Chris Ensoll Mountain Mentor Four Years On

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Chris Ensoll Mountain Mentor Four Years On

In February 2022 we published a blog post called Chris Ensoll Mountain Mentor Two Years On, which included the first seven case studies. This post is an update on that original post.

We’re in the business of helping people to have adventures, but four years ago we set off on a new adventure of our own. We were looking for another way to pass on Chris’s forty plus years of experience of working and playing in the outdoors, and after a year of planning and developing with the help of our five lovely volunteers, we launched our mentoring programme, Chris Ensoll Mountain Mentor.

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Chris Ensoll Mountain Mentor Two Years On

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Chris Ensoll Mountain Mentor Two Years On

We’re in the business of helping people to have adventures, but two years ago we set off on a new adventure of our own. We were looking for another way to pass on Chris’s forty years of experience of working and playing in the outdoors, and after a year of planning and developing with the help of our five lovely volunteers, we launched our mentoring programme, Chris Ensoll Mountain Mentor.

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Who Needs A Mountain Mentor?

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Who Needs A Mountain Mentor?

I love being asked for help and advice from people who climb for pleasure, or who want to know how to work out the next step in their outdoor career. I benefited from such advice when I was starting out as a climber forty four years ago aged twelve, and as an outdoor instructor thirty nine years ago, and now that I have built up so much knowledge from my personal adventures and from working as an International Mountain Guide for twenty plus years, I’m super-keen to pass it all on. Most successful people, whatever their field of interest, will probably have had a mentor at some point on their journey. Mentoring is the answer to the problems of missed goals, lost momentum, inability to identify the next step, and failed plans. A mentor should be someone who has done the things you’re striving to achieve, who is truly passionate about the outdoors, who will encourage a growth mindset, and who will challenge you.

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