Paul Platt 377
Membership AMI
Membership Type Full Member
Membership Number 377
Renewal Date 01/07/2024
Phone 07709 571 282
Email Paulplatt@hotmail.com
My professional career began in 1987 and I now hold the MIC, CIC and other awards.
I have been delivering MTEs courses since the mid 1990's and I now direct Apex Training which delivers many MTE courses including the Mountain Leader Award and the SPA award.
My other company is Ascent Training and this delivers skills courses for climbers and mountaineers in summer and winter. We also deliver skills courses for cavers and hill walkers. Ascent Training has an AALS license and can therefore deliver school/group courses.
I am the present Chair of the Association of Mountaineering Instructors (AMI).
I am a technical advisor for a both LEA centres and private organisations and available for more of this work.
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Winter Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor | 11/03/2000 | |
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Winter Mountain Leader | 27/02/1998 | |
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Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor | 14/10/1994 | |
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Mountain Leader | 29/10/1992 |
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AMI CPD - Crag Rescue, Techniques and Teaching | 05/11/2023 | 1.00 |
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BCA Cave Instructor Certificate Scheme | 24/09/2023 | 1.00 |
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BCA Cave Instructor Certificate Scheme | 24/09/2023 | 1.00 |
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24. Tyrolean Traverse and Tension (0423) | 23/04/2023 | 1.00 |
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Employer's in-house training event (1/2 day/evening) | 01/09/2021 | 0.50 |
I was fortunate that, in 1987, I was offered a trainee post at an outdoor centre in North Wales called Cwm Pennant Centre. This was soon to be managed by the now Mountain Training Technical Officer and previous Association of Mountain Instructors Development Officer - Steve Long. Steve became my mentor until an ascent of a route called Vulture on the Lleyn Peninsula when he stated the apprenticeship was over if I successfully led the E4 5b pitch. He is now one of my closest friends.
My journey through the Mountain Training awards to WMCI has been fantastic and I met a fantastic friend and climbing partner, Phil Baker, on the way.
I spent a few years climbing full-time in the mid 1990's and since then I have traveled around the world seeking adventures with some fantastic friends. This has taken me to Nepal, Borneo, North and South America including Alaska, New Zealand, Turkey, Africa, Patagonia and much of Europe.
So that has got to be a very good reason to get climbing and if that is not enough I met my wife on one of these trips and we now have two fantastic children.
For a number of years I managed Apex Training, Ascent Training and between 2011 and 2016 I was Chairman of the AMI.
I now live in the Lake District and I’m Head of Outdoor Learning at Windermere School.
