Learn how to climb mountains! Learn how to climb rock and ice! And get the instruction so that you can do it independently! AAI's Alpine Mountaineering and Technical Leadership (AMTL) program is composed of four 12-day sections that may be taken together or over a series of years. Each section builds on the last, taking beginning level climbers through all aspects of instruction for rock climbing, ice climbing and mountaineering. Graduates of the program have baseline technical competency in all

Learn how to climb glaciated mountains! The American Alpine Institute has been offering its 6-day Alpinism 1: Introduction to Mountaineering program for 50-years! This course provides a baseline introduction to all aspects of alpine mountaineering, from rock climbing, to ice climbing, to glacier travel, to crevasse rescue, to a variety of other important aspects of technical mountain travel. The course has it all! The Alpinism 1 course runs every week from May through September, on and around Wa

Climbers are out there—we climb the highest peaks, roam deserts, and explore the woods for the most inspiring boulders. And the climbing community has been increasingly seeing anecdotal evidence of climate change impacting our climbing landscapes. But stories are one thing–scientific evidence, on the other hand, can be our topo for advocating for change. In a first-of-its-kind study, a finalist for the UIAA Mountain Protection Award @uiaa_official, a team from the American Alpine Club joined up

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The Summer Alpine Set Up Gear Show . Watch the full video checking out Teresa's summer alpine gear ... now on the EpicTV Climbing Daily Channel 👉 https://bit.ly/3IVF9wT . #itsepicoutside | EpicTV

61K views · 1K reactions | #PetzlTips - Using a Alpine quickdraw When needed the use of an Alpine quickdraw is really interesting ⛰️ Placed at the right spot it helps to reduce rope drag or avoid bad use of a carabiner (bending on an edge). It's for sure a great piece of gear to have on your harness. #Petzl #ClimbingLovers #Climbing #ClimbingLife #mountaineering | Petzl | Facebook