[pct-l] New Mountain Education videos on YouTube!

[Dave Fajer]

Wow!  If you have credentials...you didn't list them......can you?  

I have taken 3 courses from Mountain Education...All perfectly safe but challenging IMHO and perfect for preps for my intended forays.

I see some rancor in your words for sure......perhaps some personal issues and experiences too!.  Please help me understand better where you are coming from.

Thanks,

Coastal




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<div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Matt Signore <mpsignore at gmail.com> </div><div>Date:06/30/2014  12:38 PM  (GMT-08:00) </div><div>To: Ned Tibbits <ned at mountaineducation.org> </div><div>Cc: johnmuirtrail at yahoogroups.com, pct-l <pct-l at backcountry.net> </div><div>Subject: Re: [pct-l] New Mountain Education videos on YouTube! </div><div>
</div>I would rather see the video of the guy plummeting down Harts Pass breaking
3 ribs and his scalp laceration.  You know the guy that should have been
roped to you as his guide. he as your client.  Especially since he didn't
know how to self arrest yet.  His blood is literally on your hands.

No credible guide service would allow a client to travel un-roped with the
objective hazards Harts Pass can present.  If you cannot teach roped
travel, and manage a rope team you should reconsider guiding clients.  You
could more safely teach snow basic courses at a ski resort and eliminate
the risk to your clients?  That would cost each person a lift ticket at
most.

Instead of linking Youtube videos I would rather see a link to the permits
you have gotten from the Federal Land Agency where you are offering
classes.  Maybe even an AMGA guide certificate.  Because if that same
incident would have occurred with an AMGA certified guide I am quite sure
the AMGA would revoke his guide's license.  You just don't seem to care
enough to carry a rope.

I hate to nit pick, but you obviously are not taking the necessary
precautions to keep your clients safe.  A guide needs to teach and take
necessary precautions to ensure your clients the best and safest possible
experience.  Everytime you post about your guide service I will make sure
this comes up.  You are not doing anyone any favors in this fashion.  You
are putting them in harms way.  The client is just too blind to see that
until it is too late.

Matt Signore
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