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Single Pitch Award Assessment

This award is for those who wish to supervise a group on single pitch crags and climbing walls.

This course is provided through our Partner Company Mountain Activities Ltd. Mountain Activities is a Mountain Leader Training England (MLTE) approved provider of the SPA, Mountain Leader, Walking Group Leader and Climbing Wall awards. Intrepid Pursuits and Mountain Activities have a long-standing partnership, running training and assessment courses throughout the UK together.

If you book your SPA Assessment course through Intrepid Pursuits you will be signing up for a course provided by Mountain Activities. The course may well be directed by Steve Anderson, founder of Intrepid Pursuits, and MLTE approved course director.

The prerequisites for attending an  SPA assessment course are:

  • You must have attended a training course or been granted exemption from training
  • You must be proficient in the use of climbing walls
  • You must be competently leading severe grade climbs on outdoor crags with leader-placed protection
  • You must have led a minimum of 40 climbs, outdoors on leader-placed protection. A substantial
    number of these must be at least Severe grade and they should be on a variety of rock
    types.
  • You must have assisted with the supervision of climbing for approximately 20 sessions at a variety
    of locations, some outside and some indoors (a session is a half day or evening).
  • You must hold a valid first aid certificate appropriate for the award, as defined by the sylabus.
  • You must have a completed personal profile.

For full details refer to your logbook or see Single Pitch Award Handbook

If you book onto a course with us and have not fullfilled all of the requirements, you will not be eligible for the course and may not be able to participate in the course.  Under these circumstances no refund of course fees is available. It is the candidates responsibilty to ensure they have have fullfilled all requirements before attending an assessment.

 

 

Course information:
Accommodation is not provided as part of the course fee. Candidates are responsible for arranging their own accommodation. We can offer advice on where to stay. During the course we will visit a local climbing wall. Candidates are expected to pay their own entry fee to the wall.