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Patrick is my coach for a challenge I set myself a couple of months ago. He provides the support and development to help me reach my goals in adventure racing, and I am so glad that I found him! Patrick is a man of many things. Highly skilled, professional, supportive, encouraging, and an absolute delight to be around! He is passionate about the outdoors, navigation, and guiding and teaching people the skills required to survive in any environment, and enjoy the journey! This weekend I completed my first goal, which was passing the Bronze NNAS Navigation award. It covers the basics of navigation, however, for a person like me, with absolutely no background in Navigation or Hiking, I found it a challenge. New vocabulary, new symbols, new everything! Patrick broke things down in a very manageable way, and I can now confidently say that I 'get it'. Without his support, patience, and encouragement, I wouldn't have passed one of my goals, and I am very grateful. He really went above and beyond. I am continuing on this journey with him for the next year, and can confidently say that I made the right choice. He is an absolute gem.
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During November we booked a weekend with Patrick to complete the Learn to Lead Scrambling course. Patrick spent time understanding our experience and tailored the course to suit. We learned loads and left feeling comfortable that we now had a good grasp of all the skills we need to safely scramble grade 3 routes without a guide. Patrick is extremely knowledgeable and patient and I highly recommend him.
Patrick is one of those guides you know and feel you can trust wholeheartedly within the first five minutes. The amount of material, hands-on practice and level of professionalism were absolutely incredible. Can't wait to continue learning and advancing my trad and multi pitch skills. Thank you!
Patrick is extremely knowledgable, friendly and an excellent teacher. A friend and I booked three days of instruction with Patrick to give us our first experience of climbing outdoors around the Yorkshire Dales. Even before booking the course he gave us loads of useful advice and tips. We learned an incredible amount on each of the three days, much more than we thought we thought possible in a short space of time. There was never any doubt that safety was the first priority for Patrick at all stages of the course, which straight away put us at ease and gave us the best environment to really push ourselves, learn new techniques and skills and have fun. I wouldn't hesitate to book another course with Patrick in the future and would highly recommend The Summit is Optional to anyone looking to learn more about all types of climbing, but especially trad climing.
I've been out twice with Patrick (owner of TSiO). First off he took myself and my partner up Helvellyn and onto the Priest Hole Cave on a glorious September day. Patrick gave some great instruction on map reading and navigation, as well being knowledgable in picking a safe route to the cave (which you shouldn't attempt without a guide). On another day, Patrick took me and another in the group for two days scrambling in Snowdonia. Patrick is hugely experienced, great company and an excellent communicator. I would highly recommend him if you are looking for someone to guide you or instruct you in some of the more technical aspects of mountaineering, climbing or scrambling. He's an International Mountain Leader and has climbed all over the world.
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