The risk of mishaps with guide services right now is acute. The rising popularity of outdoor recreation has grown faster than the supply of experienced guides. Mishaps are especially likely when “green guides” are at the helm. Many guide services may claim to be the “oldest,” “most established,” etc., but a simple checklist of questions to ask yourself and the guide service should clearly put to rest which guide service to hire.

Safety is our number one priority.

Bargain Hunters Beware!
The cheapest may not be the safest!

What is the cost of the trip? Is a cheaper price really worth the risk?

Rock-About easily exceeds all of these requirements

• Ask about guide training. Will your guide have AMGA (American Mountain Guides Association) training certification?
• Ask about client to guide ratios: are they small or large?
• Do they have medical training?
• Do they use quality gear and keep it in professional condition?
• What is the company’s safety record?
• Seek experience: good companies retain seasoned guides. Good guides should have several years of field experience with clients.
• Ask to see the resumes of your guide. Ask specifically who your guides will be, their number of years of guiding experience and where they have guided.
• A reputable guide service should have decent liability insurance coverage.

A class specifically tuned to your personal rock climbing goals. You determine the curriculum! Private guiding and private instruction offer an opportunity to quickly expand your skills and maximize your climbing time. These Austin rock climbing area tours can hone your rock leading skills or give you a one-on-one beginner course.  Many climbers recognize the value that one-on-one instruction provides by accelerating the learning process through personalized attention. Do you have a specific climb or goal in mind? Let’s stretch your limits! Enchanted Rock, Milton Reimer’s Ranch, or the Austin Greenbelt, you decide the best location for your attraction.

Our classes are designed for those seeking high adventure! We’ll show you how to rock climb the summit with less risk and teach you skills that enable you to meet all future challenges with confidence.  Rock Climbing tours build trust between individuals to become cohesive teams as they learn to belay each other and cheer each other on to high success.  Our reviews on TripAdvisor are proof that our clients feel we have earned the delineation as the number one attraction in Austin. Join us for one of our rock climbing tours today and see for yourself.

Rock-About’s system of guiding and coaching aids new and seasoned climbers toward complete success on the rock and future outdoor adventure.

All Rock-About classes emphasize safety, are well organized and skills-oriented. Our climbing classes and climbing courses offer something for everyone: the basics for the beginner to advanced programs for experienced climbers.

Climbing is inherently a dangerous sport.  No tour or any real attraction can possibly be interesting without a certain amount of risk, right.  Our charge as professionally trained guides is to reduce the risk of those dangers by learning and living the American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) way of training.  Rock-About has recently been certified through a new AMGA course and is excited about using techniques that have been proven to enhance client enjoyment while continuing to reduce the risks as we have done for over ten years.  You can also learn these techniques by taking one of our 401 anchors courses at Enchanted Rock, or our 301 lead climbing class at Reimer’s Ranch or the Austin Greenbelt.  No person should be leading at Enchanted Rock or anywhere really with out these skills.