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29/08/2026

What do climbing instructors do on their day off? …go climbing!

⛰️ ticked a few more routes off my wish list 😎
⛰️ spent ages on a crux (thank you belayer 🙏)
⛰️ climbed a needle…
⛰️ …and extracted myself from the summit 😅
⛰️ sunset scrambles

27/08/2026

Grand day out - thank you Elliott for seeking me out to guide you on a day of scrambling and easy climbing during your recent trip to the Lake District!

We headed up some of the wonderful Langdale rock on Middlefell Buttress and Harrison Stickle… and then down Jack’s Rake!

It has been lovely to introduce a whole host of people to craggy adventures in the Lake District this summer ⛰️

20/08/2026

High five - Helena and Will have done a bunch of outdoor climbing, but always following others up routes. They booked a weekend with me to get leading, and ‘build trust in the gear, and each other’ 🙂

On Saturday we headed up a chilled multi-pitch route to build skills:
✅ belaying a leader and second
✅ using two ropes
✅ placing and removing gear
✅ testing gear (eek! with a safety rope)
✅ building belays
✅ staying safe on a multi-pitch route
✅ abseiling

Sunday saw us head to Long Scar where we climbed one route 5 times!!

As Will and Helena got familiar with the route, we gradually removed the safety nets until both were confidently leading, seeking out their own sequence of moves - and resting positions - and identifying their own gear placements

As is common for many people, they both found the actual experience of leading to be a really calm, engaging process

Lovely to see two more young people building their experience and confidence in the wonderful world of trad climbing 🧗

AMI Professionals

mountainskills

14/08/2026

Sibling trust - dad Jake booked a day of rock climbing for Isabel and Sam during their summer holiday, then was persuaded to join in for himself 🧗

Lots of ‘firsts’:
➡️ climbing on rock
➡️ belaying your brother/sister
➡️ trusting your sister/brother to belay you!
➡️ abseiling

Despite roasting temperatures, psych was high throughout the day. As I upped the grade, everyone upped their skills, with all three battling to the top of all the routes! Well done team 🙌

13/08/2026

Trad or sport? - Louise and Andrea are heading to Europe for some sport climbing next month and asked me to deliver a skills day to help them prepare for their trip

They carelessly mentioned they didn’t mind visiting a trad crag 😁, so we headed up to sunny Long Scar and turned it into a sport crag for the day! Don’t worry, no bolts in sight… we picked some classic routes with bomber gear, which I pre-placed for them, and they cracked on with scampering up them in style.

Relative newcomers to climbing, it was fantastic to see them work so well as a team - it really does make a difference if you have your favourite belayer holding your rope - and there were grins all round as Louise led her first outdoor route, meaning that Andrea doesn’t have to do all the leading now 😀

Get in touch if you would like to build your skills or check in for a climbing MOT before you head off for your own adventures

AMI Professionals

09/08/2026

Coming up… my next ‘self rescue’ skills day - aka ‘how to avoid getting in a tangle’ - is coming up on Saturday 26 September

Aimed at anyone with a basic understanding of trad climbing who would like a few extra skills in their back pocket when they next head out cragging 🧗

…or are looking to step up to adventures on multi-pitch crags, sea cliffs, or in the mountains! 🌊⛰️

Not just for hard climbers!! Experience of leading or seconding VDiff is sufficient 😀

2 places still available. See link in bio for further information and details of how to book.

02/08/2026

Rescue me! - it’s impossible to convey how much fun we had on the most recent of our trad intro days for the Kendal Wall women+ group

We hung around in the sun - literally - finessing skills to avoid getting into a pickle when trad climbing, or extract ourselves if we do

Ridiculous amounts of enthusiasm were throw into learning how to:

✅tie off the rope
✅ use prusiks
✅ lower people safely
✅ abseil
✅ and deploy various tricks and tactics help your second get up the route!

I’ll be running another of these popular days in September, but get in touch before then if you’d like to book a bespoke day to brush up on skills to keep you safe on summer adventures!

Thank you to Kendal Wall for subsiding this summer’s outdoor climbing workshops for women+ 🙏

AMI Professionals

23/07/2026

Family adventure - such an inspiring day out with 10-year-old Margot, and her dad Adam, on ‘Arête, Chimney and Crack’ at Dow Crag yesterday

A big day out for any climber, Margot took it in her stride, cruising all the climbing and showing no sign of fear as she sauntered across exposed traverses and scampered up the airy overhangs

As an AMI Professionals climbing instructor, I am always careful to identify the right challenge for people. A guided day out on a mountain route is not for everyone, but for switched-on kids with a sense of adventure (and an equally switched-on parent 😀), it can be a wonderful opportunity to introduce them to a vertical world of fun they never knew existed! 🧗

19/07/2026

Birketts completed - cool as a cucumber, Wolfgang ticked his final Birkett in style on Friday as we headed up to climb Pillar Rock via the ‘Slab and Notch’ route

Wolfgang is a very experienced walker, often heading out into the hills and mountains on his own. But this particular summit is more exciting than most, requiring a cool head for heights and a spot of scrambling. We were blessed with perfect weather and deserted fells for this grand day out!

Congratulations on completing the Birketts, Wolfgang 🤩⛰️

AMI Professionals

18/07/2026

Aiming high - fantastic couple of days with Matt this week. On the menu was:

🧗 improving climbing technique
🧗 building experience in lead climbing
🧗 developing rope skills
🧗 mountain multi-pitch routes

All ticked off - we headed to Black Crag, Wrynose on day one to cement all the skills, on everything from delicate slabs to overhanging cracks! Then onto Gimmer Crag on day two for some perfect rock and airy exposure on a couple of the best mountain multi-pitch routes the Lakes has to offer

Really rewarding to see people build their skills and spread their wings (edit: no actual flying took place) as they work towards becoming independent trad climbers.

On bespoke skills days like these we tailor the day for you, so that you get the most out of them… and do loads of climbing!

AMI Professionals

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