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Practising Rope work on Rock climbing Multi pitch rock climbing routes in Llanberis Pass with Mountaineering Joe

Adventure Holidays, Mountaineering, Private Guiding, Rock Climbing, Snowdonia

Some delicate moves

Multi pitch rock climbing in Llanberis Pass Snowdonia. A day practising rope skills for big rock climbing routes. We rock climbed First Test a VS in the pass . It’s sustained with plenty of opportunity for various climbing techniques like drop knees, bridging, hand jamming. Very much worth 3 stars. The next rock climbing route was Phantom Rib on Clogwyn y Grochan which was weaving about the cliff requiring good route finding skills. A good route that has the crux on the second pitch. For tuning your multi pitch climbing skills have a look at http://mountaineeringjoe.co.uk/rock-climbing/

A rest!

MT Mountain skills courses running over the summer with Mountaineering Joe

Adventure Holidays, Mountaineering, Navigation and Map Reading, Snowdonia, Walking

Planning the next navigation leg

A number of MT Mountain skills courses are running over the summer with Mountaineering Joe. Check them out on the MT web site. A great way to build a solid foundation in order to walk safely in the mountains. Build your mountain skills with Mountaineering Joe

Yes we found it in bad visability

Rock scrambling in Snowdonia. Practising rope techniques

Adventure Holidays, Mountaineering, Private Guiding, Rock Climbing, Scrambling, Snowdonia

Rock scrambling in Snowdonia. Using an Italian hitch to protect a scrambling pitch

Rock scrambling in Snowdonia on Tryfan. Climbing grade 2/3 scrambling on the east face of Tryfan on Bastow buttress (grade 3) and Nor Nor Groove(grade 2). A great day out practicing rope and scrambling techniques for fast movement on Rock and steep ground. Rock Scrambling with Mountaineering Joe

Rock scrambling in Snowdonia. Reaching the bottom of Nor Nor groove on the east face of Tryfan

Winter skills course . A day out on the Fiacailll ridge in the Cairngorms to practice winter skills in Scotland

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Winter skills course in Scotland. Andrew just before the crux of the Fiacailll Ridge

A day putting together all the winter skills testing them under full winter conditions. Use of the ice axe and crampons on a winter ridge. A great day with good winter conditions. Winter skills with Mountaineering Joe

Winter skills course in Scotland. Looking down on the Fiacailll ridge

Winter skills course covering snow techniques with Mountaineering Joe

Mountaineering, Private Guiding, Walking, Winter Walking and Winter Skills

Winter skills course in Scotland. Practicing ice axe arresting on a steep slope

Winter skills course with Mountaineering Joe. Different types of cramponing, buckets seats with buried axe belays , body belaying, and ice axe arresting are just some of the skills practiced over the days out. Winter skills are essential in order to cope the different types of winter conditions which may be encountered. Winter skills days with Mountaineering Joe

Winter skills course in Scotland. Practicing buckets seats on a snow slope

Winter skills over a weekend

Mountaineering, Private Guiding, Walking, Winter Walking and Winter Skills

A great day out in winter in Scotland with Mountaineering Joe

Winter skills weekend with Mountaineering Joe. Walking in Scotland in winter requires good navigation skills. With heavy snow falling you can lose the path and the shape of the land so quickly so good compass skills are essential. I picked them up from the station and dropped them back after the weekend. So they didn’t even need a car! Winter skills with Mountaineering Joe

Winter navigation across the cairngorms

Winter Walking in Cwm Bochlwyd, Ogwen Valley in Snowdonia.

Private Guiding, Snowdonia, Winter Walking and Winter Skills

Winter walking in Snowdonia Winter walking up towards the Glyders

Winter Walking in Cwm Bochlwyd, Ogwen Valley in Snowdonia. Walking in the Ogwen Valley Around the side of Tryfan. A great winter day out with beautiful views across Snowdonia. Mountaineering Joe

Winter navigation in Snowdonia. Concentrating on Identifying contour features

Private Guiding, Walking, Winter Walking and Winter Skills

Beautiful walking around Capel Curig

Winter navigation. There can be far less features around like walls, fences and streams. Therefore it is much more important to interpret the shape of the land and use your compass more accurately in Winter. Winter navigation with Mountaineering Joe

Identifiying contour features.

Winter walking in Snowdonia on the Glyders

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A great out day walking in Snowdonia

Winter walking in Snowdonia on the Glyders. In between the storms we have been having it great out there. We walked through Cwn Idwal climbed the North Ridge of Y Garn. The weather came it and we escaped the high winds of 60 plus down devil’s kitchen path but a great day out in the mountains. Mountaineering Joe

Fantastic weather conditions

Walking in Snowdonia and preparation for ML Training course

Navigation and Map Reading, Private Guiding, Snowdonia, Walking, Winter Walking and Winter Skills

Navigating on complex ground

Dylan is starting to preparing for the ML training course. He wants to get the most out of his training as it is a preparation for assessment not a basic mountain skills course . Today we looked at the level of navigation expected. Micro navigation in the ML award is a high standard and to reach this takes practice so his ML training will be fine tuning not a shock! Dylan certainly has a natural talent for navigation and he was finding his way around complex steep ground efficiently ! An excellent day with Mountaineering Joe

Beautiful views across the Snowdonia range