Were the correspondences with your guides/instructors previous to the course difficult? Please explain below: --No - very easy: a great pleasure to discover.

What aspects of the course were particularly difficult? How could your guide/ instructor have remedied this? Please explain: --Various forms of traverse movement across the ice (French techniques)

What parts of the course were particularly rewarding? Please explain: --Learning to trust the front points and the gradual improvement in confidence that the crampons really do hold.

At anytime did you feel uncomfortable or unsafe with the course? Please explain: --No - safe at all times (in spite of the cold).

Were you confident with your guides/instructors? Did they satisfy your expectations? Please explain: --Yes.

Did you feel the course was well organized? Were there any aspects of the course that you felt needed improving? Please explain: --The course was very well organized.

Did you learn and do all that you expected? Were there any parts you felt were missing from the course? Please explain: --I learned a great deal about ice climbing. Even if the only thing I go away with is to keep the heels down, trust the front points and small-step, then I my ability has already improved many-fold.

From a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being most positive, what is your overall impression with the course? --8.

Did you feel the course was an overall rewarding or negative experience? Please elaborate below: --Very rewarding - one of the most interesting and challenging activities I have ever participated in.

Thank you for a very rewarding two days. Best wishes for the summer season.

Regards,
Alan Watson