Magnus George is a university professor, and is head of the Entrepreneurship & Strategy department at the University of Lancaster. We first met him in May 2020 when he booked a couple of days with Chris to brush up on his rock climbing skills.
Read MoreUntil fairly recently, climbing was just called… climbing. With the rise of sport climbing, a new name was needed for what everyone had been doing previously, and so the name ‘traditional climbing’, or ‘trad climbing’, was born. In sport climbing, the routes have pre-placed bolts, allowing the lead climber to follow the route and quickly clip in to the bolts. In trad climbing, the lead climber carries, places and clips into protection (nuts, cams, etc) whilst finding the route, so as well as the physical challenge there is a significant mental challenge too. The basics of trad climbing can be summed up in three letters: A = anchor; B = belay; C = climber
Read MoreWe first met Sandra Schmidt in March 2018 when she came on our Contour Masterclass in preparation for her Mountain Leader assessment, which she completed with us in April 2019. She is currently a mentee on our Chris Ensoll Mountain Mentor programme.
Read More“Scafell is the spiritual home of traditional climbing in Britain and offers some fo the best, boldest and most beautiful climbing to be found in these islands. Dark, foreboding, complex Scafell Crag holds some fo the most historic routes. In contrast, the magnificent barrel-shaped East Buttress is home to the best mountain rock-climbing above VS in England; and also some of the hardest, with the technically demanding “Welcome to the Cruel World” and the heart-stopping “Talbot Horizon” EP setting the upper limit at present.” From Lake District Rock, Wired Guides, 2015
Read MoreWe first met Jon Chamberlain several years ago when he booked on to a workshop that we were running for members of the Association of Mountaineering Instructors. Since then he has joined our team of freelance instructors, and has become a good friend. He is a Mountaineering & Climbing Instructor and holds several other outdoor qualifications.
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