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AMGA Rock Instructor Course

The American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) Rock Instructor Course is designed for aspiring guides who have a strong rock climbing background and for instructors who are interested in improving their skills and increasing knowledge. The Rock Instructor Course places strong emphasis on maximizing client rewards while effectively managing risks. The Rock Instructor Course is a prerequisite to taking the AMGA Rock Instructor Exam, AMGA Rock Guide Course and the AMGA Alpine Guide Course.

 

Fox Mountain Guides and Climbing School offers the AMGA Rock Instructor Course in the Southeast, based from our Headquarters in Pisgah Forest, NC. This course will be taught by Adam Fox and Alain Comeau. Adam teaches and examines AMGA Rock Instructor and Rock Guide Programs for the AMGA across the USA. He is also a current member of the AMGA Board of Directors and AMGA Technical Committee. Alain is an AMGA Certified Rock and Alpine Guide, teaches and examines in the AMGA Rock and Alpine Guide Programs and has been actively involved with the AMGA since the 1980's.

 

The course is run at various locations around Western North Carolina at locations such as Looking Glass Rock, Linville Gorge and Rumbling Bald. Based out of our Headquarters in Pisgah Forest where we have a classroom with digital projector, WiFi and ground school workroom. This location is conveniently near Ashville (15 mins), Greenville SC (45 mins) and Charlotte (1.5hrs) Airports.

 

"I have taught the AMGA Rock Instructor Course in locations across the USA in places such as NH, The Sierras, Joshua Tree, Red Rocks and North Carolina ranks as one of the best locations to hold this training" - Adam Fox.

 

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 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:

 

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Client orientation, preparation and care

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Professionalism in guiding

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Guides equipment selection

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Time and pace management

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Anchor construction principles as it relates to guiding

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Choosing appropriate belay methods and stances

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Rope and station management

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Rappelling and lowering with clients

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Multiple client guiding

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Short rope and short pitch techniques

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Complete self and small party rescue concepts and techniques for multipitch guiding situations

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Evaluating risk and risk management in your own guiding

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Environmental consciousness

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Review of certification exam testing procedures with optional mock scoring

 

Prerequisites for the AMGA Rock Instructor Course:

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You are a current Associate of the AMGA.

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Provide a personal climbing resume showing each of the following:
bulletYou have at least 5 years of rock climbing experience.
bulletThat you have led or shared lead on at least 50 different multi-pitch traditional routes,
bullet5 of which should be Grade III,
bullet4 of which should be Grade IV or longer.
bulletThat you have led at least 10 traditional routes rated 5.10a or harder on various rock types.
bulletYou can safely and comfortably lead crack and face climbs rated 5.10a at the time of the course.

bulletYou are familiar with basic knots, including: figure-8, bowline, clove hitch, Munter hitch, mule-hitch, prussic, double fisherman’s and klemheist.
bulletYou are confident with placing traditional protection including: hexes, stoppers, tri-cams, and SLCDs.
bulletYou are comfortable using mechanical (more than two types of belay devices including auto locking devices) and non-mechanical (hip belay) belay methods.
bulletYou are familiar with the use of plate type devices on multi-pitch rappels.
bulletProvide copy of current basic first aid certification or better.
bulletYou are at least 18 years of age.

 

 

Number on course:        3:1 Candidate to Instructor ratio (maximum)

Course length:               10 days  

Course cost:                  $1,800

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