Follow me

Follow.  A word that means trust.  Trust in my experience and trust in my knowledge.  Trust that I am paying attention to the world around me, that i can read the signs around me.  Trust that I can lead you.  Trust that you can follow me.

Plain and simple I am working towards becoming an ACMG(association of canadian mountain guides, www.acmg.ca) Full Mountain Guide.  After wandering around since high school I have found a job that satisfies my restlessness, constantly evolves, requires constant learning and inspires and excites me.  Though i grew up seeing the mountains on a regular basis, still to this day they make my heart race and over the last couple years i have indulged myself in learning both the hard and soft skills of mountain travel.  And what have I learned?  That i will never have learned enough.  But what an exciting world to live in.

I am currently at the Thompson Rivers University in the Adventure Guide Diploma(http://www.tru.ca/tourism/adventure/adventurediploma.html).  To become a full mountain guide i will need to spend the next 10 or so years developing and perfecting my skills in the areas of rock climbing back country skiing and mountaineering.  So far I have spent alot of time perfecting my rock climbing skills and plan to spend the next couple of summers getting ready for my assistant rock guide exam.

But enough boring talk.  I said that to follow, one needs to trust the experience of the leader.  So I invite you to follow me as my experience grows and if nothing else let me give you a glimpse into a world that many only see in the cliche mountain photos they use in inspirational calendars and perhaps, someday, you will follow me into that world and allow me to provide you with the adventures that inspire me so much!