PCIA is proud to partner with the following climbing gear manufacturers for professional purchase benefits for CERTIFIED PCIA members.

PCIA has a few ways for certified instructors to communicate:  your member profile, the PCIA forum and now, Facebook.  Sign in to PCIA.us to create your profile, and post information about yourself on the PCIA website.

With the end of 2009 approaching, there are a number of members who have allowed their membership to expire or will expire in early 2010.

Please remember that your certification is not valid without current membership.  Expired members are excluded from member benefits, including professional purchase.

PCIA has expanded its professional purchase member benefits to include Outdoor Prolink, Five Ten, NEMO Tents, Osprey Packs, Mad Rock and Black Diamond Equipment.  We are in conversation with other companies and will add additional professional purchase agreements in 2010.  The new professional purchase program will be available January 15, 2010.

PCIA hosted two Provider training workshops this fall season at the Wilderness Risk Management Conference and the AORE conference.  Each provider training had 3 participants involved.  Growing the pool of PCIA course providers is a primary goal, and PCIA is focusing on quality over quantity, carefully selecting provider candidates.  Candidates spent 2 days learning about the PCIA progression

PCIA has hired Will Friday to serve as its Executive Director.  Will has been involved with climbing instruction since 1984, and served on the PCIA Board of Directors since 2007.  Will is a PCIA CWI provider, and in the final stages of obtaining Outdoor Course Provider status.  Will is also the Associate Director of Outdoor Link, a southern California based outdoor education provider, focusi

PCIA Education Director Jon Tierney, Board of Directors member Kaija Webster and Executive Director Will Friday attended the annual AORE conference in Minneapolis Nov.

As PCIA instructors, we set out to provide participants with a positive experience. Instructor role modeling, communication and personality have an important effect on our students ability to learn in a supportive and positive manner. We are here to have fun!