I was running an SPA Assessment over the weekend for Mckinlay Mountaineering in the Peaks. Nice weather for grit on Saturday took us to Burbage North. This has been a great spot for these courses lately. A number of folks have been caught out not checking blocks and boulders, as a fair bit moves around here. This assessment group however, were on it. All led a couple of routes at or above the standard. One straight up and the other a traverse to demonstrate the different judgement needed to look after a second. The wall session threw up a couple of weak areas in the afternoon/evening.
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| Hal fiddling in gear at Burbage North |
Yesterday was spent looking at the rigging and group management aspects of the syllabus. Lawrencefield and Millstone proved 2 good venues to challenge the candidates to make good decisions to meet the groups needs.
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| The Lads rigging at the top of Hell's Bells area Millstone |
Overall, good performances by everyone. Unfortunately, an unforgiveable error at the wall cost one a deferral. But it should be a quick and easy re assessment.
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