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A few more from this week's Summer Mountain Leader Training course for @GrahamUney . We continued to be blessed by the weather gods all week. #learnleadinspire #mountainleader

A man prepares to use a "South African" method of abseiling down a steep section of rock, which allows the user to descend the rope without a harness or descender. This is one of the "personal abseil" techniques in the ML syllabus suitable for a leader to use for themselves in an emergency after safeguarding their client down a steep rocky section.

A man in yellow stands on a spur above Green up Gill. Eagle crag frames the view on the left. The sky is blue with fluffy white clouds. The hills are tinged with the colours of autumn.

Three men huddle together reading maps in torchlight.

Three people scrambling up a steep broken slope of grass and rocks.

Last year we had a bumper year for candidates doing their Hill and Moorland Leader training and/or assessment with us, and this year got off to a flying start too! There are more courses open for booking at the moment, and once Faye Rutter has been authorised by Mountain Training to Course Direct for us we'll be adding even more!

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Yey! Three more brand spanking new Lowland Leaders are amongst us. All three candidates went home with Passes and big grins. Well done to Steve, Ben and Christian.

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A few from the weeks Mountain Leader assement in the Lake District so far. I'm working for Adventure Expertise this week. The weather has been wild and the forecast is for more! Off on exped tomorrow!
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A figure stands on high grassy ground over looking a rocky valley with peaks behind. They have their back to the camera and are studying a map.

Grey warty looking lichen on a rock, known as toadskin lichen.

A man sits amongst rocky boulders, he is anchored to a rock behind him and body belaying the photographer down a rocky slope.

Four brightly dressed folk stand in a rocky gully preparing to ascend a tricky section. The person on the left who is wearing bright yellow, is explaining the route to the rest of the team and gesturing.

Waiting at Claonaig for my ferry home after an action packed week working for #AbacusMountainGuides on a Summer Mountain Leader Training. Here are a few from our expedition "minibreak" out west on some fantastic rocky wee peaks below the snowline. Bonus- we saw a WHITE TAILED EAGLE!
Being an ML is the best job in the world. More info here: https://www.abacusmountainguides.com/mountain-leader-courses.html
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A camping stove and mug, brewing up on a rocky hillside. There are blurred glimpses of other people also cooking in the background.

Twelve folk pose for a summit photo on a dramatic rocky summit.

Two people standing on a rocky crest above a small lochain. Dark clouds gather with rain in the skies behind.

A dramatic landscape of rocks and peaks stretches out to sea, bathed in sunlight. On the horizon it is possible to make out the Black Cuillin of Skye. Fluffy white clouds stream across blue skies.

I'm working on a Summer Mountain Leader assessment this week for Abacus Mountain Guides up in Fort William. Today was the first day of what will be a jam packed course. After meeting the candidates this morning we had a bit of a navigation shakedown and headed out onto the moor with orienteering maps. We saw loads of cool stuff including brilliant lichens and hoof fungus.
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A bare hawthorn tree tangled and strewn with grey cladonia lichens

A silver birch trunk festooned with chunky dark bracket hoof fungi Fomes formentarius.

An orienteering map and compass, lying on pale winter grasses.

Smiles all round this week. I've been working for #AdventureExpertise on their ML courses. Langdale is a pretty inspiring place to work, and I'm buzzing to be part of the process of seeing seven folk pass their Summer Mountain Leader assessment. Back home now feeling both rejuvenated, and a teeny bit tired! 😁

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A view from the slopes of Pavey Ark over Langdale at sunrise. Three figures in the near distance can be seen on the shoulder of the hill.

Three people kneel next to an upland boggy tarn to admire the wetland plants growing there.

Three people in climbing helmets scrambling up a grassy rocky rake. The view is looking down on them. The highest person is providing assistance and advice to the other three as they move on up.

So many people say they have wondered about becoming a Mountain Leader, but don't know where to start, or what to expect.

If that sounds like you, we've put together a day in the fells, especially for you.

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Congratulations to Ed and Richard, newly qualified Summer Mountain Leaders! 👏This week's #GUMountains assessment has seen some mixed weather- perfect conditions... perfect for them to demonstrate their leadership and technical skills, drawn from hard won experience in the hills. It's always a privilege to be part of someone's #MountainTraining journey. Good luck to them both in their future endeavors. 😀 #LearnLeadInspire @GrahamUney

Two figures descending to a distant tarn. Mist swirlingaround the peaks above.

A man in blue trousers and a red rucksack stands with his back to the camera and before a wide lakelamd vista, moody and with cloud capped mountains.

A green and black alien like sallow kitten moth caterpillar on aspen.

Ed and Richard posing for the camera on the summit of Base Brown.

Beautiful film from Berghaus and Coldhouse about outdoor instructor and mountaineer Morag Skelton. How do we make our courses more accessible? What additional skills are we lacking (in my case, many!) Also, wow she's amazing! 🤩

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jmud9_VAi6M

Good morning campers

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Lovely view of the Paps of Jura from Colonsay as the sun went down tonight.

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

www.grahamuneymountaineering.co.uk/Mountain-Leader

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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 yesterday after a challenging assessment in tough conditions. 🙌 Great job! Thanks to @GrahamUney for another satisfying week at work. 🙂
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Four soggy people standing in front of a drystone wall with a "roadworks" sign propped against it. They are posing as if digging boggy ground.b

Three people with big backpacks heading up a rough hillside. One has a map in his hand.

Two folk standing in a pool of headtorch light surrounded by darkness. They are studying maps intently.

Four people crossing a river using the "Line astern" technique (thjnk mini conga, facing upstream and side stepping). The front person has a Trekking pole in their hand. The water is above the knee.

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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Five people in brightly coloured outdoor clothing strolling across a sunlit grassy hillside. On the left of the picture and behind them in shadows is the dark and glossy water of a Lakeland tarn.

Two people are studying maps from a high spur over looking a tarn in the bottom of a steep sided combe. One person has gone down on one knee (the "ML knee", to better measure a bearing from his map.

Five people on brightly colored outdoor clothing descend a mountain path towards a small tarn nestling in a steep side combe.

A solitary figure, dwarfed by steep fells, studies his map. He is caught in the low afternoon sunlight on the edge of shadows.

A fabulous winter skills day out with my repeat client, Richard. Richard has set himself the challenge of climbing 70 Wainwrights in his 70th year. Today was Bowscale Fell (28) and Bannerdale Crags (29). A top effort from Richard for his first ever day in crampons!

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