My Expedition Rocks

18/10/2026

Are you free this coming Friday 23rd October?

🔥 FREE Lead Climbing Development Day!
📍 Big Depot Leeds
📅 Friday 23rd October
🕥 10:30am – 2:30/3:00pm

Ready to step into lead climbing or sharpen your current skills? I’m running a completely free development day designed to boost your confidence, technique, and understanding of safe lead climbing. Just pay your wall entry (around £14).

We’ll dive into:
• Lead movement skills and efficient climbing technique
• Safe, controlled lead belaying — including catching falls
• Personalised 1:2 coaching on clipping, resting, positioning, and route reading

This workshop also contributes to the assessment process for instructors working towards their CWDI qualification.

Who it’s for:
• Confident top‑rope belayers
• Climbers regularly operating around F5/5+

Important info:
• Spaces are limited to 6 — book by emailing or messaging me with a short summary of your experience
• Independently run by me (not affiliated with Big Depot Leeds)

Would love to have you join!
Dan McKinlay
[email protected]

🔥 FREE Lead Climbing Development Day!
📍 Big Depot Leeds
📅 Friday 23rd October
🕥 10:30am – 2:30/3:00pm

Ready to step into lead climbing or sharpen your current skills? I’m running a completely free development day designed to boost your confidence, technique, and understanding of safe lead climbing. Just pay your wall entry (around £14).

We’ll dive into:
• Lead movement skills and efficient climbing technique
• Safe, controlled lead belaying — including catching falls
• Personalised 1:2 coaching on clipping, resting, positioning, and route reading

This workshop also contributes to the assessment process for instructors working towards their CWDI qualification.

Who it’s for:
• Confident top‑rope belayers
• Climbers regularly operating around F5/5+

Important info:
• Spaces are limited to 6 — book by emailing or messaging me with a short summary of your experience
• Independently run by me (not affiliated with Big Depot Leeds)

Would love to have you join!
Dan McKinlay
[email protected]

07/10/2026

What have we got on this October half term to entertain the kids? Well we have both indoor and outdoor opportunities to whet their appetite.

Big Depot Leeds, 10:00-16:00
🧗 27th or 29th October
🧗 £62.50 p/p or £117.50 for 2 siblings
🧗 Ofsted registered
🧗 Childcare vouchers welcome
🧗 7+ years old
🧗 Novices and experienced welcome

Ilkley Cow & Calf, 10:00-16:00
🧗 26th, 28th or 30th October
🧗 £62.50 p/p or £117.50 for 2 siblings
🧗 Ofsted registered
🧗 Childcare vouchers welcome
🧗 7+ years old
🧗 For novices

https://myexpeditionrocks.com/activity/holiday-climbing/

05/10/2026

We've got a couple of workshops for climbing instructors in November, so if you are looking to develop and seek new ideas why don't you check these out for more details.

Ropework for RCI - looking at common mistakes RCI's make and problem solving anchor rigging. Abseil rigs and how to rig to benefit the client and considerations with specific abseils in mind. 1 CPD Point with MTA.

🧗 £65.00
🧗 13th November 2026
🧗 Ilkley Cow & Calf

NEW!! Climb F6a for CWDI - coaching and support to develop skills to climb F6a for the RCI or CWI instructor aspiring to become a CWDI. This also includes many activities and skills that can be used for your own clients. Run by John Rocks, RCDI and Dev Coach and Emma Walker, CWDI and Dev Coach (BETA course)

🧗‍♀️ £35.00 currently, £75.00 normally
🧗‍♀️ 27th November 2026
🧗‍♀️ The Big Depot Leeds

Mountain Training Mountain Training Association - North West Area Mountain Training Association

There are a whole number of reasons why we feel CPD can be beneficial, it could be something as simple as wanting to know more or revisit skills due to skill-fade. Or, something a little more in-depth like problem solving rigging, or being able to plan and risk assess a more dynamic bouldering/wease...

02/10/2026

Having a good variety knots and options keeps the grey matter from dulling. Do you have any other options? Do you recognise the knots used below? Do you see any limitations?

02/10/2026

What are the pros and cons of a short or long loop on figure-of-8 on the bight?

Mountain Training Association Mountain Training

02/10/2026

Are you pursuing a career in climbing instruction and/or coaching? We support many trainees through their qualifications with valuable and relevant assisting opportunities. We have just redesigned our community group on WhatsApp, which could include any of the below.

- Bouldering Wall Instructor
- Climbing Wall Instructor
- Climbing Wall Development Instructor
- Rock Climbing Instructor
- Rock Climbing Development Instructor
- Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor
- Foundation Coach
- Development Coach

15/09/2026

Ducking and diving straight in to the punches this year, with injured shoulder, thumb and something else. The latter two weren’t even from climbing.

Back in 2025 I was up in the Lakes doing an amazing link up through the mountains, 17 pitches with amazing views throughout. Hopefully try and get another in before the year is out.

Multi pitch climbing is unbelievably liberating, and my climbing journey has taken me all over the place, but places like this can’t be simulated indoors.

14/09/2026

Our business has had to evolve over the years, and although climbing was integral we did specialise in a couple of areas. We have now decided to focus entirely on climbing and with that we have extremely good kit doing nothing.

If you would be keen to buy any of our kit that still has life for adventure, please let us know and we’ll get the link up asap to purchase these items.

Although some could do with a quick clean they’re all in good condition with plenty of life left in them. Prices are per item.

£7.50 for boots 12K-3
£10.00 for boots 4-13

£15 for Keela jacket
£10 for Keela trousers

£10 each for Kids jackets and trousers

£15 for sleeping bag

Due to volume we are unable to offer discounts as we are clearing out and need to keep it simple. Collection only from Carleton, Skipton.

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11/09/2026

Great catch by my mate Cal as I work this 3 star classic. My head game pops in and out all the time, I came back a few weeks later and climbed the route on top rope 3 times with no issues, even lead above the half way point with no issues. This move has been my Achilles heel and I can’t do it the same way everyone else does.