Rise And Summit

I took the two day 'learn to trad course' over the weekend and Kevin had arranged it at very short notice as I am going away and it didn't disappoint! Steve the instructor took the two days training and made me feel at ease throughout with his outstanding knowledge on all things climbing and gave me great advice and information for me to hone my own personal climbing skills. The location of the climbs made to a great two days of climbing and learning how to place gear and build belays. I ...

Really great experience on the lead climbing course. The course leader Alec provided a real sense of confidence and I came out really feeling like my understanding and knowledge of trad climbing really massively improved. I would recommend 100%. I am hoping to do further courses or guided trips with Rise and Summit.

Thanks so much to Kevin (& Ollie who was observing and supporting as part of his RCI coursework) for my Learn to Lead Trad course. I hugely enjoyed the experience and was gently led through the theory, placing gear and building anchors at ground level to getting on the rock to gain familiarity with the whole process. It was a lot of new information initially, but doled out in manageable chunks with just enough autonomy given to let me push myself. I feel confident I have the foundations to ge...

Felt safe in Kevin's hand. He was patient and made us feel at ease. Would not hesitate to recommend my friends in doing Cliff camping with Kevin.

My wife and I are moderately experienced climbers who enjoy multipitch climbing but never push the grade too hard. We decided we wanted to learn the fundamental skills of big wall climbing (aid climbing, jumaring, hauling, portaledge set up) not because we're set on heading off to Yosemite to actually do a Big Wall but because we enjoy learning and knew the skills could come in handy for our normal climbing. Kevin from Rise and Summit took our goals and abilities onboard and developed a cour...