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Back to the day job with a clunk. Oooft. Some sava

Back to the day job with a clunk. Oooft. Some savage north-westerlies brought damp and a cold, cold wind to our Mountain Leader Training. Great effort from the candidates for maintaining concentration and the psyche as we navigated into darkness and didn’t make camp until 9pm. We (I) needed every bag of moralibo in our packs as the wind bit into our cheeks but a Plan B (Plan P?) low camp saved the day and it meant we didn’t have to go back out to navigate. One blessing of the short days and long nights.

It’s definitely time for a long sleep for me.

Working for the excellent @mountainindependence with a super awesome group.

#wearerab #themountainpeople #moveyourworld #getoutside #mountainleader #themountainsarecalling #rain #winter #hillwalking #mountains #learnsomethingnew #thisgirlcan

💥🎙My debut presenting job at KMF was everyth

💥🎙My debut presenting job at KMF was everything I hoped it to be and more. After the thrill of speaking to Victor Saunders as part of the Literature Festival, I spent the next three days on a whirlwind, dream journey meeting great people, steering conversations and learning so much about the mountains, the climate and also about presenting. Thanks to @kendalmountainfestival for taking a chance on me, to @rab.equipment for sponsoring the stage (and therefore me) and to all the amazing guests who took the time to come and speak at Kendal. Last night I cried at dinner because I have found my “thing” and I couldn’t be more excited.

#kendalmountainfestival #kmf #findyourthing #presenting #themountainpeople #wearerab #moveyourworld #sharethejourney #friends

What a total dream to be on *that* stage interview

What a total dream to be on *that* stage interviewing the effervescent and infernally cheerful @victorsaloschin for @kendalmountainlitfest. I hungrily watched everything on the Kendal Mountain Player last year and I can’t believe I was on the other side of the lens this time. I love reading books with a critical eye and it was a treat to spend so much time with an author. Thanks to the Lit Fest for taking a chance on an unknown and giving me the opportunity. I absolutely loved it.

I’m on stage all weekend hosting the Shackleton Stage for @rab.equipment which is another new challenge for me and I can’t wait. Check out my stories for some snippets as well as the stories from @kendalmountainfestival.

You can watch our conversation and all the other content on the Kendal Mountain Player.

📸 @paul.scully

#interviewer #bookworm #literaryfestival #mountains #alpinism #mountaineeringliterature #victor #kendal #kmf #hosting #interviewer

More silliness from me and serious faces from @rob

More silliness from me and serious faces from @rob_greenwood. Rob was having a difficult week with poorly family members and so I held the on-screen-fort 🏰🤣

We’ve got to the meaty videos in the @rab.equipment Gear Guide series on @ukclimbing. What to pack for winter hillwalking, mountain cragging, alpine climbing and wild camping. Plus you get to see Rob’s stupendous book collection which upstaged the whole thing. Link 👆🏾

#rabgearguide #themountainopeople #moveyourworld #wearerab #lookforthelogo #amiprofessionals #outdoors #climbingadvice #whattopack #gear #amiprofessionals #expertadvice

Poor visibility navigation is an essential skill f

Poor visibility navigation is an essential skill for a mountain leader. Being able to find your way in the dark, the mist, the rain whilst looking after everybody in your charge is what sets the Mountain Leader apart as such a well respected award. We certainly had the conditions for it on Thursday night. Getting back into my wet clothes after a two hour siesta in my tent was a low point of the week but the group were in cheery spirits, admitting they really enjoyed the exercise, which I always do too.

Working for @adventure.expertise as an @ami_professionals.

#mountainsleader #nightnav #futureleaders #learnsomethingnew #outside #hillwalking #mountaineering #walking #navigation #wanderlust #wearerab #themountainpeople #moveyourworld

A week of contrasting weather and contrasting sill

A week of contrasting weather and contrasting silly faces for @adventure.expertise. The forecast of impending doom and 💦💦 hasn’t been *quite* as bad as we thought and we have snuck some dryness and stellar views between the torrents. It’s looking a bit drippy for our 2 day expedition on Thursday but we are hardy now.

#mountainleader #futureleaders #getoutside #moveyourworld #thisgirlcan #amiprofessionals #learnsomethingnew #naturegram #hillwalking #mountains

Swim guiding, quarry exploring and rock climbing w

Swim guiding, quarry exploring and rock climbing with Lottie and Henry for @visitwildwales. We made the very best of a showery and dreich day in Llanberis seeing the best of what this remarkable place has to offer. There is so much to do with a bit of local knowledge. Even squeezed in a delicious lunch from @cafficaban.

