{"id":1150,"date":"2017-11-17T15:19:40","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T15:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.magnium-themes.com\/enside\/enside-3\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2022-11-17T18:50:44","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T18:50:44","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rachcrewe.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221;][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;346&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; row_onepage_id=&#8221;#contact&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1516807621055{background-image: url(http:\/\/rachcrewe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/import_placeholder.png?id=477) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221;]<style scoped='scoped'>.mgt-promo-block-44458719.mgt-promo-block .mgt-promo-block-content h2 {font-size: 55px;line-height: normal!important;}.mgt-promo-block-44458719.mgt-promo-block .mgt-promo-block-content h2 {margin: 25px!important;}<\/style><div class=\"mgt-promo-block-container wpb_content_element\"><div class=\"mgt-promo-block-wrapper  mgt-promo-block-wrapper-round-edges-disable\"><div data-vc-parallax=\"1.5\" data-vc-parallax-image=\"https:\/\/rachcrewe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/d0f95688-1302-4f1c-aa72-6e4a695e6f1d.jpg\" class=\"vc_general vc_parallax vc_parallax-fixed js-vc_parallax-o-fixed mgt-promo-block white-text cover-image no-darken mgt-promo-block-44458719\" data-style=\"height: 700px;\"><div class=\"mgt-promo-block-content va-middle\"><div class=\"mgt-promo-block-content-inside\">\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h5>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Let&#8217;s have an adventure together<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; 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css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1668711042316{margin-top: 25px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1668464599501{margin-right: 10% !important;margin-left: 10% !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Hi, I\u2019m Rachael.<\/h2>\n<p>Thanks for visiting my website, chances are you are looking for someone to take you outside into the mountains, or perhaps you have stumbled this way on the look out for mountain bike beta or\u00a0ramblings about wee adventures I have been on recently. The blog is the best way to find out what I am up to, otherwise check out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rachcrewe\/\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rachcrewe\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0@rachcrewe for more.<\/p>\n<h2>About me<\/h2>\n<p>I cut my teeth as a hockey coach and have been helping others to improve and achieve their potential since the tender age of 13. I completed a B.A. in Archaeology at the University of Nottingham where I discovered rock climbing. I have represented Wales in hockey and played in the National League whilst coaching young players at county level. I completed my hockey coaching awards whilst still at school and continued coaching through university. After graduating, I \u2018fell\u2019 into a job as an instructor at a climbing wall in Cardiff. I began to experiment with applying what I knew from hockey coaching to climbing and bouldering, first indoors and then outdoors. I realised that, for lack of a structured coaching award scheme, I was actually quite good at this stuff and my students were starting to appear on podiums at national competitions. I joined the coaching team for the BMC Talented Youth programme<\/p>\n<p>These days\u00a0I\u2019m a mountaineer, rock climber, hill walker, mountain biker and occasional paddler. I divide my time between the sprawling Scottish Highlands and the compact but wild mountains of Snowdonia where I work as a mountaineering instructor and mountain bike guide.<\/p>\n<p>I have ridden my bike across Nepal, round and round the Strathpuffer 24 hr endurance course and down the twisty, rooty trails of the forests of the Highlands.<\/p>\n<p>I have climbed up 100 Munroes (and counting), El Capitan in Yosemite, to 6000m in the Himalaya and up the north face of Ben Nevis. My favourite day out ever was climbing The Original Route on The Old Man of Hoy, on Orkney.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve also spent time just travelling for travellings sake, especially in Asia. I visited Burma (Myanmar) at the same time as President Obama and witnessed the carnival of the first US state visit ever. I have walked across the living root bridges of Cherrapungee in north-eastern India and ridden the Darjeeling steam train. I have had dinner with the Nepali Army in Bhojpur and breakfast with the monks of north-eastern Thailand. I love coming home to the UK and realising just how amazing our diverse country is. From laverbread in South Wales to fresh mussels cooked in a jetboil on a Hebridean island, I love our country and all it has to offer.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h2>Some things\u00a0you might want to know if you are thinking about\u00a0employing me\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>I hold the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountain-training.org\/mountaineering\/awards\/mountaineering-instructor-award\">Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor Award<\/a>\u00a0(MCI), the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountain-training.org\/walking\/skills-and-awards\/winter-mountain-leader\">Winter Mountain Leader<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishcycling.org.uk\/mtbleadership\/article\/coa20130903-coaching-static-content-Level-3-Mountain-Bike--MTB--Leadership-Award-Pilot-Course-FAQs-0\">British Cycling Level 3 Leader.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u00a0deliver the Mountain Training Mountain Leader Award for Plas Y Brenin and am a tutor for the Mountain Training\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountain-training.org\/walking\/skills-and-awards\/hill-and-mountain-skills\">Hill Skills and Mountain Skills<\/a>\u00a0awards.<\/p>\n<p>I am a tutor of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishcycling.org.uk\/mtbleadership\">British Cycling Leadership awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I hold the Wilderness Emergency Medical Institute (WEMSI) First Responder Certificate. 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