CPD

Yesterday I was at Glenmore Lodge for a day of Continous Professional Development (CPD) for Mountain Training Association members. Part of the day was an Association of Mountaineering Instructors (AMI) Open Day to discuss progressing to the AMI awards. In the afternoon we split off into various workshops--navigation, climbing movement, rope work. I took part in the rope work session, which was really useful and made me rethink a few things that have become ingrained habit over the 15  years +(crickey!) that I have been rock climbing. Thank you to all the AMI instructors who gave up their Saturday, free of any charge, to share thoughts and ideas. 

Winter Navigation Workshop

Yesterday I was a delegate at the Mountain Training Association (MTA) winter weekend, hosted at Glenmore Lodge. I attended the Winter Navigation workshop as part of my Continuing Professional Development. We had a great instructor, Nick, and we spent the day navigating around some of the lower slopes on Cairngorm, looking specifically at how to 'winterise' navigation. In the evening there were two excellent talks, one on the history of navigation (really interesting), and one on decision making in avalanche terrain. Only a couple of hasty phone pictures from the day-----too busy concentrating! Many thank to the MTA and Glenmore Lodge for putting on such a great event for MTA members.