Despite a big block of lost time this summer thanks to 4 successive operations on my left eye I am fully operational again, and have had a busy autumn of IRATA assessments and training in France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Denmark and the Netherlands.

For Trainer Member Companies it has been a tricky time as many rely on Assessors from the UK who have mostly been stuck unable to travel, whereas from my base in France I have been able to move around most of Western Europe with minimal paperwork and the occasional PCR test…

Last week I was over at Kong in Italy near the home town of the fabled Ragni di Lecco climbing group. A good morning with a small team of solid (and already experienced) level 1 candidates who had been well trained by Federico. Alla prossima!