Category: Summer Mountain Leader

• Exploring the Eastern Fells – Off-path navigation in the Lake District

  If you’ve been hiking in the British mountains for some time, you might be considering taking the next step – off-path navigation. You might have lots of different reasons for wanting to do this, and the benefits are huge when you gain confidence with a map and compass. But where to start trying this out?…

  leadforaliving1409

  February 25, 2024

  200 Mountain Walks, Summer Mountain Leader

  compass, hiking, maps, navigation, survival-skills

• 20km QMD on Helvellyn

  Yesterday, 18th Feb, I finally got round to making some progress on the Helvellyn course I advertising in the near future. I started this by attending a workshop last year on leading others on Striding Edge as a Mountain Leader, not as a Mountaineering Instructor. Leading a Grade 1 scramble is right at the borderline…

  leadforaliving1409

  February 19, 2023

  Summer Mountain Leader

• ‘Weekend Warrior’ – How to max out your free time

  Creating long term sustainable career change requires two things. The first is having the clearest aim possible (note that I don’t say ‘a clear aim’ – the wording is specific and allows for change over time) and the second is the willpower/motivation to use every scrap of spare time possible to make it a reality.…

  leadforaliving1409

  February 2, 2023

  Summer Mountain Leader