Adventure Unlimited has been delivering Mountain Training qualification courses (Summer ML, HML and RCI) for over twenty years. In that time we've trained and assessed over 1000 candidates and delivered in excess of 350 courses throughout England and Wales. We aim to provide welcoming and inclusive Mountain Training qualification courses. Here's some info about our team of experienced Course Directors who are all members of the professional organisations listed below.
Jules Barrett
Jules Barrett is a mountaineering and caving instructor based in the Peak District who has delivered over 160 courses on behalf of Mountain Training over fifteen years. Jules' mountaineering experience ranges from winter north face routes in the European Alps through to long-distance fell running rounds including the Bob Graham, Paddy Buckley and Scotland's Ramsay round.
Jules has worked with various Local Education Authority outdoor education centres for twenty years and currently acts as technical advisor for two centres in the north of England along with being Head of Centre for Hagg Farm OEC.
Phil Baker
Phil Baker is a mountaineering and caving instructor based in the Peak District with a lifetime of climbing and mountaineering experience in the UK and abroad. Professionally Phil spent twenty years managing outdoor education centres and now inspects outdoor education centres on behalf of the Health and Safety Executive through Adventure RMS. In addition to delivering Mountain Training courses Phil also delivers cave leader and instructor courses on behalf of the British Caving Association. Phil is a past Chair of the Association of Mountaineering Instructors.
Phil brings this wealth of experience of working professionally on the crags and in the mountains to our Mountain Training courses. More info about Phil here.
Darren Saxton
Darren Saxton is a Mountaineering Instructor based in Yorkshire who has been delivering courses on behalf of Mountain Training since 2008. Alongside delivering Mountain Training courses he's also an outdoor education and school visits advisor for a Local Authority and an inspector for the Learning Outside the Classroom Quality Badge. Darren's mountaineering experience ranges from self-organised expeditions to the Himalayan mountains through to climbing on the local gritstone edges of the Peak District.
Darren has worked with a range of outdoor education providers since gaining his first Mountain Training qualification over twenty five years ago. He is currently on the BMC Members Council as the Constituency Councillor representing the interests of BMC members who are undertaking Mountain Training qualifications. More info about the BMC here.
Organisations and companies that we are affiliated to:
Mountain Training is the awarding body network for qualifications and skills courses in hill walking, climbing and mountaineering.
The Association of Mountaineering Instructors (AMI) is the representative body for professionally qualified Mountaineering and Climbing Instructors in the UK and Ireland.
Mountain Training's Association is the membership organisation within Mountain Training for all candidates of any of our qualifications.
Adventure Unlimited are pleased to continue our long-standing relationship with Arcteryx.