Sorry for the rant but anyone who entrusts their #outdoor safety to a mere iPhone app needs their head looking at. #Skills over technology

The key words for excellent outdoor# leadership are expertise, vigilance and adaptability. #Canoeing #Caving #Wilderness

A smart coach helps people experience the consequences of their actions both +ve and ~ve safely. How else can people appreciate causeality!

Off to a refresher peer workshop session about abseiling with wheel chair users today. Get a free lunch too 😉

Off to a refresher peer workshop session about abseiling with wheel chair users today. Get a free lunch too 😉

A good leader ratifies and develops the qualities of the team #leadership

A good leader ratifies and develops the qualities of the team #leadership

Is it not just simpler to ban #ascot ?

The most delicate step as a coach is to move the candidate from unconscious incompetence to conscious incompetence but maintaining enquiry

A need to learn is best if the motivations are intrinsic rather than extrinsic. #coaching

Without deviation from the norm we cannot progress. #leadership

I’m beginning to get frustrated with the British Canoe Union. Hoop after hoop after hoop to jump through. Not helped by their poor records

“@Active_Explorer: Backpacking is the art of knowing what not to take. ~ Sheridan Anderson #backpacking #hiking #outdoors €

Excellent campsite the way it should be £2.50/night for a tap bog and a field next to a pub! Dont forget the mountains http://t.co/fk4nXOwW

Do it!

Wear what you want but it doesn’t change who you are inside.

“@MelissaGalt: Invest in experiences, instead of mere stuff. Stuff is temporary, experiences are the food of the mind and soul.”

Wonderful that more vertical #cave guiding has been booked.
It’s gonna be a busy season I think!
http://t.co/MtLXgeWy

A well #trained well lead small #team has an effect greater than that of its constituent numbers. #leadership

A skilful coach becomes almost redundant #coaching #leadership #outdoors