Gwilym's Adventure Blog

Excellent couple of days on Dartmoor (Dewerstone and Leigh Tor) running a Rock Skills Learn to Lead Trad course for Hannah and Marcus We got away with only a little drizzle and mainly nice weather. Loads of skills covered over the 2 days and we even managed to multipitch a 15m Mod at Leigh Tor. Both managed to lead a couple of climbs each on day 2. These course are excellent for turning indoor climbers into outdoor climbers and I am keen to run a few more once the summer kicks in properly. Working for Wet and High Training which is part of Wet and High Adventures Ltd.

On the second day of the Rock Climbing Instructor Assessment I am directing for Wet and High Adventures Ltd , we headed to The Dewerstone where yet again we got away with the weather and only in the last few minutes did the rain come in hard. Today everyone sighed in relief at the much gripper Granite. Yesterdays slippery Limestone was pretty hard work all round. The candidates led routes, set up Top Ropes, Bottom Ropes and Abseils as well as dealt with various problems that I threw their way.