With Gwilym's MIC (Mountain Instructor Certificate) assessment coming up in the near future, Olly, Charlie and myself headed to the Ciste Crag in Coire na Ciste to be Gwilym's guinea pigs for the day.
We looked at winter lead climbing including building belays, use of winter tools and climbing technique with crampons. We each took it in turns to lead a route and Gwilym was able to practice guiding on a route with two clients. We climbed in parallel and in series and climbed as a pair with Gwilym supervising.
The day was finished off with a session of short roping up and down grade 1/2 ground and I built a bucket seat with a buried axe belay to negotiate the last snow slope for practise.
A good day with lots of opportunity for learning and only 1000m from the car park!
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