Like I have mentioned before, I just finished the Asst. Guide Training! It took 8 days and was pretty full-on in regards of all the info that got crammed in to our little brains!!!
Things lectured on, practised, done and re-done: gear placements, station management, all kind of belays, all kind of rappels, all kind of rope configurations, all kind of lowers, coaching, teaching, lesson planing, rescue systems, knot passes, short-roping, traverses, guiding, guiding 2 clients, etc etc.
The day I dreaded the most was the Climb off day! The screening on if you are good enough of a rock climber or not! I did not get lots of climbing inn this spring so I was nervous! Big time!!!
The day we did it I ended up on the hardest route right off the bat! Hmmmm, yeah, whatever I thought to myself and went for it. Got through it no problem! Yeah!!! Second route, I was put on the hardest gear route right away (no option there as I was sent over first along with one other guy and he started easier! Well, pulled that out no problem as well! YEAH!!!
I had to do two more routes that day but they were both easier so the stress was off and I knew that I was setting myself up for success. Now I just had to keep doing what I always do, stay focused and learn as much as possible!
The week was great and I got a lot out of it. Great instructors and I am so motivated now to go and train and do well on the final rock exam this coming September!
Back to work tomorrow morning but will be back on Sunday night, so training will start this coming week. Might go do the NE route on the Windtower next week!
Erin is more than likely gonna coma and visit me at work this weekend and so we will hike and climb a bit after I finish work this Saturday and probably Sunday as well.
Have a good one
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