Looking to hire - rock guide | Yosemite Valley

Hi all - Looking to hire a rock climbing guide. Can you recommend a person/company in the area, we'd love to hear your input.

About us:
Skill level - advanced
Strength - moderate
5.6-5.8 trad
Years climbing - 3
Home crag - Seneca Rocks WV
Dates in the valley - 20-23 oct
2 people

interested in making best use of classic climbs and being in the iconic valley

Maybe others know better, but my understanding is that Yosemite Mountaineering School is the only authorized guiding outfit in the Valley.

Yep, YMS.

yosemitepark.com/rock-climb…

C Brooks wrote:Maybe others know better, but my understanding is that Yosemite Mountaineering School is the only authorized guiding outfit in the Valley.

I've heard the same - for all of Yosemite National Park (which I'm sure is what C meant to say). I chatted with a couple different guided parties on Cathedral back in August, and the guides were all pretty nice folks. One of them did cross our rope, but he asked nicely first. I watched that guy lower his clients off for 15 minutes, as well as discuss a possible rescue when someone fell nearby. He knew his stuff.

Bottom line: I'd climb with YMS.

If your experience level is advanced and you lead 5.6-5.8 trad, why waste money on a guide?

Get a guidebook and jump on some routes.

rockklimber wrote:If your experience level is advanced and you lead 5.6-5.8 trad, why waste money on a guide? Get a guidebook and jump on some routes.

Guessing that's because he doesn't think it's a waste of money?

Although lots of the YMS guides are probably great, I highly recommend Josh Helling, ask for him.