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Each Adventureworks Expedition is lead by experienced and qualified professionals. Often these are Mountain Guides, Mountaineering Instructors or International Mountain Leaders who will have experience leading youth expeditions as well as a wealth of personal experience in the expedition environment.

Your leader will be fully involved in your pre-expedition training, meeting participants and parents at your school and running your training weekend. Our leaders also hold a current mountain first aid certificate and have experience of dealing with the symptoms of acute mountain sickness and other altitude related illnesses.

Leadership qualifications

The vast majority of our leaders are members of professional organisations including the British Mountain Guides (BMG), Association of Mountaineering Instructors (AMI), the British Association of International Mountain Leaders (BAIML) and the Association of Heads of Outdoor Education Centres (AHOEC). Each of these organisations has a professional code of conduct and standards that complement our own. Our expedition leaders hold professional qualifications attained through rigorous training and assessment with these bodies. Qualifications include the International Union of Associations of Mountain Guides (IFMGA), Mountaineering Instructor Certificate (MIC) and International Mountain Leader (IML). To attain these qualifications requires many years of training. All our leaders have received a CRB check.

Our leaders
Some of our regular expedition leaders and course instructors are:

Tracey Wright // is an MIC based in Switzerland where she teaches Outdoor Activities. A former International Lacrosse Player, she is an accomplished skier and a Gold medal winner in the World Quadrathlon Championships. She has led expeditions to Tanzania and South America and climbed in the Karakoram. Allan Gibbs // a headmaster who took early retirement to follow his own personal and instructing ambitions in the outdoors, Alan, an IML, is an experienced leader of overseas expeditions of school and youth groups in South America, Morocco as well as being a Duke of Edinburgh's Award Assessor in the UK. Ian Fenton // is an MIC and IML who, together with his wife Bev, directs our multi-activity courses in Orpierre, where they are based for much of the year. Ian has led expeditions to Morocco as well as directing courses in the UK. Paul Westwood // Paul has a keen interest in the scouting movement having led a group to the Himalayan peak, Stok Kangri, and also holding various roles within the movement. His climbing and mountaineering expeditions have led him to Bolivia, Ireland, France, Sardinia , Sicily, Morocco, Sri Lanka, Malaysian Borneo, Australia, New Zealand and USA. Brian Dent // is an MIC with some 30 years' experience of teaching and lecturing in Outdoor Education. He is an experienced Alpinist who has led trekking expeditions for us in Morocco.

Ed Chard // is a qualified mountaineering instructor, mountain bike leader and kayak coach (level 4). He is a regular instructor and expedition leader for both Jagged Globe and Adventureworks and has led youth group expeditions to Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Morocco and India. Pete Stacey // For over 20 years, Pete has worked part-time as a freelance mountain instructor with many types of groups, including school children, youth groups, apprentice groups, school teachers and management groups. This has taken him to much of Europe, as well as North America, India and Pakistan. Tim Lofthouse // Based in the Lake District Tim is a Mountain Instructor Tim has for the last 20 years worked as an outdoor professional, travelling widely in Europe, Asia, The Himalaya, The Americas and Africa, working with many different groups including professionals, friends, youth groups and special needs. Chris Pearson // has led expeditions for Jagged Globe and Adventureworks in Africa, Antarctica, Russia, Nepal, Argentina, Ecuador and India. He is a qualified teacher and regular instructor on our Duke of Edinburgh's Award expeditions. Andy Owen & Mac Mackay // are IFMGA/British Mountain Guides who direct Adventureworks Alpine Courses. Both have worked extensively with youth groups in the UK and overseas. Deborah Laugharne // is an MIA who has been leading youth expeditions since 1996 to Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Morocco and India. She is also a regular mountaineering leader for Jagged Globe, having led groups recently in both the Khumbu and Rolwaling areas of Nepal. Deborah is a Regional Coordinator for Adventureworks.