Business as usual

As indicated in my "Twitter" report, the recent UIAA meeting was very successful. The UIAA will be launching full support for the Training Standard label, which is set to take off in much the same way that the Equipment label has over the last few years. The UIAA is the only organisation with the history, representation and kudos to take on a project of this scope and ambition. The UK quality assessment team are in an excellent position to help service the anticipated demand, because we have several decade's experience of guilding and ensuring that 4 home nations work to the same standards.

This week 2 of the MLT Board members joined a group piloting a proposed RLSS water safety management course at Plas y Brenin.

It's been a great week for in-depth discussions with several organisations, including BAIML, AMI, SLUK, skillsactive, BOS and the Scout Association. But one more day in Spain and I would have missed the whole thing as I would have been stranded on the wrong side of the volcanic ash.

Apart from that it's been a pretty active week in my own time, including several towers at Montserrat, SS Special and Brant Direct yesterday evening and a solo ascent of the esoteric Canyon Rib this evening as research for the Tremadog guidebook.