I bagged my first summit when I was 3, Moel Y Gest in N. Wales, just as it was my mum's first summit when she was a child. Since then I've spent a lot of time in the mountains, at the crag, in the snow, down the rivers, lakes, the sea, in the caves and generally getting out and involved.
I went to University, travelled a while and then got a corporate gig. I became disillusioned with 'the rat race' in 2013 and saw an increasing disconnection with nature, the physical world and with each other and an increasing, unhealthy connection with the digital world. I wanted a different life. I quit my corporate job in early 2014 and have been on a quest for experience, education, qualification and a deeper understanding of how to educate, inspire and empower people to make changes for the better ever since.
My qualifications with MTUK so far have given me a great lifestyle and enabled me to affect positive change in the world through outdoor ed and instruction.
I absolutely love my job and love what the change has meant to me and all around me.