outdoor gear coach
London
Newsflash: Our first publication Keeping Dry and Staying Warm Part 1 is now
published in paperback and Kindle formats and available on Amazon. Outdoor Gear
Coach researches, writes and publishes books and materials for better
understanding of textiles and outdoor garments, and to add training of usage
skills. OUR MISSION IS TO: Increase the depth and breadth of understanding of
textiles in the design and use of outdoor garments to the benefit of all sectors
of the outdoor activist and professional community. Embrace all aspects of
performance from physiology and nutritional (This is the vital source of heat,
which your garments are designed to conserve ) to terrain, weather and layering
techniques. Provide one day workshops for Continuous Personal Development (CPD)
training for outdoor professionals and lead eventually to a qualification
‘certified garment professional’. COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY Outdoor Gear Coach
is a UK based, not-for-profit CIC (Community Interest Company). Our objectives
are to serve the outdoor activity community with publications and training
courses about products and garments. This community includes anyone
participating in any of the following activities. Walking, hill walking,
backpacking, scrambling, rock climbing, mountaineering, orienteering, cycling
and mountain biking, ski touring. This includes all activities where product and
human physiology information linked to skills is needed for competency, safety
and enjoyment in all outdoor and mountain environments, over 7 continents. The
community of outdoor activists we aim to serve comprises 6 sectors. 1.Individual
participants purchasing and using the equipment and clothing for personal use.
2.The professionals who are making, sourcing, designing, selling, and buying for
resale. 3.Journalists and individuals who write and blog in printed and digital
media about outdoor products and garments. For the above groups there is little
or no training with personal accreditation of knowledge or skills. 4.Outdoor
education courses in colleges and universities. 5.Outdoor skills training. This
group comprises highly skilled, trained and professionally accredited outdoor
professionals known variously as mountain leaders, climbing instructors and
Guides. In the UK there are 13 different qualifications, operated under the
British Mountaineering Council (BMC) as Mountain Training UK which relates to
the Union Internationale des Associations d’Alpinisme (UIAA) who train and
accredit in 20 countries. These members of the outdoor community provide skills
and safety training and are the best placed to deliver product knowledge and
related skills which are personalised to the end user under training. 6. Outdoor
centres for training people of all ages in outdoor skills.
