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  • 30-10-2009 9:13am
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    Glenalla
    Registered Users Posts: 432 ✭✭


    Hi All

    Recently moved from the Mournes to the North West and am thinking of a career change. I am booked in to do my Group Leader course with a view to acting as a guide for small groups in the Mournes and the NW. I am not interested in setting up a complete tourism business. My passion is hillwalking and would love to be able to introduce more to it and share what knowledge I have gained over the years. I have spoken to a few people who were in this line of work and they appeared quite negative as they ended up running a complete tourist business instead of taking small group out on the hills. It ended up consuming their lives.
    I would appreciate any advice from those in the know about persueing this as a career. I am aware the financial side can be small however that is not why I am doing it. Look forward to advice positive and negative.


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    Mickeroo
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    I'm only in training at the moment, logging stuff for my mountain leader. Are you going for walking group leader or mountain leader?
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    Glenalla
    Registered Users Posts: 432 ✭✭Glenalla


    Mickeroo wrote: »
    I'm only in training at the moment, logging stuff for my mountain leader. Are you going for walking group leader or mountain leader?
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    Hi Mick
    Doing Walking Group Leader at present and then will probably do ML. How are you finding it? Are you doing this to make a career out of it?


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    Mickeroo
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    hopefully :)

    So far so good anyway. I'm doin a degree in outdoor education so its all part of that. I reckon you should go straight for ML rather than walkig group, you're pretty restricted in where you can bring people with the WGL. It would take at least a year to log all the stuff for ML, if not longer, so you're aswell to go for it i think.


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