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British Mountain Guide’s Scheme #6 Scottish Winter

April 4, 2017adminBlogNo commentsaviemore, british mountain guides, climbing, glenmore lodge, home page, ice, mixed, Scotland, snow, winter

Often considered the biggest hurdle in the process of becoming a British Mountain Guide, ‘Scotland’ wasn’t without its ups and downs this season. A monumentally crap season conditions-wise (perhaps the…

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Cloggy Panoramic

British Mountain Guide’s Scheme #5 Summer Test

December 12, 2016adminBlogNo commentsblog, bmg, british mountain guides, summer test

A few months ago I completed the first of the bigger mountain guide tests; the British summer test. I’m happy to say I passed. These tests, which include British summer…

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Ally Swinton in  mock guide role on the Borrowdale classic Troutdale Pinnacle.

British Mountain Guide’s Scheme #4 Rock 1 Training

May 5, 2016adminBlogNo commentsbmg, british mountain guides, climbing, lake district

I landed in Sheffield two weeks ago to perfect weather and an energy-boosting work meeting for UKClimbing.com. After the meeting we grabbed a couple of 3 star classic routes on the…

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Graeme Ettle looks happy as I dick about in my own personal windy snowy hell. Photo by Calum Muskett.

British Mountain Guide’s Scheme #3 Winter Induction

March 25, 2016adminBlogNo commentsbmg, british mountain guides, climbing, Induction, Mountain safety, Scotland, Scottish, Winter climbing

I was curled up in a ball, shaking and sweating. It was dark and I couldn’t tell if it was hot or cold, but I felt freezing. My whole body…

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Rich Parker leading the way. This day we looked for safe terrain to follow whilst ski touring. Not easy with an Avalanche Forecast of Cat 4!

British Mountain Guide’s Scheme #2 Ski Induction

January 22, 2016adminBlogNo commentsbmg, british mountain guides, ski

Rock climbing is by far my strongest attribute in the series of tests required by the British Mountain Guides, and I’d say skiing is my weakest. That as it may…

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