BMG Course Reports
Personal accounts of BMG training and assessment courses from candidates undergoing the Mountain Guides training scheme.
BMG Winter Training Feb 2011
BMG Trainee Rocio Siemens description of the Guides winter training course in the Scottish Highlands, Feb 2011
BMG Winter Induction and Test 2011
Last week the BMG winter test and induction courses took place. Both courses were convened by Graeme Ettle and were based in the Cairngorms. Saturday was the winter induction exam, this is the last of three days of practical examinations that must be passed by any person wishing to start the guides training scheme. The applicants had already been through rock climbing and skiing induction courses to validate their paper application. The format for the day was two applicants would climb with one assessor on a grade V mixed climb.
BMG Winter Test March 2011
A short account of the BMG winter test, March 2011 by BMG trainee, experienced MIC and Glencoe resident, Andy Nelson
BMG Winter Induction March 2011
For the BMG “Registrants” the winter induction was our final test for this part of the training scheme. Having all completed the Rock induction and training, the Ski technique course and induction and the five day Avalanche course in La Grave we were all getting to know each other fairly well along with getting to know the format for the BMG inductions.
BMG Ski Touring Training April 2011
A short description of the BMG Ski Touring Training course, April 2011, in the Haute Maurienne, French Alps
BMG Summer Training 2011
An account of the two part UK summer climbing & mountaineering training run by the BMG in the Lake District and Snowdonia. Tania Noakes is a BMG trainee based in the Chamonix Valley with a wide experience of running mountaineering trips and expeditions through her work with the Joint Services Mountain Training.
BMG Summer Alpine Training 2011
BMG Aspirant Guide Andy Townsend gives us an insight in to the BMG summer 2011 alpine training course. This important week leads in to a sustained period of alpine apprenticeship where the aspirant guide spends many days working alongside full mountain guides.
BMG Rock Climbing Induction & Non-MIA Training 2011
Once a candidate has been accepted on to the BMG training scheme the British rock climbing induction forms the very first stage of a long tour de force. Here Mike Brownlow, who has started the scheme this year, describes the day, held in Snowdonia in late September.
