IML 30th anniversary (Part 1)

June 20th 1995 - I received confirmation of passing the European Mountain Leader Award which became the international Mountain Leader Award.

Highlights of my career as an International Mountain Leader include:

• 25 Himalayan treks and expeditions
• 5 Mt Toubkal treks
• Recce treks to Kilimanjaro, Peru and Nepal
• Travels through 80 countries
• 3 UIAA Hill Mountain Skills courses delivered at the Kasbah du Toubkal and 1 for Climb Indonesia in the Central Highlands of Java, Indonesia
• Hill & Moorland Leader Award in Wales as one of the most frequent provider of this course as Bigfoot Services Limited
• Additional qualifications achieved include IEMA Associate Certificate, NEBOSH General Certificate and ISO Auditor
• Training Provider for Rescue Emergency Care (REC) for all courses up to L5, Royal Geographical Society (RGS) Off Site Safety Management (OSSM), the National Navigation Award Scheme (NNAS) for all courses and the Institute of Occupational Safety and health (IOSH) for Working Safely and Managing Safely
• Meeting and working with a wide range of people from many countries and cultures from across the world

1995 - 2016 gallery of faces encountered during my travels