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ACIA-ACCREDITED COURSES AND ASSESSMENTS

The Australian Climbing Instructors’ Association (ACIA) is an incorporated body formed in 2000 by the merger of state based professional climbing instructor organizations. The Climbing Instructors Association (CIA), incorporated in Victoria in 1990 and including NSW, and the Rockclimbing Instructors Association of Queensland (RIAQ) dissolved as separate state bodies and now operate under the national banner of the Australian Climbing Instructors’ Association.

The Climbing Company now delivers ACIA-accredited courses and assessments in Victoria.

Upcoming Dates

VICTORIA – Mt Arapiles

Course	Price	Max Participants	Current Waitlist
TRG Training 27-30 September Top-Rope Guide Training Course - 4 days	From $850.00 Price varies based on number of participants	6	0
Name: Email: Phone: Preference: I understand a deposit of $100 is needed to secure my waitlist spot
TRG Assessment 21-22 September Top-Rope Guide Assessment - 2 days	From $850.00 Price varies based on number of participants	6	0
Name: Email: Phone: Preference: I understand a deposit of $100 is needed to secure my waitlist spot
SPG Training 27-30 September Single Pitch Guide Training Course - 4 days	From $1,200.00 Price varies based on number of participants	6	1
Name: Email: Phone: Preference: I understand a deposit of $100 is needed to secure my waitlist spot
SPG Assessment 21-22 September Single Pitch Guide Assessment - 2 days	From $850.00 Price varies based on number of participants	6	0
Name: Email: Phone: Preference: I understand a deposit of $100 is needed to secure my waitlist spot
MPG Training 4-6 October Multi-Pitch Guide Training Course - 3 days	From $1,200.00 Price varies based on number of participants	4	0
Name: Email: Phone: Preference: I understand a deposit of $100 is needed to secure my waitlist spot
MPG Assessment 14-15 September Multi-Pitch Guide Assessment (2 days)	From $1,000.00 Price varies based on number of participants	2	0
Name: Email: Phone: Preference: I understand a deposit of $100 is needed to secure my waitlist spot
CI Training 11-13 October Climbing Instructor Training Course - 3 days	From $950.00 Price varies based on number of participants	4	0
Name: Email: Phone: Preference: I understand a deposit of $100 is needed to secure my waitlist spot
CI Assessment - 19-20 October Climbing Instructor Assessment - 2 days	From $1,000.00 Price varies based on number of participants	2	0
Name: Email: Phone: Preference: I understand a deposit of $100 is needed to secure my waitlist spot
MPG Assessment 2 & 3 November 2024 Multi-Pitch Guide Assessment - 2 days	From $1,000.00 Price varies based on number of participants	4	2
Name: Email: Phone: Preference: I understand a deposit of $100 is needed to secure my waitlist spot

Spring 2024
TRG Training	27th – 29th September
TRG Assessment	21st September
SPG Training	27th – 30th September
SPG Assessment	21st – 22nd September
MPG Training	4th – 6th October
MPG Assessment	14th – 15th September
CI Training	11th – 13th October
CI Assessment	19th – 20th October

GET IN TOUCH

Address: Dyurrite/Mt Arapiles, VIC 3409

Email: Aaron - info@theclimbingcompany.com.au

Postal address: 64 Newman St, Thornbury VIC 3071

Mobiles:
Aaron 0424 383 831
Hamid 0406 750 087

AARON LOWNDES

The Climbing Company consists of a close knit group of instructors who are experts at what they do. You can be assured you will have a great and fun experience.

Aaron Lowndes owns the Climbing Company and has run it for the last 1.5 years. Aaron has been climbing since he was a young boy and now has close to three decades of experience behind him.

He has travelled all over the world in pursuit of amazing rock, and enjoys classic low-grade adventure routes just as much as harder technical climbing (if grade 29/8a/5.13a means anything to you, that’s his top so far). Prior to starting Melbourne Climbing School in 2015 and acquiring The Climbing Company in 2022, Aaron spent countless weekends voluntarily teaching organised groups rock climbing safety skills, and has facilitated hundreds of new climbers in their transition onto real rock.

Aaron is fully committed to the rock climbing industry, and is a current board member of the Australian Climbing Instructor’s Association (ACIA).

Apart from the physical benefits that climbing provides it also allows a person to take charge and learn that one can be safe, but also explore one's limits in the vertical world the rock provides.

The two most important things a person can find in life is a passion, then the courage to trust one’s heart and follow that passion.

Address: Dyurrite/Mt Arapiles, VIC 3409

Email: Aaron - info@theclimbingcompany.com.au

Postal address: 64 Newman St, Thornbury VIC 3071

Mobiles:
Aaron 0424 383 831
Hamid 0406 750 087