Course content will include:

top rope bottom and top belay anchor construction using natural features,
fixed anchors and trad gear placements;
abseil construction,
site selection,
soft skill instruction – running a top rope session, teach belaying,
pre & de-briefing,
methods of group management,
environmental impacts & etiquette at sites,
ratios,
rescue skills for top rope and abseil guiding.

I heard you don’t teach trad anchor placements during the top-rope guide training courses or assessments anymore. Is this true?
No it is not. Unfortunately a committee discussion caused some confusion a while back. The Climbing Company definitely teaches our candidate guides how trad gear works… and in Victoria at least we certainly place trad gear very often when building our own anchors!

Top Rope Guide consolidation period requirements (prior to attending assessment):

Logged experience showing at least five days guiding / supervising (assisting / co- delivering) Top Rope climbing and abseil activities.
Logged experience, minimum five days (min 20 routes logged) personal experience climbing at outdoor crags, at a variety of venues.
This mandatory logged experience is considered the minimum to enable prospective guides to develop the skills, knowledge and abilities, with candidates looking toward assessment ideally surpassing this.
Please see https://acia.com.au/course/top-rope-guide-course-3-days/ for full details.

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Cameron Scates 4 months ago

Had Aaron teach me and three others over two days. Very informative and answers any questions you have with climbing with confidence. Over all great person and teacher

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duncan wakes-miller 2 months ago

Great course location and instructors. Really helpful in preparation for my trip to the Himalayas

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Mike Wilson 2 months ago

As an unskilled an inexperienced alpine trekker, I was looking for course to give the me basic knowledge I needed, ideally in a fun and safe environment – and got that and more. Pauli was a highly experienced, very passionate, safety conscious guide with a great energy and sense of humour. He and Hamid adjusted plans and arranged course content specific to our needs … and then patiently helped a bunch of beginners go from confusion, to some understanding, and then to enjoyment.

Thanks for a great weekend. Highly recommended.

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Junge Zhang 2 months ago

Amazing trad course taught by Aaron himself and it couldn’t have been better👍.

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Martin Aylward 2 months ago

Huge shout out to Hamid and Pauly I have just completed both alpine 1 and alpine 2 courses and they were sick, I learnt heaps from basic walking techniques to complex rope systems with crevasse rescue to self arrests I would highly recommend these courses I went in as a complete beginner and now I can’t wait to get back out there despite getting absolutely drenched today I still had the best time these guys know there stuff and are great at teaching it. Yew cheers guys

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A 2 months ago

Excellent course and very enjoyable delivery. Thank you for a brilliant weekend – perfect preparation for our upcoming Himalayan trip

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Alejandro Gaete 2 months ago

I would say that Hamid is an excellent teacher and a very professional one. Hamid was always there to reassure and mentor me even though I had no prior experience. Hamid was always kind and willing to assist me, even though I probably needed more help than anyone else. The course was great , there was structure and safe rails that enable us to test our confidence. Thank you Hamid. I anticipate returning for Alpine 2 next year, in the meantime I will put the lessons into practice.

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Ben M 2 months ago

Couldn’t be more full of praise for this course. Hamid was a fantastic instructor, very safe, managed to keep a broad age group of participants ranging from 12-50+ happy and at levels that suited each individual’s skills. We finished with a solid understanding of basic alpine skills, which sets a platform for future adventures. We will definitely be coming back for other courses run by The Climbing Company. Highly recommended.

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