Trossachs Mountain Guides http://trossachsmountainguides.co.uk Mon, 27 May 2013 14:03:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Kids and coaching climbing http://trossachsmountainguides.co.uk/kids-and-coaching-climbing/ http://trossachsmountainguides.co.uk/kids-and-coaching-climbing/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 13:22:11 +0000 jcluett http://trossachsmountainguides.co.uk/?p=374 I’ve just started a new project that will be ongoing through May and at least until the end of the school term in June.  The project is all about getting kids climbing and then coaching them to impove in their climbing.  I aim to get them registered and signed up with the National Indoor Climbing [...]

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]]> http://trossachsmountainguides.co.uk/kids-and-coaching-climbing/feed/ 0 Go Ape Peebles in the Sun! http://trossachsmountainguides.co.uk/go-ape-peebles-in-the-sun/ http://trossachsmountainguides.co.uk/go-ape-peebles-in-the-sun/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:12:48 +0000 jcluett http://trossachsmountainguides.co.uk/?p=370 Back working for Go Ape today at Glen Tress http://goape.co.uk/days-out/peebles reassessing emergency procedures from the earlier training.  Nice to be out in the sunshine without snow on the ground!  Thankfully all my clients had been practicing their training and all successfully passed this reassessment.   Also combined being in Edinburgh with [...]

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]]> http://trossachsmountainguides.co.uk/go-ape-peebles-in-the-sun/feed/ 0 Cragging at Benny Beg http://trossachsmountainguides.co.uk/cragging-at-benny-beg/ http://trossachsmountainguides.co.uk/cragging-at-benny-beg/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:58:39 +0000 jcluett http://trossachsmountainguides.co.uk/?p=367 Finally got the rock shoes on and made it outside for a few hours.  Very cold, but mostly dry rock at Benny Beg and a good bit climbing done.  Good to get back out on the rock and begin to get the miles back in!  Looking forward to some long [...]

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]]> http://trossachsmountainguides.co.uk/back-to-university/feed/ 0 Time with the family at Comrie Croft http://trossachsmountainguides.co.uk/355/ http://trossachsmountainguides.co.uk/355/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:24:49 +0000 jcluett http://trossachsmountainguides.co.uk/?p=355 Just back from a fab few days away at Comrie Croft with the family http://www.comriecroft.com/ We have 4 kids between the ages of 7 and 2 and we’ve been talking about getting away camping together as a family for ages! We had an absolutely brilliant time at Comrie Croft and [...]

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]]> http://trossachsmountainguides.co.uk/355/feed/ 0 More Student Days…….. http://trossachsmountainguides.co.uk/more-student-days/ http://trossachsmountainguides.co.uk/more-student-days/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:21:28 +0000 jcluett http://trossachsmountainguides.co.uk/?p=353 Just back from my second week of teaching on the Environmental Science and Outdoor Education course (University of Stirling).  This week I was teaching on the subject area of ‘Eco-Education’ and particularly how we can create outdoor / environmental experiences for people that can both provide personal / social / [...]

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]]> http://trossachsmountainguides.co.uk/happy-easter/feed/ 0 Student days………….. http://trossachsmountainguides.co.uk/student-days/ http://trossachsmountainguides.co.uk/student-days/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:08:13 +0000 jcluett http://trossachsmountainguides.co.uk/?p=339 The University of Stirling School of Biological and Environmental Sciences offers a degree called ‘Environmental Science and Outdoor Education’.  I think that this is a fantastic degree course and I feel privileged to be contracted to deliver the outdoor education parts of this course.  In my opinion the course works [...]

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]]> http://trossachsmountainguides.co.uk/student-days/feed/ 0 More hanging around in Aberdeenshire http://trossachsmountainguides.co.uk/more-hanging-around-in-aberdeenshire/ http://trossachsmountainguides.co.uk/more-hanging-around-in-aberdeenshire/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:28:33 +0000 jcluett http://trossachsmountainguides.co.uk/?p=334 Back to working for Go Ape this week at their site at Crathes Castle – Aberdeenshire http://goape.co.uk/days-out/crathes-castle .  As a Mountaineering Instructor I am contracted to deliver staff training for the staff in rescue techniques and to deliver very specific training protocols to the staff  – just in case they [...]

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]]> http://trossachsmountainguides.co.uk/more-hanging-around-in-aberdeenshire/feed/ 0 Technical advice and route setting for indoor walls http://trossachsmountainguides.co.uk/technical-advise-and-route-setting-for-indoor-walls/ http://trossachsmountainguides.co.uk/technical-advise-and-route-setting-for-indoor-walls/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:52:38 +0000 jcluett http://trossachsmountainguides.co.uk/?p=332 As a Mountaineering Instructor my qualifications allow to provide Technical Advice and consultancy for a wide range of activities that fall within the remit of my qualifications and experience.  One of the projects that I am currently working on is the development of a small climbing wall at Mclaren Leisure [...]

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