Certifications

Professional Climbing Guides Institute (PCGI) is a registered non-profit organization. PCGI develops and governs nationally recognized training, assessment and certification programs for rock climbing instruction and guiding.

PCGI programs are designed to serve current professional and aspiring rock climbing guides and/or instructors, university/college rock climbing program leaders, youth program rock climbing leaders, climbing club/association leaders and recreational climbers seeking to improve safety and efficiency.

Wilderness Medical Associates International is an organization devoted to the development of remote and practical medicine. We are medical and rescue professionals, researchers, experienced educators, and advocates for healthcare in remote settings and hostile environments. Our cutting edge curriculum is overseen and continually revised by a committee of medical practitioners and has been taught on all seven continents.


We educate, train, and consult to both medical and non-medical professionals and recreationalists for practical health and patient care in low resource and unconventional settings.

NOLS -The Wilderness Medicine Institute is the leader in wilderness medicine education. Our goal is to provide the highest quality education and information for the recognition, treatment, and prevention of wilderness emergencies. Our dynamic curriculum is accurate, practical and relevant. It’s supported by internationally recognized wilderness medicine protocols and implemented by a full-time Curriculum Director.

Foster Calm Gain the confidence and the skills to handle a first aid emergency. Our classes are fun, with lots of hands-on skills. The emphasis is on making good decisions by staying calm and safe. We focus on learning a system that will help you stay focused and calm. 
 
You will learn principles and not memorize lists. Foster Calm is dedicated to providing quality, low-cost first aid and leadership classes to individuals and groups, especially nonprofits.

 

Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics is member-driven snf teaches people of all ages how to enjoy the outdoors responsibly, and is the most widely accepted outdoor ethics program used on public lands. 
Through relevant and targeted education, research and outreach, the Center ensures the long-term health of our natural world. In its simplest form, Leave No Trace is about making good decisions to protect the world around you-the world we all enjoy.