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RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2025

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RSPB Garden Watch The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Big Garden Birdwatch begins this week. From the 24th to the 26th of January the RSPB is encouraging us to spend an hour recording the birds that land in our gardens and parks.  The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch is the world’s largest garden wildlife survey. Over…

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For over twenty years Beyond the Edge has trained climbers, walkers and mountaineers. We are one of the UK’s most experienced providers of Mountain Training courses including the Lowland Leader, Camping Leader, Hill and Moorland Leader, Mountain Leader, Bouldering Wall Instructor, Climbing Wall Instructor, Climbing Wall Development Instructor and the Rock Climbing Instructor Awards. We also deliver the Rock Climbing Skills and Hill and Mountain Skills schemes from Mountain Training. Additionally, we run courses for the BMC for both clubs and individuals.

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What can you expect from our Toubkal Winter Mounta What can you expect from our Toubkal Winter Mountaineering week? 

A quick winter hit, featuring easily accessible high alpine walking, inspiring mountains, and the warm welcoming Berber culture.
You’ll be with one of our core team, accompanied by a local english speaking guide. You’ll start by refreshing and refining winter skills before exploring the 4000m peaks around our high mountain refuge. 

Generally our itinerary is flexible (according to the weather - as always!) but you can expect something that looks like this…

Day 1 -  Arrive Marrakech and transfer to Imlil (approx 2 hours). Overnight in gîte.
Day 2 – Acclimatisation trek in mountains surrounding Imlil. Overnight in gîte.
Day 3 – Ascend to refuge at 3207m. A slow walk that takes between 5-7 hours depending on conditions.  Mules and porters will carry the group’s equipment and we’ll stay overnight at the refuge.
Day 4 – Winter skills refresher and acclimatisation.  Another night in the refuge.
Day 5 – Climb Toubkal or another 4000m peak. Another night in the refuge.
Day 6 – Another day of winter fun. Toubkal if not climbed yesterday or another summit  eg Ras n’ Ouanoukrim (4088m), Timesguida (4088m) and plenty of others! Return to Imlil.
Day 7 – Transfer to Marrakech in the morning with an afternoon at leisure to explore Marrakech. Overnight in a hotel.
Day 8 – Transfer to airport and fly home. Often our flights are in the early afternoon allowing us to further explore Marrakech before our flight.

Click the link in our bio to learn more...

Thanks to Kerry and Chris for the photos! 

#toubkalmountaineering #adventureinspiration #morrocanmountaineering
Our Rock Climbing Camps are a summer holiday highl Our Rock Climbing Camps are a summer holiday highlight, running throughout July and August for young people aged 14 - 17.

🧗Every year new cohorts of young climbers join us to climb, boulder, camp and build friendships with new climbing partners ready for the next adventure. The Peak District is a climbing hub with some of the best crags, boulders and routes in the country.

⛺The camp is residential at a campsite (with hot showers) at the base of Stanage Edge in the Peak District. All food is provided by us and prepared by the young people under our supervision. Our instructors are on site at all times, making this an ideal first camp experience for young people.

🚄The camp runs from Monday - Friday and young people can get here by train to Hathersage or get dropped off.

Learn more about our Rock Camp and Advanced Rock Camp on our website.

Learn more on our website, link in bio

#climbingkids #summercamp #summerholidays #rockclimbingcamp #rockkids #bouldering #climbingcoach
Amazing inosculation on this tree in our local woo Amazing inosculation on this tree in our local wood, discovered on our Lowland Leader course last week. 

#tree #nature #inosculation
We recently ran our first Managing Fear of Heights We recently ran our first Managing Fear of Heights course in collaboration with psychologist, therapist and coach @davidfongpsychology . Rather than wax lyrical about how it went we thought we'd share some feedback from participants instead. 

For some it might be a reluctance to use an escalator, for others, it might be that burning desire to conquer that rocky ridge – if only it wasn’t so steep… It doesn’t matter what your starting point is... 

Our Managing Your Fear of Heights course is about understanding fear as a completely natural and appropriate response and learning how to manage the irrational element and celebrate the rational – it keeps us safe!

Our next course runs on Saturday 13 - Sunday 14 September. Learn more about it on our website (link in bio).

#fearofheights #fearworkshop
In the last week we have trained not one, but THRE In the last week we have trained not one, but THREE cohorts of Lowland Leaders who are now going into their period of consolidation (reflective practice) to prepare for their assessments. 

The Lowland Leader qualification is designed for people who wish to lead groups on day walks in lowland countryside and woodland in summer conditions, ideal for supervisors of DofE expeditions and health and yoga walk leaders. 

Learn more on our website, link in bio

@mtntraining #lowlandleader #leadershipoutdoors #walkingleader
Cracks, slopers and multipitching at Lawrencefield Cracks, slopers and multipitching at Lawrencefield for these two on our Learn to Lead Trad course at the weekend. 

On our rock climbing courses we teach safety and ropework skills as well as outdoor-specific movement for climbing. Our courses range from absolute beginner level to leading single and multi-pitch trad routes. Our team are experienced and maybe a little obsessed climbers with a wealth of instructing and coaching experience. 

Visit the link in our bio for more information

#rockclimbing #rockclimbingskills #tradclimbing #tradisrad #tradclimbing
Join us this July and October for one of our Envir Join us this July and October for one of our Environmental Workshops in the Peak District. Dark Peak Moorlands or Dark Peak Woods and Moors. Perfect for aspiring Hill and Moorland and Mountain Leaders…

@mtntraining @mt_association @peakdistrictnationalpark @peakdistrictfoundation 

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Yet another BtE team adventure (including some con Yet another BtE team adventure (including some congratulations).

Dinas Cromlech isn't really a crag that needs much introduction... Towering above Llanberis Pass, you can't help but be struck by that big open book corner (Cenotaph Corner) as you descend westwards from Pen y Pass. It's a crag on most trad climber's wishlists. 

James had a particularly successful day there last week. Fresh from climbing his first 8a in Kalymnos, he made the most of all his training and led Resurrection (E4 6a) and Right Wall (E5 6a) on Dinas Cromlech. 

Behind achieving your goals there are always a lot of planning, effort, discipline and learning moments that help you to succeed in the long term. Well done James for putting the effort in and for an impressive month of climbing!

Thank you to the kind stranger for taking these photos of James climbing and for giving us permission to use them.
A beautiful day out yesterday on Tryfan. Under the A beautiful day out yesterday on Tryfan. Under the watchful eyes of James and Oli our team of Advanced Scramblers headed up Wrinkled Tower and Notched Arete, descending down the North Ridge of Tryfan. 

On the menu for today - placing protection, ropework 101 and more sunshine! 🌞🌞

Visit the link in our bio for more information.

#scrambling #tryfannorthridge@ami_professionals #mountaineering
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