Welcome to guidedmountain

Thank you for visiting my website, I provide a series of low ratio courses designed to help climbers, walkers and mountaineers develop their skills on the crags and mountains of the UK. The courses aim to provide high quality training, suited to your level of ability and aspirations; so that you can hopefully get out and enjoy your own climbing and mountaineering adventures safely and efficiently. I am also available for private guiding if you have a particular objective in mind. Please feel free to email me if you have any queries or need advice on any aspect of climbing and mountaineering - I'm always happy to talk about the subject !

Alec

NEWS : Summer rock climbing courses started at Easter and we've enjoyed some good days - some more sunshine and warm rock please ! - summer mountaineering trips to the Black Cuillin of Skye and The Snowden Horeshoe are already planned - drop me a line for more information or see the booking page.               
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Clients

My clients are a from a wide mixture of ages and abilities, with many returning for more advanced courses as their experience has developed. I am always available to contact if they have further questions or need advice - and some keep in touch using my Facebook page or Blog. I see my role as an instructor to provide a safe, informative and inspirational experience for my clients at an appropriate level, and I have positive comments from previous clients which hopefully reflect this.

Recent comments:

"Thanks again Alec, I cant stress enough what a great weekend we had a just how much you taught us. We will defiantly be in contact with you soon about another course." Rob - Learn to lead May 2012."Thanks Alec. I had a great day on Sunday – really did enjoy it much more than sports climbing and will be exploring ways to get some experience." Graham - Private tuition April 2012."Hi Alec We had a really good day and learnt a lot from you. You have managed to make me excited about abseiling again - thank you! You are a professional instructor and your patience and calm approach allowed us to make our own decisions. We were able to recap on things we learnt previously but had forgotten and to learn new ways to help keep us safe in our climbing. We have ordered the Symonds Yat guide book and, weather permitting, will be going back next Sunday" Sam & Tim - Outdoor climbing April 2012."Hi Alec We both had a great weekend thanks! It was just what I was after, enough tuition to learn, but left on your own enough to make decisions and really learn. Lots of choice of companies on the internet offering this sort of thing, but I'm glad to say that I don't think we could have done better!" - Kim Mountaineering course Feb 2012. "A fantastic couples of days Alec - thanks very much! Certainly learnt a lot and can't wait to get out and test some of it out very soon. Cheers. " James - Winter climbing Feb.2012. "Many thanks for a brilliant weekend!" - Fiona Winter mountaineering Jan 2012. "Hi Alec,great photos and video - brings it all back - it was an awesome weekend! Thanks for the great mountain guidance, me Neil and Tony are planning to get back out early next month and I can't wait for the practise. Also thanks for the continued support, we'll be in touch if we have any questions! Cheers! Ian Winter climbing Jan 2012. "Hi Alec, Just to say a huge thanks for the inspirational instruction on Saturday. The day was awesome!" - Darren, Lead climbing course Oct 2011:"Hi Alec,thank you very much for the photos and for making, with your guidance, advice and patience, our first attempt at rock climbing an unforgettable experience! It was an amazing day! I can't wait to do it again!" - Maria Outdoor rock course Oct 2011: "Just wanted to say thank you so much for all a fantastic weekend's climbing. I learnt so much and have returned with renewed confidence - so much so I went down to my local climbing wall yesterday and climbed a few grade 5 routes without any difficulty.Thanks again for all your guidance, patience and encouragement throughout the course." Justine Outdoor rock course October 2011 "Hi Alec, thanks for the photos, we all had a really great day and learnt so much, and shall definitely like to do some more soon! thanks for all your help and we all agree you were an excellent teacher, and throughly enjoyed our day out." Freya Outdoor rock course Sept.2011. "Hello Alec,just wanted to thank you again for an excellent day on Tuesday. We both thorougly enjoyed the day and felt that we progressed so much in one day due to your superb guidance and advice- it definately enthused us to continue climbing outdoors." Simone Outdoor rock course August 2011. "Hi Alec, just wanted to say thank you again for yesterdays climbing! Arms are aching today but really enjoyed the whole day - and really appreciate the excellent instruction! Will be in touch in the future for ML refresher and maybe some ice climbing! Thanks again " Rachel Aug.2011