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I need a couple climbers that would want to learn about trad climbing for Wednesday the 9th. This will be for aspiring Amga instructors to practice guiding. As a certified guide I will be overseeing all safety so nothing to worry about there. Please contact me. Only 2 spots available. Karstendelap@g...

I need two newer climbers that want to learn about Climbing this coming Sunday. If you have climbed a couple times that would be perfect.

This is for mock clients for an AMGA single pitch instructor exam. It will go from 9am to 3pm.
Please email me at karsten@foxmountainguides.com for more info.

Here are the dates for AMGA course work I will be teaching this fall for anyone who is interested:

http://www.karstendelap.com/amga-single ... -schedule/

For those of you looking for a winter trip on the ice Fox Mountain Guides is offering a discount through mid September on their NH ice trip. Everything is included once you get there; meals, lodging, equipment, guides and instruction. http://www.foxmountainguides.com/ice-climbing for more photos and...

What are your thoughts?

http://www.karstendelap.com/2014/03/24/ ... ion-hitch/

The lack for need of certification in the US has really lowered the standard of what people hire as a "guide". The Third Pillar of Dana is manageable for an AMGA Certified Rock Guide and very manageable for an Alpine certified guide. Realize these should be minimum qualifications for the g...

It is impossible to completely equalize. You should typically know the direction of force and therefore negates any reason to have a multi-directional anchor. The ATC is what we used in the 80s. We now have smart phones, fried snickers bars and plaquette belay devices.

Just saying...

I will be doing one then as well. I believe the dates will be Oct 5-7 (Course) and 8-9th for the assessment.

We use it a lot when lowering 2 people or a super skinny rope. The regular munter provides more friction than any other non-break-assisted belay device making it a great choice for holding power.

You can't use the super munter to belay because there is to much friction and it doesn't flip. You are correct that because of the extra turn it eliminates twists. The super munter is mainly use for lowering heavy loads.