Kilimanjaro For the last few weeks I have been in Africa, guiding groups on Kilimanjaro. The highest mountain in Africa, standing 5895m above sea level, is also the tallest freestanding mountain on earth. The Africans are rightly very proud of their mountain, and alongside safaris and the beaches, it’s their main tourist draw. This trip I was working for World Challenge, there purely to be a summit leader on Kilimanjaro. The students had their regular… Continue reading

School Groups etc… A busy few weeks have passed in Pembrokeshire, summer is in full flow and we have been treated to some amazing weather (with the odd tougher day thrown in!) School groups, private clients, CPD workshops, SPA courses and Technical Advisor days – great that work is so varied, with variety being the spice of life and all that! Pembrokeshire is a popular place for schools to come for their multi-activity residential trips, with… Continue reading

Sea-Cliff Climbing in Pembrokeshire It’s been a busy spring so far, with lots of people coming climbing in Pembrokeshire, and this last week has been no exception, with it being half term… We started off on Sunday running workshops on the BMC Pembrokeshire Climbing Festival. Mini workshops on sea-cliff skills such as abseiling in to hanging belays, ascending the rope and hoisting stuck climbers was the order of the day. With a great bunch of… Continue reading

Sea Cliff Climbing Skills  The weekend just gone I had Hazel back with me, looking at gaining a host of new sea cliff climbing skills. She’d spent a weekend with me in North Wales already, and is prepping for some upcoming trips with her climbing club, the FRCC, over the summer. Keen to be able to lead others and look after people in serious terrain, she wanted to learn new skills! We spent the first… Continue reading

Treader Tube Cliff Camping in Pembrokeshire… These last couple of days I’ve been out Cliff Camping with the guys from Treader Tube. Tom runs a YouTube channel that aims at documenting adventurous and innovative stuff, making it interesting and engaging viewing for the audience. They’ve climbed, trekked, snow holed and dog sledded their way around the world, and this week they came to Pembrokeshire to experience sleeping on a Portaledge! I’d gone on to YouTube… Continue reading

Walking and Climbing We’ve had a super busy week both walking and climbing. First up I was working on a Gold Duke of Edinburgh training expedition, walking in the Brecon Beacons and then a weekend coaching lead Climbing in Snowdonia. Fun but looking forward to a day off! We have a pretty exciting couple of days coming up filming our Portaledge Cliff Camping with the guys from Treader Tube – if only the forecast was… Continue reading

Easter Climbing in Pembrokeshire and ML training Expedition… The week in the run up to Easter has been very busy for us. First up we had return client Tony with us for a couple of days. He’s always keen to just do some lovely climbs. Having not visited the south Pembrokeshire limestone before, we headed to the Penally area each day. A day climbing at Fishermans Point and a day at Becks Point gave us… Continue reading