*Sierra Mountain Guides was the first, and is currently one of the few, guide
services in the US that require guides to be AMGA certified or actively
on track toward certification in the guiding disciplines they work.
Elevation Outdoors
The Guide Line
Haul Bag? Nope. The six-day AMGA rock guide exam requires climbers to learn client care beyond belays.
The American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) is attempting to
make sure people who go out climbing, mountaineering and skiing with
guides get what they pay for. But in a culture that encourages free
enterprise is Euro-style guiding the answer? It may be the only way to
go as younger climbers buy into international accreditation and land
managers nationwide demand that guides know what the hell they are
doing.
Read the full article here at
Elevation Outdoors Magazine!
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