Lotschenpass training

First blog back at KISC :) I've been here about a week now (I'm not entirely sure exactly!) and I've been doing all sorts of jobs - cleaning toilets, cooking dinner, random jobs around the office. I also had the chance to do the Lotschenpass training hike, because Kike (ES) - the High Adventure Assistant - busted his leg. I love doing the Lotschenpass, especially as I did it so many times last year. We had some perfect hiking weather, sunny but with a nice cool breeze, and the Shorties I was leading/assessing/looking after were awesome (and there's definitely some great Hike Guides in the making!).

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At the hut, there were these really cute baby pigs! I got a couple of pictures of Raquel (ES) with them...

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I'll start my Snow & Ice training in just over a week - can't wait for that to start :)

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Back to the 'Steg

I'm super excited to say that in just under a week, I'll be back at KISC :)

I'm gonna be working as a Snow & Ice (SNICE) Guide, which means that I'll be taking groups up onto a couple of glaciers to get geared up with crampons, ice axes and ropes. We'll be teaching some basic glacier techniques - jumping over crevasses, ice axe self-arrest, crevasse rescue - some ice climbing and trekking. I tried it out last summer and I've picked a few of the best photos:

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I absolutely loved trying it last year, and can't wait to do some of the expeditions I didn't get a chance to do. I'll be staying overnight in mountain huts a lot, which is great, and I'll be working more with other staff which will be awesome!

I really can't wait to get out there especially as a whole bunch of my friends from last summer have also got jobs, and I'll get to see them for a whole 2 months :D Plus, my scout group is coming to stay for 2 weeks, so I'm getting a few days off to help out with their programme.

As I did last summer (and in the winter), I'll be posting photos here and writing up what I've been doing - hopefully I'll do that more this time! But I won't be online as much as I am now - my tweeting will definitely drop off (relief to some!) - hopefully I'll pick up on @replies and emails.

7 days and counting...

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