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Granite Arches Climbing Guides

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Granite Arches Climbing Guides offers the only AMGA/USMGA/WALS certified rock and ice climbing guiding and instruction in the southeastern U.S. in the mountains of North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia. Our focus is to help you efficiently reach your climbing goals, while developing superior risk management awareness and technical skill proficiency. In short, our aim is to make you a better climber as quickly as possible. Our instruction can cover beginner and intermediate rock, ice and aid climbing, lead climbing, self-rescue, guide training and wilderness medicine courses.

Our courses:

Our guided rock climbing instruction and guiding is tailored to the client's goals, is highly personalized, and is loosely organized around the following knowledge suites:

Intro to Outdoor Rock Climbing: gear overview; basic climbing movement and techniques; belaying and ground anchors; basic risk assessment; and more.

Top Rope Setup: rock and tree analysis; rigging options; media selection and ERNEST analysis; cliff side safety systems; and more.

Lead Climbing I: single-point protection workshop (nuts, sliders, cams, etc.); rope physics/selection; rack selection and organization; reading routes, choosing placements and riggings; avoiding zipper, z clips and backclips; learning to control rope travel and drag; lead climbing psychology.

Lead Climbing II: advanced leading concepts, theory and practice (exploiting cam angles, wedge physics, building awareness of vector dynamics; utilizing multidirectional anchors as URPs while leading; identifying and managing critical curvature) and involves advanced mock leading problems.

Multi-pitch Climbing: complex anchors, macro-micro route finding, anchor selection and orientation, rope management, and more.

Self-Rescue I & II: belay escapes, directs, knot passes, raises, lowers, ascensions, pick-offs, rescue theory/planning, and more.

Guide Skills Course: client care, climbing with multiple clients, advanced belay systems, advanced rappel systems, transitions, and more.

Our guides
Our guides have climbed on three continents guiding rock, snow, and ice.
Swis Stockton:

USMGA/AMGA Certified Rock Instructor, WEMT, Paramedic, ACLS/PEPP/BTLS

Wilderness Advanced Life Support (WALS) certified.

UIAGM High Altitude Guides Rescue Course

has guided in Peru, Ecuador, and US on rock, snow and ice.
Drew Dekle:

WFR certified through WMA

has been guiding for 15 years, and logued hundreds of guiding days in the southeastern U.S.

trained and finished EMT training in 1995.
Rod Thomas:

AMGA Certified Rock Instructor

WMA Wilderness First Responder

AMGA Rock Instructor Course 2001

CLASSES, STYLES & DISCIPLINES

Group Sizes	1 to 30 people
Course Durations	At least 1 day
Required Skill Level	Open to All
Required Equipment	Included
Targeted Activities	Ice Climbing, Mountaineering, Rock Climbing
Our Certificatons	Whether you are taking your first steps in climbing, want to learn advanced climbing systems and techniques, or you are preparing to be a professional rock guide, Granite Arches offers the only AMGA/USMGA/WALS certified climbing instruction in the southeast. To see the credentials of our guides, go to our guides page.

Class & Lesson Types
Private Lessons	Kids/Youth	Instructor Course
Group Lessons	Elderly	Workshops/Seminars
Mountain Skills & Disciplines
Hiking	Mountaineering	Canyoneering
Backpacking	High Altitude	Caving
Camping	Traversing	Coasteering
Rock Climbing	Aid Climbing	Big Walling
Ice Climbing	Free Climbing	Ropes & Knots
Bouldering	Solo Climbing	Belaying
Indoor Climbing	Lead Climbing	Rappeling
Traditional Climbing	Top Roping
Avalanche Awareness	Outdoor Survival	First Aid
Environmental Awareness	Navigation	Search & Rescue

INCLUDED SERVICES

Meals	Not Applicable
Local Transport	Not Applicable
Insurance	Not Applicable

PRICING & CONDITIONS

Starting Price:

$60.00 per Person/Day

Season Availability:

All Year

Policies & Conditions

Payments: We offer an online payment system for your convenience using VISA/MC.
Inclement weather policy: if your guide determines that the weather is unfit for climbing, the outing is postponed to another mutually agreeable date. If arranged previously and rescheduling in not possible, you will receive a full refund.
Special Offer: Mention the promotion code below and receive 10% off of any two day climbing course with two or more clients. Contact us for other specials.

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SERVICE OVERVIEW

Activities	Ice Climbing, Mountaineering, Rock Climbing
Cities	Atlanta, Charlotte, Brevard, Hickory, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Asheville, Chattanooga
States	Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee
Country	United States
Group Size	1 to 30 people
Duration	at least 1 day
Season	All Year
Start Price	$60.00 per Person/Day

PICTURES

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Intermediate Climbing Course in NC

Advanced Climbing Course on the 1000 foot (330 Meter) face of Whitesides Mtn, NC

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