Category: A Year in the Life
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Week 11/52: Downtime.
I’ve learned the hard way in previous projects that a key component in achieving a goal is having downtime. Proper rest. Not scheduled in, not with any kind of aim, but just time to rest and recuperate. I have a series of warning signs I look out for, mentally and physically, which usually mean I…
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Week 9: A Day with the Mountain Weather Information Service
I promised in my last post that I would be sharing my action plan with you. So what does MWIS have to do with my personal career plan? Before I get to the answer, let me give you a brief outline of my day with one of the meteorologists from the service at the start…
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Week 7: No Such Thing as Bad Weather…Except Really Bad Weather!
As regular readers will know, I check the weather forecast on a Thursday evening to see what my weekend might look like. Sometimes it’s time to plan a sunrise shoot, sometimes it’s a walk for one of my guidebook projects. Other times it’s a Quality Day for one of the various awards I’m working towards.…
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A Career as a Mountain Leader: How do you navigate your options?
Estimated reading time: 10 minutes. As promised in a previous blog about doing a year of career development, here is the first instalment. I have been a Careers Adviser for ten years. For the same amount of time, I have also been a Mountain Leader. The question I am focusing on is: how can you…
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Week 3: Busy work life? Here are ten questions I ask myself before I head outdoors.
If you work a 40 hour week in an office, how can you best prepare for a weekend outside? And does that preparation actually make a difference? Here are ten questions I ask myself before heading out. They help guide me towards an objective and minimise missing out on crucial outdoor time. I’m using pictures…
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Week 2: Lowland routes in focus – how do you best plan a walk for varied abilities?
Pushed for time? Check out my video at the bottom! Reading time: 15 mins. As I make progress through the Lowland Leader scheme, it strikes me that it makes a really good qualification to help you as a leader think carefully about the abilities of your group. Why is that? At first, I nearly dismissed…
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Week 1: Navigation Training, Sunrise Hikes and how NOT to photograph the Northern Lights…
See that above? Not bad for a hand-held effort. Just ignore all the blurred streetlights in the bottom right corner. Basically I was just really lazy and couldn’t be bothered to get my tripod. No other excuse. It’s been an adventurous first week into my challenge, so here’s a brief run through of what I’ve…
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