Spent the weekend in Kentucky's Red River Gorge with a group of friends teaching the practical portion of the Trad Climbing course being taught through C.A.M. (The Climbers Association of Michigan). We spent the first day at Muir Valley at the Practice Wall. Timi and I woke up at 6:15 got ready and the whole group hopped into their cars leaving the campground at 8:30am. We spend the morning having the students place gear in the wall. Nuts, Hexes, Cams, Ballnuts, Tri-cams... everything. The instructors wandered around checking placements and giving feedback on the placements. 12:30pm: Lunch break. After lunch we looked at some anchors that a couple students put together, making comments, correcting problems, etc.. Then moved on to setting up a rappel and rappelling for those that weren't familiar with this, or wanted to do so under a watchful eye. Some routes were mock lead, placements evaluated, routes seconded and cleaned. Wash. Rinse. Repeat. The day was finished a