Completing the AMGA SPI Certification (Single Pitch Instructor)
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
- This video shows how to start your rock climbing professional career by attaining the AMGA SPI certification. This is the gateway to becoming a professional climbing guide and will help you jump start your career in this space.
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This is incredibly informative! So excited to take my course
Thank you for this video! I have been watching your channel from early on and have always found your videos to be very helpful and inspiring when it comes to learning the skills to be a guide. Looking into taking the course this year while living and working in Arizona. Thank you for all you and your company do for the community!
Awesome, thanks for sticking with the channel as I learn what the heck I'm doing. Glad you are pursuing your passion!
It made my day to see the footage from looking glass. Great video as always.
Thank you so much for these videos. Huge fan.
Hi Jason, thanks for introduce yourself at Kennesaw summit climbing, my name is Anto and we wil keep in touch with you...
Super insightful video! Really looking forward to the follow up. Wish I lived closer I'd definitely love to "SPI Apprentice" with you.
very valuable perspectives on guiding, great editing, articulate, and information-dense. Sorry I missed signing up for the cert course with Karsten Delap!
Thank you so much for this video! I’ve been thinking for awhile about getting my cert. I’m currently working at a climbing gym and I’ve been outdoors a number of times. I just kinda think where I live there just isn’t much of a demand for guides.
awesome info! Thank you so much!
Thank you for the info, looking into this for after my military retirement in a few years potentially. Really appreciate the transparency on this.
Nice, I have a friend who did that... he's loving it!
Great video definitely make more
Hi, I just took the SPI Course here in Colorado and for reference here's the required gear for taking the course (excluding harness, shoes, helmet)
• Nut removal tool
• Standard “lead climbing rack” such as, stoppers/nuts, SLCD's, tri-cams, etc.
• Assorted 24” and 48” runners (must have at least one 48” runner)
• 10 or more non-locking carabiners
• 3 or more locking “HMS/Pearbiners”
• 6 or more locking carabiners, (the more, the better)
• Manual braking belay/rappel device, such as the “Verso”, “ATC” or “Pyramid”, etc.
• Releasable assisted braking device, such as the Petzl “GriGri” or Trango “Cinch”
• 2 Prusik loops (1m of 6mm Nylon Accessory Cord)
• 2 cordelettes (5m of 7mm Nylon Accessory Cord)
• One 50-60m "single" dynamic rope (9.5-10.5mm) suitable for leading and top roping
• One static or “semi static” (gym line) rope 9-11mm, 30m+, for setting up anchors and fixed lines
Nice.... i forgot how many lockers they listed on that.
Our instructor did say, he'd never seen anyone carry 10 non lockers lol. But our gear was still all checked at the start.@@summitseekersexperience
@@James-om3hm nice, yeah, they usually give this standard list so that's good that you had everything.
First off thanks for all of your hard work in providing these videos. Second where the heck did you win that buckle from?
I was || close to being a guide in early 90's... *sigh* I really should / want to get my AMGA SPI but I'm like 55... lol. :) Thanks for all your videos brother!
just do it! I know a lot of people that get into climbing as they get older. 55 is young these days.
@@summitseekersexperience I promise I didn't pay him to say this. Lulz.
i'm about to enter my late 60s, and I am going for it!
Girth hitch masterpoints actually do have a shelf, the master carabiner prevents it from rolling even if nothing is in there
true... not super practical though but can be used I guess... good point.
im very instrested i want to be a ice climbing/alpine guide
Great video, I'm curious, how long have you been climbing for? You got into it as a second career right? Was it all you hoped it would be so far?
In certain areas, the journey has far exceeded my expectations. As far as growth, especially on the mental side, climbing has given me far more skills and techniques than I ever could have imagined. These skills for handling stress, objective decision making and just staying calm have carried over into many other aspects of my life. I would say the career itself for my temperament is not as fulfilling as some of my other endeavors. I will note, I am a highly ambitious person and climbing just doesn't offer the scalability I'm used to seeing in my other businesses. Thus I'm treating it more as a glorified hobby than career at this point, but it is still a lot of fun.
@summitseekersexperience, I’m looking into the SPI track and noticed prerequisites say to have led at least 15 trads (among a couple other things done). How do I prove that? Do I need to start journaling or something?
I'm really interested in taking the course in November. I can't sign up today, but hope to in the next month. What kind of space is there? Will it fill up any second?
Thanks for all the sound instruction
Hey there, we just listed it when I posted this video and it has 2 of 6 slots filled as of now.
Thanks for putting up this video! Thank you for illuminating on what realistically to expect with guiding. I think your ropes might be manufactured by Edelrid? Edelweiss is a song and flower from The Sound of Music 🤣
lol... I love that movie (I have 4 kids)... there actually is a company called Edelweiss that makes ropes though.
@@summitseekersexperience omg you're right! oddly it's a French company!