am a provider of Mountain Trainings Hill and Mountain Skills Scheme and I run bronze and silver National Navigation Award Scheme training and assessment courses. I am an experienced ML as well as an experienced orienteer. I am a UKCC Level 2 orienteering coach and have put a lot of time and effort into making my navigation training functional and efficient no matter where you are planning on using these skills.
12 years of Technical Advisory experience. Broad range of facilities including residential centres through to urban based adrenalin experiences. Registered on the Technical Advisors databaseOne of the most respected and experienced specialists in Disability in the Outdoors. Provider of Climbing for All MTA accredited CPD course. Now providing the new online Disability Awareness course. Also provide disability consultancy developing and improving access to outdoor activities.Founder of the GB paraclimbing team. Chairperson for Adventure for All Institute of Outdoor Learning Professional Practice Group. Extensive knowledge in advising in improving disability access with the BMC Mountain Training and ABCLove being in the hills. Fell raced for 20 years lots of mountaineering and climbing in many parts of the world. Currently loving MTB. Big believer in the power of green spaces for improving mental health.
Carl has over 30 years of climbing and mountaineering experience and has been working in the outdoor adventure industry for over 20 years. Carl is a full member of AMI and is a Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor (MCI) and is a course director for the Climbing Wall Instructor award. He is currently working towards becoming a Course director for the Rock Climbing Instructor award. Carl is also a member of British Canoeing and is a qualified White-Water Kayak (L4) and Surf (L3T) Coach and assessor. The combined qualifications and experience enables Carl to work competently as a Technical Advisor/Expert across a range of land-based and water-based activities.In addition Carl has a BA (Hons) in Education and holds Diploma qualifications in Sport Science and Sport Psychology and worked as a lecturer in Outdoor Education at Northumberland College for a number of years. When not working in the outdoors Carl can usually be found out and about enjoying his own adventures. Carl has travelled extensively around the world and has been involved in many climbing and kayaking expeditions. These have included a wide range of climbing and mountaineering trips to the Alps Spain Africa the USA and Asia. Carl has organised and led mountaineering expeditions to the Alps the Atlas Mountains of Morocco and the Himalayas. He has also kayaked extensively in the Alps and was a member of an independent 16-day expedition which involved kayaking the length of the Grand Canyon.He is passionate about introducing people to the great outdoors and helping them to develop appropriate skills and knowledge; enabling them to have their own big adventures.Carl�s work currently involves a blend of private instructing coaching expedition leadership and Technical Advisor/Expert work through his own company; �Mountain Escape: Walk-Scramble-Climb� and freelance work for a number of other providers. This includes on-location film safety work for a major Netflix production.
Ex Headteacher at Arthog Outdoor Education Centre Gwynedd.WMCI; IML; Canoe and Kayak Level 5 whitewater with 5 Star Surf Sea Canoe;BASI level 2 with Level 4 EMS.Available to be booked for group courses or personal tuitionSee Outdoor Adventure Consultancy on Facebook
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...
Pete is holder of the WMCI the highest UK instructional qualification an Honorary Life Member of the Association of Mountaineering Instructors a member of theMIC.org as well as past President of the Mountaineering Council of Scotland. He is also an IRATE level 3 holder and co-Chair of the Route Setting Association.He has led mountaineering expeditions to the Indian and Nepalese Himalaya and was leader of an international expedition to Kashmir which made the first ascents of three previously unclimbed peaks. Notable Alpine ascents include the North Face of the Eiger and the North Face of the Matterhorn both in winter as well as a lot of eminently more sensible routes! A member of the Alpine Club and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society he is an SML WML RCI CWI and CWDI course director for Mountain Training Scotland. He is joint author of the globally successful The Mountain Skills Training Handbook author of five other books and enjoys leading groups to various corners of the world from deserts to mountains to rain forests.
I am a qualified Mountaineering Instructor and Winter Mountain Leader based in Snowdonia North Wales.I run courses covering all aspects of summer mountaineering & winter hillwalking as well as guided walking and climbing from the sea cliffs of Anglesey to the mountain crags of Snowdonia. Climbing courses & summer mountaineering courses are generally run in North Wales. Winter courses are generally run in North Wales and on the west coast of Scotland.Group sizes are generally kept small to give the best quality of instruction. All courses are bespoke and can be tailored to the requirements of participants.
Graham Sven Hassall holds the Mountaineering Instructor Award is a Winter Mountain Leader and recently completed a BA (Hons) in Leadership (Outdoors). He enjoys all aspects of being in the mountains but it is new routing though that really gets him going; Sven has an ever growing collection of first ascents around the world always on site without prior inspection up to standards of E1 5b and heights of 6900m. He climbs E3 (a benefit of living 400m away from the crags at Symonds Yat!) aid climbs or writes when it rains and speaks fluent Spanish.
