Climber and Walker
a thousand routes with partners of average 2 pitches, many approachable yet full day mountains. A wild guess but I have been a consumate hobby climber making trips with many different partners to many venues. In the long run this also has also included people recently met, sharing of the broad appreciation of the art and pleasure in a climbing or hillwalking day out. This is quite natural really as you meet people who you did not ply the sport to as an automatic good aim. There are as many ways to enjoy the outdoors as there are people and you can do your own thing, enjoy the fresh air as well as take on the obvious long and difficult challenges.
Climbing instructor - 2 and half years full time over 4 sites and several years of other related work, for instance promoting walks and climbs from a hostel assistant job. With 4 full time months over 2 winters at a childrens climbing wall I have been responsible for supervising what I took on weekly in a company environment as the competent and friendly tutor, to also having the daily and largely full responsibility for the whole climbing activity of each young client. It was probably my best achievement based on the seriousnees of my approach. There are many ways of doing this of course but I thing a sense of accomplishment is the end result and not the aim which is method and awareness. I have always shyed away from the fairground attraction variety of professional climbing. Nature and nuture have been at the heart of my belief that the success and excitement is automatic and not the result of select people having the right ideas and character. As a client, if you choose to go climbing with me I get fully involved in the fact that it is no casual choice but consumate and a way of testing your body and mind to the limit. Knowing what is too much and how to enjoy what nature provides does not need to involve safety equipment. Alot of of the confidence in adventurous sports is not misplaced. In fact it needs to be done at the correct level for yourself by training and preparation alone.
Hillwalker to mountaineer
- According to pacing yourself, choosing the right target for your long or difficult walk you can achieve great goals and find amazing places. By knowing the weather or time as guides, if you accept carrying what you need on your back your days of choice will both get you away from it and involved in the popularity of the tradition.
I am only the basic qualified leader (summer) with also winter training but have alot of experience for more serious environments from climbing and much time out solo and getting back happily due to good awareness of the mountain landscapes. Skills with a map and compass and modern campcraft have rewarded me with the gift that access especially as I know it in the UK can bring. You can walk and find campsites or bothies, links between them in the most absurdly beautiful and frequently unexpected places. In Europe and a bit elsewhere I have also slightly taken for granted the same tradition to get of the beaten trial and reconnect with it at pleasure over many days.
