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Instructors? 25-Jul-2011 At 10:07:26 PM TobyB

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There are several ways of gaining the necessary knowledge to become a competent and safe trad climber, hiring a qualified climbing instructor guarantees you professional guidance with the current national best practice in climbing safety and equipment. Like in all skills, practise can be acquired by simple trial and error or perhaps observation of others. Engaging guiding services though, means you employ someone who is trained to deliver the necessary and important information in a manner that whilst educating you ensures the most appropriate safety measures are in place for a given risk. Typically guiding companies in the Grampians and Arapiles regions are small owner operator enterprises run by climbers and employ local guides, meaning you get qualified instruction from a climber with local crag knowledge and a passion for climbing rocks. You must decide which way of gaining this knowledge bests suits you.
Good luck on becoming trad savvy and never stop learning.
Toby Bucek