In conjuction with the Professional Climbing Instructors Association, ACI is offering two curriculums for top rope instructors. They are the Base Managed Climbing Instructor (BMCI) course and the Top Managed Climbing Instructor (TMCI) course. These courses are intended to help recreational climbers complete the transition to professionally trained climbing instructors. A one-year associate membership in the PCIA is included in the course tuition. The maximum ratio for the courses is 6:1.
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Single Pitch Climbing Instructor
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These courses emphasizes the technical and educational proficiencies necessary to safely and professionally instruct climbing activities in a group setting. It is geared toward aspiring guides and those who are responsible for selecting, establishing and managing top-rope sites for organized groups.
The courses will revisit and improve existing personal recreational climbing skills and introduce guide-specific skills. Topics include expanding your repertoire of belay systems, rappelling methods; exploring and practicing methods of teaching and modeling these skills; developing quick and effective anchoring systems using natural and artificial anchors and learning about the subtleties of a variety of anchor configurations; establishing and running top managed & bottom managed top rope climbing sites; assisting and rescuing climbers; understanding the experiential education model along with briefing and debriefing processes and learning and teaching styles. This course can be scheduled at your convenience or you may attend one of our scheduled courses.
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