Adventure, professionally managed
Risk cannot be removed from genuine adventure. It can be assessed, planned for and managed by people who know what they are doing.
Our approach to safety
An adventure with no risk is not an adventure. What we can do, and what we take seriously, is understand the risks properly, plan for them, and make good decisions on the ground when conditions change.
That means the honest answer is sometimes no: a route changed, a summit day abandoned, a river left for another time. Our leaders have the authority to make that call and are backed when they do.
Where the safety actually comes from
Three things, and the third one is yours. A trip is safest when the preparation runs in both directions.
Leadership
Qualifications appropriate to the activity, ongoing training, first aid and expedition medicine, and local specialists where their knowledge beats ours.
Planning
Risk assessments written for the route, weather monitoring, emergency procedures, communications planning and alternative itineraries prepared in advance.
Your part in it
Accurate medical information, honest fitness preparation, appropriate travel insurance, suitable equipment, and following your leader on the day.
Accreditations and insurance
Licensing, memberships and insurance differ by activity and by country, so the honest answer is trip by trip. Ask us for the specifics that apply to yours and we will send them in writing.
Questions about safety on a specific trip?
Ask. It is the question we would rather answer twice than not at all.
What happens next
- A real person reads itNot a bot, and not a templated auto-reply.
- A reply, usually the same working dayWith the actual answer to your actual question.
- No pressureWe will not phone you unless you ask us to.
Would rather talk? Ring 0191 903 9936. The phone is there to reassure, not to push.