Freelance mountaineering instructor and naturalist. Owner of Summit Sense. Alex is a Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor, Winter Mountain Leader and BSc Zoologist by training. He is passionate about connecting people with their natural environment working as a freelance MCI/WML wildlife tour leader and skills workshop provider. He is also a Mountain Training skills course tutor and course staff on ML training/assessment courses. He works on a freelance basis with other likeminded outdoor companies to provide qualified instruction and guiding services and also runs a range of his own in-house organised courses, workshops, guided experiences and events tailored towards walking, scrambling and climbing in the mountain environment as Summit Sense. Alex lives and works in Eryri/Snowdonia year-round and regularly works on the West Coast of Scotland and Skye.
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 love the outdoors and I'm keen to share this gift with others via the skills and experiences I've gained doing various Mountain Training Awards. My ultimate outdoor experiences include anything from gentle hill walks through to climbs or runs at my limit and almost anything in between. I specifically love the outdoors for the ever-changing light for broad expanses of sky / mountains / ocean ideally with a bit of native forestry in the middle distance for perspective. My outdoor interests include cycling, climbing, walking and running, which Ive been lucky enough to pursue in the UK and across six continents over the last 30 years. Get in touch if I can help with any of your outdoor goals.
I began climbing whilst at school in Bristol. I distinctly remember my first day in the Avon Gorge because the Council blew up Teatime Ledge! A year later Id bought a pair of EBs a harness & a rope & was already �instructing younger pupils. The school took regular trips to Eryri so I was also introduced to the mountains early on. My third walk was across Crib Goch: I dont think Id ever been so frightened but somehow I kept calm & continued. Its hardly surprising therefore that I decided to study at Bangor University but I spent my summers instructing climbing & canoeing in the USA. Instructing led me into teaching & I was lucky because Avon LEA paid for me to do my NGB awards in climbing hill-walking & canoeing. Theyd be glad to know that their investment paid off as I continued to do this throughout 30 years of teaching whether it was preparing pupils for the infamous Ten Tors paddling the Avon & Wye abseiling down the Sea Walls or completing DoEA expeditions in Eryri & The Lake District. I pursued the MCI to take my son multi-pitch climbing safely & didnt foresee the doors it would subsequently open. When I looked for a way to escape teaching a new path presented itself as I was offered work training prospective MLs & RCIs. I really enjoy this work as I get to meet so many enthusiastic people who want to share their love of the mountains & after 40 years in the hills I have a wealth of experience to draw on to answer their questions. Being able to take folk to the more secluded areas of Eryri than they might be familiar with is also gratifying.Climbing & hill-walking teaching & instructing have been inextricably entwined in my life for over 40 years. They have taken me all over the world & made me many lifelong friends. I still bump into ex-pupils & their huge smiles tell me that my career choice was a good one for in many cases it has changed lives for the better forever. But then I knew that because its my story too.
Senior Instructor at Glenmore Lodge Scotlands National Outdoor Training Centre
Climber, Coach & Mountaineering Instructor (WMCI)Coaching & guiding Trad | Sport | Boulder | Ice & Mixed. Based in the Peak working UK-wide & in Norway
I started working in the outdoor industry over twenty years ago back in the US of A. After moving to the UK in 2003 I began working my way up the Mountain Training awards. I hold the SPA Summer Mountain Leader Winter Mountain Leader the Mountaineering Instructor Award (full AMI member) an approved provider of the Mountain Training CWA award and a NICAS Technical Expert. My area of specialism is with rock climbing specifically with all aspects of climbing walls.-I am the Founder and Senior Trainer for the Route Setting Association (RSA) IRATA Level 3 qualified (highest industrial rope access possible) certified to install test and inspect fall arrest anchors prior member of the AMI Executive Committee member of the Association of British Climbing Walls (ABC) Training and Technical Committees and have been a Technical Adviser to the GB Paraclimbing Team various commercial climbing centres (CCG and others) and various climbing wall manufacturers. -For outdoor work I have led expeditions to South Africa Namibia Lesotho Morocco and India. I am an accredited Duke of Edinburgh supervisor and assessor for all levels teach Navigation Rock Climbing Summer Mountaineering and Winter skills courses to both adults and young people.-I live in Sheffield so by default am a keen boulderer but my true love is multi-pitch routes.-For climbing walls I have experience building over 50 climbing walls of various size and nature (from traverse walls to major centres) I am a professional Route Setter and Route Setting trainer (initially for the CWMA now for the RSA). My company www.climbingwallservices.com provides comprehensive Inspection Advice and Training services for all types of climbing walls. - If you are interested in anything I can do get in touch! Nate
AMI has a rigorous child protection and vulnerable adults policy.
AMI members work to a Code of Professional Practice which ensures that all maintain the same high standards of operation.
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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