Kirsty Pallas

Kirsty is a freelance Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor and Winter Mountain Leader based on the west coast of Scotland. She has been instructing for over 10 years and is also a callout manager and training officer for Oban Mountain Rescue Team. She loves sharing her passion for the mountains with others, and actively works towards making the outdoors a more inclusive space through an organisation she founded, Our Shared Outdoors. In this issue she guides Iona and her friends on their bothy-based Lochaber trip.