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AMGA Rock Instructor Course

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Fox Mountain Guides offers the AMGA Rock Instructor Course in the Southeast, please contact us if you are interested in taking, or hosting the Rock Instructor Course at your Guide Service or University.

The ten-day Rock Instructor Course is designed for those with a strong rock climbing background who aspire to become professional rock climbing guides, and for instructors and guides who are interested in improving their skills and increasing their knowledge. You meet the prerequisites for the Rock Instructor Course if you:

Are a current Associate Member or above of the AMGA;
Have at least five years of rock climbing experience;
Provide a personal climbing resume of at least 50 climbs, showing each of the following; a) that you have led or shared lead on at least 50 different traditional, multi-pitch routes, including at least 5 routes Grade III or longer and at least 4 routes Grade IV or longer; b) that you have led at least 10 traditional routes rated 5.10a or harder;
Can safely and comfortably lead crack and face climbs rated 5.10a at the time of the course;
Know the prerequisite skills (see list below);
Are at least age 18;

Prerequisite Skills for the Rock Instructor Course

Before the course, you must have complete mastery and expertise in the use of the following:

Knots: figure-8 (follow-through, and on a bight), bowline (single, double, on-a-coil), clove hitch, Munter hitch, Prusik, double fisherman’s, Kelmhiest
Traditional protection: hexes, stoppers, Tri-Cams, SLCD’s;
Belay methods: mechanical (more than two types of devices) and non-mechanical (hip belay);
Multi-pitch rappels using a carabiner brake, figure-8 and plate device (ATC, Pyramid, Tuber, etc.);
Improvised, non-mechanical ascending.

What is taught in the Rock Instructor Course?

This course will demonstrate where climbing with a partner stops and where guiding begins. The course addresses the skills and techniques used to guide and instruct on routes up to and including Grade III in length and 5.10a/b in difficulty. Emphasis is on maximizing client rewards while effectively managing risk. It will include instructional clinics and hands on guiding practice. In addition, the concepts of application and transition will be introduced along with the following

Topics:

	Client orientation and preparation
	Equipment and protection selection
	Time and pace management
	Anchor construction as it relates to guiding
	Choosing appropriate belay methods and stances
	Rope and station management
	Rappelling and lowering with clients
	Multiple client guiding
	Short rope and short pitch techniques
	Belay escapes
	Performing improvised ascending methods
	Raising systems for guiding
	Evaluating risk and risk management in your own guiding
	Environmental consciousness
	Review of certification exam testing procedures with optional mock scoring

Number on course: 3:1 Candidate to Instructor ratio

Course length: 10 days

Course cost: $2,000

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