I've spent the last six days at Smith Rock State Park near Bend Oregon participating in an AMGA Rock Instructor Course. This is course is the first in a succession of courses with the goal of full international certification. It's a very cool, long, expensive process that is quite difficult. Somehow we've been blessed with fantastic weather, despite some ominous forecasts. We've been spending our time with two instructors; Dale Remsburg, Technical Director of the AMGA and Tom Hargis, one of the owners of Exum Mountain Guides in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. These guys are phenomenal!
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| Looking up at Zebra Zion, what an awesome route! |
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| Tom climbing up to Katie's belay |
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| The zoo that is Smith Rock on a sunny weekend day |
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| This place lends itself to pictures |
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| On Belay? |
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| The man, the legend, Tom Hargis |
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| Post climb chillin' |
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| What a pretty helmet |
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I may need a shower
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Today was a classroom day, lots of presentations on various aspects of guiding. It was perfect, cuz the weather was sub-par. Tomorrow we head back out for short rope instruction, then a day of rescue training. That'll about wrap up the course. Hopefully I'll get into the next course next year!
1 comment:
I like your climbing pictures. Glad your finding some awesomeness out there in the world. :) We miss you though and expect you to come ski with the kids at least once this winter.
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