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Photographs from a 10-day AMGA Rock Guide Course in Eldorado Canyon, Colorado.
AMGA Rock Guide Course
Warning:
Rock,
ice
and avalanche conditions change constantly and the information provided
here should not be the final say in making the best decisions in regard
to your risk management in the mountains.
ClimbingLife, LLC and its
contributors accept no liability for your decisions based on this
information. Ice and mixed climbing are very dangerous sports
and one
can easily die or be seriously injured engaging in these activities.
Proceed at your own risk, plan for the best outcome and be
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AMGA Rock Guide Course
Eldorado Canyon Photo Gallery
September 4-13, 2009
All
photos by Eli Helmuth
Chris
Erickson on the final arete pitch of the Yellow Spur,
III 5.10c
A
view from the Bastille of the south face of the Redgarden Wall in
Eldorado Canyon.
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The
AMGA Rock Guide Course is the foundational course taught through the
AMGA in the fundamentals of guiding on rock.
Techniques
taught and
practiced on multi-pitch routes up to Grade III include: Risk
management management, Anchoring and Belaying for Guiding,
Belay
stance and rope management, Multi-pitch guiding techniques,
Rescue techniques, Short-roping, Climbing Pedagogy, Leave No Trace
techniques
and many other important guiding techniques and systems.
With
just three guide trainees and instructor Eli Helmuth, we were able to
get a considerable amount
done on this 10-day intensive training that was offered through Climbing Life Guides.
Ben Gardner leading the
first pitch of the West Arete,
II 5.8+ on the Bastille.
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on photos to enlarge
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(Above)
Justin Spain on pitch 6 out of 8 done on Ruper,
III 5.8+ on the south face of the Redgarden Wall.
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Ben Gardner guiding the fourth pitch (split up for guiding
purposes) of our ascent of Ruper.
Chris
Erickson pinches the edge of the Yellow Spur
(crux pitch) on the west face of the Redgarden Wall with Justin Spain
offering support from the 'triangle belay'.
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Justin Spain in the
'pin ladder' section of the YS.
Justin in the 10c crux section of the Yellow Spur.
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Ben Gardner starting the West Arete
on the Bastille.
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Ben
belaying 'counter-balance' style with his solid anchor 10' over the
edge on the west face of the Tower One of the Redgarden Wall where the
Yellow Spur tops out to a tough guiding challenge on the summit for
anchoring and descent.
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Ben
leading the traverse pitch of Ruper.
Chris
on the final arete of the Yellow Spur
in the steep sided Eldorado Canyon.
A
nearby climber on the lower crux of the West Buttress
of the Bastille
II 5.9+
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Eli has been teaching these AMGA Rock Guide Courses for more than a
decade and most of the candidates he has trained
have gone on to become Certified Rock or Alpine Guides by the AMGA.
Unfortunately, the privatized version of this AMGA course that we did
this September will not be available in 2010 due to a decision by the
AMGA to offer these courses ONLY through the AMGA until potential
issues in this program can be addressed. Consult the AMGA
website here for information on the entire course and exam schedule for
2010.
Although Eli will not be teaching the RGC course in 2010, he will be
offering numerous dates for the AMGA Single Pitch Instructor (SPI)
course and exam (for certification). Please consult our AMGA
training schedule here for more information on this three day course
and two day exam.
Chris leading the
upper ridge of the East Face
of the First Flatiron above Boulder, Colorado on what was a snowy day
in the nearby peaks. We climbed in an intermittent mist that resembled a great day in the Peak District of the UK.
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A
climber on the West Buttress of
the Bastille- another high quality route on this striking rock spire.
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Eli
is an AMGA
certified Rock, Alpine, and Ski Mountaineering Guide in his 21st year
of teaching all aspects of mountain and rock climbing to
guests
and guides of all levels. He also leads skiing
adventures in Rocky Mountain National Park, rock climbing in Eldorado
Canyon, and alpine mountaineering trips to the high peaks of
the world; specializing in climbing and skiing trips to
Alaska, South
America, Canada, Nepal and western Europe.
Please
contact
us for more information or to register for one of
our many outings and trainings in the climbing and skiing
arts.
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www.guide.climbinglife.com
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