Raising professional standards.

 

We have a passion for growing people and our  multifaceted backgrounds allow us to do this well. We are committed to high standards and our client references reflect this. 

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Within the conservation and guiding industries we offer:​ 

 

• working safely in areas with potentially dangerous wildlife workshop.  Combining theory and practical, we build capability. This program can also include a section relating to conservation challenges. 

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• wilderness backpacking mentorship that includes preparation, planning, skill, principles, working in remote areas, situational decision making, emergencies, bush craft, how to bivvy [planned vs. unplanned], managing  inclement weather, ethics, leaving-no-trace and conservation. For guides operating in the trails guiding space this process can include logging hours and encounters.

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• guide skill development workshops for teams building their capability.

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Lutz Otto, our founding director, understands the process of learning. He is a highly experienced facilitator, mentor, accredited coach and a registered assessor. He has worked with teams and individuals, across various disciplines, for most of his professional life.

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Walking/ trails guides.

 

Guiding is a profession and it should be dealt with as such.  Particularly with regards leading walking experiences, we cannot reiterate enough that there should be no short-cut to gaining experience. Within this context:

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• Passing the initial guide examinations sets the base platform to start of the journey towards building capability [knowledge + skill]. Experience and capability are not the same.

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• Time in exposure does not equate to an equal amount of  experience i.e. 6 years exposure could equal 2 years of experience. Experience is an outcome of a conscious facilitation process.   

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• In building experience you should spend time walking in different environments, with different lead guides and in different situations. 

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• Mentorship plays a crucial part in professional growth - Who you work with is very important in your development.​

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• Walking with clients is different, on many levels, to training constructs.

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• Leading trails is different to guiding from vehicles, or within structured environments. Further this forgiving environments are fundamentally different high mountain experiences. Trails requires additional guiding skills, different experience and a different mindset.  

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• Until properly tested, under stress, in a real situation, people can be blase' about the associated responsibilities.  A deeper respect builds, when the environment has uncomfortably challenged us.

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• There is a material difference between undertaking walks with close at hand support versus being comfortable in multi-day remote wilderness experiences.