ーーーーーーーーーーーー Gratitude I took my SPI course and assessment in Boulder, CO in 2017 - it is the first instructor training I have ever taken. Taking the AMGA Single Pitch Instructor (SPI) program is my first step towards learning and training to become a climbing instructor and guide. It is when I began to realize the distinction of being a recreational climber vs. a responsible service provider to my clients. In the fall of 2019, I took the Rock Guide Course (RGC), clueless about how the world would be swept by COVID-19 for the next 2.5 years. My life has been a roller-coaster ride ever since then. It’s been extremely challenging to keep up with training, preparation and motivation when all of a sudden one’s livelihood is at stake. I felt I was left with nothing.
This summer, I got some great news. Under the AMGA’s Affinity Programs to support the underrepresented community in the guiding industry, I received a scholarship from Arc'teryx and American Mountain Guides Association to take the Women’s SPI Assessment this fall. Passing the two-day assessment will renew my SPI certification (which expired last month). More importantly, it is a great opportunity to keep my skills in check as a climbing instructor. I am incredibly pleased to have also received a scholarship from the First Ascent Charitable Foundation to take my Advanced Rock Guide Course (ARGC) next year. The journey has been a long and bumpy ride and I am grateful beyond words for all the opportunities and support that have been extended to me. Now back in Vegas full of gratitude, let’s keep the work going Thank you so much Arc'teryx, First Ascent Charitable Foundation and American Mountain Guides Association. Photo: Jennie Tsai ーーーーーーーーーーーーー
I've gone to the "handstand" gathering in Itoshima yesterday and was fun!
so this is the report to everyone.
A Jugler and Dancer Hisashi Watanabe was "found" in Europe, in France.
See his video here.
He and she is talking about freedom and that is very interesting.
This is his art.
I know everyone is wondering about how they managed their financial of the travel, but my own experience in two years in the U.S. when I was 20 to 21, also 2 month in Melbourne in 38 tells me you'd do anything if money comes short.
You will be very creative, and start making money that's all.
See, Hisasahi is making money out of his
hand stand!
■ Yuji was also in EURO
It is very known that young Yuji Hirayama, now the Japan's no1 top climber of all, was in the west 7years...
Every climber, should go to abroad at their teen or at the latest, in their 20's、
It's my personal opinion.
You see this youtube and know what I mean.
I was in the city of San Francisco for about 2 years myself, and I lived 6 different neighborhoods and was all so much fun!
If it is too difficult for you to live in abroad, then, goto Laos, green climbers home!
There will be all the young and old western climbers from Europe and the US...even from Araska!
Japanese and Korean are only old people... no young ones... too sad. I think I was actually the youngest of all Asian and was an only female climber.
Climbing abroad or even living abroad, is NOT difficult at all, it is
your jealous
making it so difficult. Your jealous works against you, make you blind about the useful information like this one.
I went Laos WITHOUT a partner.
I GOT a partner and climbed in Taiwan with him.
You go there to get one.
No need to bring one.
If you go there with a partner, why does anybody feel the need to help you?
色々、楽しく、無償の仕事=ボランティア&有給の仕事を合体した体験学習みたいな感じで、暮らし、ミッションの他、ステートユニバーシティがある、Ingelside heights, Presidio heights, Bernal heights, HeightAshubery, Richmond などに住みました。