Patrick Weaver brings a unique set of skills to the guiding community. The combination of training and personal experiences brings interesting perspective to climbing and instruction. He loves sharing outdoor experiences with others, and is an excellent teacher. His understanding of different learning styles and variety of teaching techniques is a huge asset to your experience.
Patrick began climbing in the Midwest 20 years
ago at a small crag in central Michigan. From
there he has traveled to over 23 destinations
throughout North America. Besides climbing locally
in North Carolina, he has climbed in the Red
River Gorge, Tennessee, and West Virginia. Trips
to the North East have led him to climb the
Prow on the Cathedral, Whitney-Gilman on Cannon
Cliff and ice climbing on Mount Adams. He made
an ascent of the Leaning Tower and the South
Face of Washington’s Column in Yosemite.
In addition to rock climbing, he has been ice
climbing in the Southern Appalachian and New
England areas. His most recent ice climbing
adventure was to the Adirondacks.
Patrick has a BS from Indiana University at South Bend in Secondary Science Education. This degree lead to 10 years of high school science instruction, teaching physical science and environmental science. While teaching, he also was the head track coach for 6 years and had the privilege of coaching over 240 athletes. He has a special interest in coaching athletic movement. During this time, Patrick combined secondary education with wilderness experiences to help to start a program called Leadership through Adventure.
Patrick continued his education with his MA
from Prescott College in Risk Management in
Adventure Education. His thesis was on judgment
development and risk management for Adventure
Education. This was an in depth look at accidents
caused by human error and how to avoid them.
He presents seminars on judgment and risk management.
He has presented at Prescott College, and most
recently at the PEAK conference at Camp Greenville.
Additionally, Patrick presented at the AEE Southeast
Regoinal Conference 2008 on judgment and institutional
anchors for climbing.
Patrick began guiding professionally full time
in 2003 after completing the AMGA TRSM program.
From there he has continued his professional
training by becoming an American
Mountain Guides Association Certified Rock Instructor.
Patrick has also completed his AMGA
Single Pitch Provider training and
is now a licensed provider of this valuable
course and exam. Patrick also holds the medical
certification Wilderness First Responder.
Patrick lives in Brevard with his family, his wife Christine and two children Ada and Benjamin. Ben, age 2, loves climbing on dad and playing at the playground. Ada, age 4, has been following dad up climbing routes for a year now and enjoys being outdoors with dad. In addition to climbing, Patrick enjoys white water kayaking, fly fishing, mountain biking and camping throughout WNC with his family.