#visitwildwales #wildswimming #climbing #slate #guidedadventure #wearerab #moveyourworld #themountainpeople #getoutside #snowdoniagram #lonelytree

Ace day out today at Tremadog with this psyched an

Ace day out today at Tremadog with this psyched and competent pair. So. Many. Questions. And that’s the way it should be: we built belays, rated gear, coiled ropes, chucked each other off the edge (not quite literally) and did some good climbing too. This is the way to become a safe, independent and confident trad climber and Lucy and Nat are well on their way. Boss.

Working for Leading Edge @samleary_mtn_leadingedge @cathwilson_mtn_leadingedge

#climbing #tradisrad #rockclimbing #wearerab #themountainpeople #moveyourworld #tradclimbing #thisgirlcan #amiprofessionals

Some Welsh sunshine today, scrambling in Cwm Idwal

Some Welsh sunshine today, scrambling in Cwm Idwal working for @allbutessentialtravel. Amazing resilience from my wee team of explorer scouts, scrambling up waterfalls and jumping over streams that had become rivers. We stayed warm by keeping moving and were rewarded by hot chocolate with enormous swirls of whipped cream from @moel_siabod_cafe. They even said it was a 10/10 day. I’ll take that!

It’s definitely autumn now 🍂bring your big coat. (Mine is a Rab Muztag and it has the best hood, even for women!)

#wearerab #moveyourworld #themountainpeople #wales #scrambling #rain #tenoutoften #amiprofessionals

Bouldering. The new Bouldering guide for North Wal

Bouldering. The new Bouldering guide for North Wales is enormous and I haven’t bought it because I always feel like bouldering around here isn’t for me. The people I know who are ‘boulderers’ are working 8a problems whilst I am round the back of the boulder projecting the down climb…

BUT it turns out there is stuff here for everyone. Lou and Guy were on a rapid tour of the UK (lucky us to make it onto the itinerary) and we spent such a happy afternoon tinkering around, pulling hard and occasionally blaming the rain last week. @dave_rudkin_guiding just LOVES cleaning up problems and I have aspirations to be his apprentice after this session. Bouldering really is for me and it can be for you too. Get yourself that massive book, a toothbrush and some pals and get out there this autumn 🍂

📸 @lou.reynolds
🔫 @guystevenguide
🥳 @dave_rudkin_guiding

#yass #joy #bouldering #northwalesbouldering #friends #themountainpeople #wearerab #moveyourworld #climbing #climbing_pictures_of_instagram #outside #thisgirlcan #shesends #girlcrush #gunshow #slab

Not many more of these evenings left in 2021 so we

Not many more of these evenings left in 2021 so we made the most of the Sherpa bus service on this beautiful day up to Pen y Pass and ran home. The only downside was that I had to eat my emergency Cliff Bar because my house was totally devoid of snacks. Banana and peanut butter. Disgusting.

Thanks @thomasprebble for excellent company.

#hillrunning #mountains #wearerab #skyrunning #themountainpeople #moveyourworld #snowdon #cribgoch #llanberispath #visitwales #sunset #cloudnews #wanderlust #threehands

That’s a wrap on the @teambmc Women’s Ready to

That’s a wrap on the @teambmc Women’s Ready to Rock courses for 2021. It was chilly but it didn’t matter and these women placed all the gear, built loads of belays and are ready to take their first steps independently. I’ve loved delivering these courses on behalf of @ami_professionals and they have been the most successful BMC courses this year. Thanks to @lowe.alpine for the fleet of demo packs from their climbing range and for the little gifts for each participant. Collaborations like theirs make these courses really accessible as well as showcasing some excellent gear. 2022 dates coming soon!

#thisgirlcan #lookforthelogo #getoutside #tradisrad #tradclimbing #themountainpeople #moveyourworld #climbing #amiprofessionals #learnfromexperience #wearerab #themountainsarecalling #learnsomethingnew #adventurephotography #wales #liveclimbrepeat #timetoclimb #climbing #naturegram #mountainscape #mountainadventures #adventureisoutthere #mountainlife #mountainphotography

Out with the exec team from @britishcycling as the

Out with the exec team from @britishcycling as they visited us @plasybreninofficial for their senior leaders meeting. Showing them around the best bits of the Gwidyr whilst they ripped my weedy climbing legs off on the climbs. It felt great to be back on my bike and I’m looking forward to an autumn of slithering around in the local mud.

📸 @bruton.james
#rideyourbike #mtb #visitwales #mtbleadership

“You are the average of the people you spend the

“You are the average of the people you spend the most time with.”

Thanks to these wonderful people for enriching my soul, raising me up and brightening up my life this week.

#friendslikethese #home #strongertogether

Last weekend at the @arcteryxacademy Climb Lake Di

Last weekend at the @arcteryxacademy Climb Lake District. What a privilege to be part of the @ismclimb team delivering a series of half day workshops to such a great bunch of people. Developing trad skills, talking about slings and carabiners and ropes and angles, laughing a lot and not really noticing the rain. There was climbing, bouldering, swimming, environmental workshops. Kudos to @katy_whittaker for her vision and for fostering such a great atmosphere at the event. It’s certainly a calendar highlight for me and I’m stoked it went ahead. I also got to work with cool people like @runandrockguiding, @dave_a_heaton, @gillymcarthur and @mountain_ambition which I always love: so many snippets of information and ways to coach!

