Peak practice pays off as Pyrenees beckon
Six months of focused training in Lunya and Alma de Cuba come to fruition this week as Dougal Paver and Martyn Best head to the Pyrenees.
We had our renewal assessment for the agency's Investors in People status last week and I was grilled, along with a number of the team, as part of that.
A particular focus was Paver Smith's CSR policy and how we engaged the team in that. I was able to point to the start of our Spanish Trek on Saturday as evidence of our long-standing commitment to the wonderful Claire House Children's Hospice.
Part of the issue of preparing for high-level trekking in foreign climes is adjusting to the strange food and drink you encounter. If your constitution is prepared then you dramaticaly reduce the likelihood of, shall we say, toilet inconveniences at high altitude.
Hence a focused and detailed engagement with the menu at Lunya these last six months and the more exotic beers on display at Alma de Cuba. Throw in the fact that I live in a four story house and the kids' bedrooms are on the top floor and I'd say that I've had the ideal preparation for what lies ahead.
Besty, being the competitive type, has actually done some exercise. As if climbing the stairs to our 14th floor office isn't enough, he's ridden bikes, gone jogging and climbed a few mountains, too. Some people don't know when to stop.
Anyhow, wish us luck will you? We've got four days of peaks that make Ben Nevis look like a pimple, but our challenge is as nothing compared to that faced by the lovely children at Claire House.
If you can, shove a few bob our way, will you? Just click here. Thanks for whatever you can give.
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