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From now until Winter proper, I will be posting some of the TikTok clips I published last year, some will be just for entertainment and others like this one are a short instructional clip. Can you build a Bucket Seat in under 3 min? Lucky for me it was soft snow. We still have lots […]

Dave: My last day guiding was a traverse of the Aonach Eagach and my first back after some trips away. What a day for my first back on the Scottish Hills. Jonathan and myself had a brilliant day, cold air helped keep us cool as we moved quickly and the rock started to dry on […]

Dave: After a successful and busy summer helping many guest achieve their objectives, it’s been great to make the most of the quiet autumn and get away on my own adventures. I’m just back from two weeks in Wadi Rum, an adventure climbing Mecca with big sand stone walls, perfect corners, great cracks and very […]

Anyone who has been with me on a Cuillin ridge traverse knows I talk about sanitation and the importance of keeping our water sources clean. We talk about options of burring, frosting and dispersing, burning the toilet roll to the best of our abilities and how we shouldn’t use any wipes even if they are […]

Climbing in Scotland we love to climb stacks and pinnacles, we do have some of the best sea stacks in the world. But there are so many stacks around the world which are iconic for all climbers. From a young age I’ve dreamed of going to the deserts of Utah and climbing some of the […]

After three weeks of climbing in the deserts of America my climbing rope has dulled in colour and after any abseiling it leaves hands black with dirt. It has made finding the ends much easier as these are the only section which is still light yellow, but for the longevity of the rope it needs […]

The (AMI) is the representative body for professionally qualified Mountaineering and Climbing Instructors in the UK and Ireland. Our members work in a wide range of environments from indoor climbing walls to sea cliffs and mountain crags and are experts in their craft. By hiring one of our members, you’re ensuring your instructor is professional, […]

Big thanks to one of our team Iain Powell for guiding Dave Wakelin today on the Inaccessible Pinnacle, they went up with an open mind to see what conditions were like, fortunately the conditions were better than expected and they got some views and were dry. They made swift work of multi-pitch climb to the […]

Here is a little video of me Guiding Orion last year, climbed during our CIC hut trip, thanks to Ken Priest for the footage. Winter 2023 we have decided to not increases our prices, but we are increasing what we pay our instructors/guides. We have made the decision to decreases our working ratio on our […]