Last week I was out climbing with Graham and John, working for the Joint Services Mountain Training Centre at Indefatigable, Anglesey (JSTMC).
Day 1: Single Pitch Award Training, (SPA) at Holyhead mountain.
Graham acsending a rope, and self belaying back down.
Day 2: SPA training and an introduction to more advanced rescues, sport climbing and stripping out routes, at Dinorwig Slate quarries.
Me on a cold, windy day up on the Cromlech
Day 3: Multipitch Training, climbing uber-classic routes on Dinas Cromlech “Flying Buttress” and “Spiral Stairs” in the Llanberis Pass.
John and Graham about to second Pitch 4 off “Flying Buttress”
Day 4: Rock Lead Climbing training at Craig y Tonnau in the Moelwyns, to escape the weather. More advanced rescues and improvised solutions to multipitch problems.
Me coaching Graham a little on “Diane’s Approval”
Day 5: Little Tryfan for multipitch leading of routes.
