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About
Snowdonia Walking and Climbing is run by Richard 'Rusty' Bale, a qualified Winter Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor (WMCI), qualified to instruct all aspects of mountaineering and a full member of the Association of Mountaineering Instructors (AMI).
I started mountaineering in Scotland with the RAF Mountain Rescue Service over 20 years ago and since then I have walked and climbed throughout the UK and abroad. I have been a RAF Mountain Rescue Team Leader and was the Service's Chief Instructor for 5 years. My mountaineering has taken me all over the World including the Alps, Norway, Canada as well as the greater ranges of the Himalaya and Andes. In 2001 I was selected as a member of the RAF Mountain Rescue Service Everest North Ridge expedition and successfully reached the summit on the 22 May.
Closer to home I love climbing around North Wales and the rest of the UK and have also compleated the 'Munros'...all the Scottish mountains above 3000 feet.
I am a provider of Mountain Training Mountain Leader Award, Hill and Mountain Skills and Lowland Leader Award schemes.
I provide guided days out in the mountains as well as courses in rock climbing, scrambling, mountain skills, navigation. The courses I run can be tailor made to suit your individual needs.
