There have been many fortunate events this season. The most recent is Patrick Weaver will have the opportunity to work as an Adjunct Professor at Brevard College. He will be teaching the WLEE 252 course or Advance Rock Climbing. Brevard College has been teaching wilderness leadership for over 20 years and has a long history [...]
Appalachian Mountain Institute is looking for an individual for guiding and instructing. One must have a background in rock climbing instruction and/or guiding, medical certification and good communication skills.
If interested, please submit a resume to patrick@appalachianmountaininstitute.com and call 828-553-6323.
On March 23rd around 1:50pm a climber fell of an unknown distance at the South Face of Looking Glass Rock. The climber had led Good Intentions 5.6 and traversed right to a set of rappel bolts over Left Up. He then anchored to the bolts. He was being lowered and was swinging over to remove [...]
Title: Rock Intro Class
Location: Brevard, NC
Link out: Click here
Description: One day beginner climbing class for anyone who wants to learn to climb
Date: 2011-07-16
Title: Rock Intro Class
Location: Brevard, NC
Link out: Click here
Description: Beginner climbing class for anyone who wants to learn to climb
Start Time: 8 am
Date: 2011-06-18
Appalachian Mountain Institute has been selected for an online collection of articles at onlinetraining.org. There were 40 sites selected and AMI’s blog was one of them. This site is a good resource for information.
E-Climbs: The Hardware Revolution
A few years ago, I got to try an ice axe that I had not heard of before. It was an E-Climbs. I was very impressed with it at the time. Recently, I have been privileged to work in closer with E-climbs. Appalachian Mountain Institute is now the Eastern US representative for [...]
I spent the New Year ringing in a new training. I was fortunate enough to be able to go to Colorado for some avalanche training. Getting there was a challenge as the east coast storm made havoc on the flights. After delays I made it to Colorado for the training.
We spent the first day in [...]
Do you kayak, climb, hike or otherwise venture into wilderness setting? Many of use take advantage of the fun and thrill of outdoor adventure of all levels. But are you prepared to handle the situation if something goes wrong?
Wilderness First Aid
Our Wilderness First Aid (WFA) course is designed as an introduction to the art and [...]
Join us on November 3rd, 2010 for a day of enhancing your understanding of risk management in the outdoor and adventure education fields at this year’s International AEE Conference in Las Vegas. This pre-conference will provide you with the opportunity to create/tweak your current risk management system, discuss best practices and learn from some experts [...]
