Navigation shakedown! Day 1 of this weeks @GrahamUney Summer Mountain Leader Training course. We *might* have lingered* over coffee and PowerPoint a bit this morning while we waited for the torrential rain 🌧 to ease 🤓😄. Then we headed to the hill to grips with the building blocks of navigation strategies and looked at ways to teach these tools to others... it was suuuper windy 🌬, but mostly dry, and WE SAW A SHORT EARED OWL! So a brilliant day basically. 🤩

*Tactical faff

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A lovely day at work today with Yvonne and Stuart who booked me for a day in the wild West of Arran. These lesser known hills are smaller but pack their own punch, and certainly feel wild. We didn't see another human all day. But we did see two beautiful adders and a family of kestrels. ❤️
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Headed up Dun Fionn with my friend Kate from Arran Walks and Hikes. Technically we are competing businesses, (I run Arran Wild Walks) but that's not how it works on a wee island like Arran. We all work together to support each other. Everyone is connected. She's ace, I recommend her thoroughly if you are looking for a walking guide (and I am already booked 😉😁). https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090050165411

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Day four of our Mountain Leader training course, and today it was mainly about emergency ropework. What an office!

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We're taking bookings now for our next Mountain Leader training and assessment courses here in the Lake District.

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Yesterday we kick started our Mountain Leader training course season in good style in the Far Eastern Fells of the Lake District. grahamuneymountaineering.co.uk/Mountain-Leader #lakedistrict #wainwrights #hillwalking #mountains #learnleadinspire #mountainleader #mountaintraining @MtnTraining

Summer Mountain Leader candidates at work!
Congratulations to four brand new Summer MLs who passed today after a challenging assessment in tough conditions. 🙌 Great job! Thanks to @GrahamUney for another satisfying week at work. 🙂
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Ben Glas, child summit to Beinn Chabhair. I set out with a vague plan of attack. The way up I took was adventurous to say the least and to be honest if I was to do it again, I'd choose another route 😂. The rarity of having a whole mountain to myself albeit silently eerie is cherished.

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Back in my Lake District office with @GrahamUney and what a cracking day to start a Summer Mountain Leader assessment with 4 keen candidates! Let's hope the weather stays like this for the rest of the week (chances of that = nil 😜).
A good and full day on the hill for all involved.
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Some pics from my #mountainleader training over the weekend. Camped on a ledge off Lugnaquilla, night hike (while it was snowing) to the summit. Rope work today.
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This weekend is the second half of my #MountainLeader training. Three days and one night in the Irish hills. It'll be cold, but I'm looking forward to it.

Lovely sunset over the Wicklow mountains during our #MountainLeader training this weekend.

Yesterday's Mountain Training Association workshop was a navigation refresher for Hill and Moorland Leaders and Mountain Leaders.
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A busy couple of days running refresher workshops for members of the Mountain Training Association. On Tuesday it was all about Mountain Leader ropework.
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On Grey Crag on a Mountain Leader course during the summer.

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On Grey Crag on a Mountain Leader course during the summer.

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A murky but magnificent day in Longsleddale recently on a Mountain Leader assessment course with Graham Uney Mountaineering.

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A murky but magnificent day in Longsleddale recently on a Mountain Leader assessment course with Graham Uney Mountaineering.

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A few photos from our ML training course this week. Thankfully it wasn't so snowy here in the Lake District, so this 'summer' course was OK to go ahead.

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A few photos from our ML training course this week. Thankfully it wasn't so snowy here in the Lake District, so this 'summer' course was OK to go ahead.

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