#climbing #arcteryxacademy #learnfromexperience #tradisrad #getoutside #thisgirlcan #thisgirlcanclimb #wanderlust #lakeland

A weekend up in Northumberland at @the_dirty_reive

A weekend up in Northumberland at @the_dirty_reiver gravel event working with @komoot. It was awesome meeting all the participants, getting geeky about kit, parts and nutrition with the rest of the event team and eating too many chips. @riderrachy and I managed to sneak away for a spin whilst everyone was out and I did some esoteric swimming to keep my quota topped up. The midges though…

It was bad news for the continuing saga of the broken Diverge after it turns out I got some bad beta from a Specialized shop and I bought an incompatible mech. Back to the expensive shopping for me. I have great friends though: @hnorbbles leant me her perfect Diverge for the weekend (thank you) and Rach let me have a go on her incredible @julianabicycles Wilder. It’s the flashiest bike I’ve ever ridden and now I feel sad that I will never have something like that in my garage!

All in all a top weekend. Lucky me.

#komoot #adventurewithkomoot #gravel #keilder #event #wearerab #moveyourworld #themountainpeople

Sea Cliff Essentials for @pinnacleclubuk Women’s

Sea Cliff Essentials for @pinnacleclubuk Women’s Trad 100 at beautiful Rhoscolyn. Alex and Helen are already accomplished climbers so I loved giving them some cool tricks and tips, some different ways to tie knots and making them belay right above the water. Knowing how to ascend a rope when you have over cooked it and can’t climb out is imperative and we found a shady place to practice this. I took an umbrella but we didn’t need it because the clouds meant I didn’t totally melt.

Thanks to @adl_dangerlover and Helen for their great company and to the Pinnacle Club for employing so many @ami_professionals women to assist them with their centenary meet. The future is bright and it is trad.

#tradisrad #moveyourworld #thisgirlcan #rockclimbing #seacliffs #seacliffclimbing #womenstrad100 #wearerab #learnsomethingnew #adventurephotography #wales #liveclimbrepeat #timetoclimb

@pinnacleclubuk Women’s Trad 100 centenary meet.

@pinnacleclubuk Women’s Trad 100 centenary meet. Multi Pitch Improver day 2 and I was back at the Milestone Buttress for some adventurous trad with friendly moves. Daniela and Lydia are well on their way to independence and it was great to just hang around taking photos whilst they did their thing. There are over 80 women on this meet, it’s a pretty special thing. Now get me an 🍦!

#womeninspiringwomen #womenstrad100 #womenriseup #themountainpeople #getoutside #thisgirlcan #climbing #amiprofessionals #learnfromexperience #wearerab #themountainsarecalling #moveyourworld #learnsomethingnew #wales #timetoclimb #tradisrad #climbing #mountainadventures #mountainlife #mountainphotography

@pinnacleclubuk Womens Trad 100 anniversary meet k

@pinnacleclubuk Womens Trad 100 anniversary meet kicked off this weekend in beautiful, boiling hot Snowdonia. I was out with Lydia and Daniela brushing up their multi-pitch trad skills preparing them for independence. We started in the Moelwyns with the brilliant and airy Kirkus Direct. Just the right level of exposure, weird gear and bold slabs. We finished off with an ‘emergency retreat’ due to rain/lightening/ benightment/baboons/sharks etc…

#womenstrad100 #thisgirlcan #climbing #amiprofessionals #learnfromexperience #wearerab #themountainsarecalling #themountainpeople #moveyourworld #learnsomethingnew #adventurephotography #wales #liveclimbrepeat #timetoclimb #tradisrad #climbing #mountainscape #mountainadventures #adventureisoutthere #mountainlife #mountainphotography

On Friday I was out with Wigs and Becky tidying up

On Friday I was out with Wigs and Becky tidying up their multipitch climbing and abseiling. It was really chilly at the Milestone and I was grateful for my @rab.equipment Kaon (favourite ‘in the bag’ layer). This pair were such good learners, they looked like pros by the end of the day. Mega.

Thanks to @snowdoniawalkingclimbing for the photo at a very busy crag today.

#thisgirlcan #climbing #amiprofessionals #learnfromexperience #wearerab #themountainsarecalling #themountainpeople #moveyourworld #learnsomethingnew #adventurephotography #wales #liveclimbrepeat #timetoclimb #tradisrad #climbing #naturegram #mountainscape #mountainadventures #adventureisoutthere #mountainlife #mountainphotography

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