About Mountain Leader Training
Staff
Chief Officer: John Cousins
Technical Officer: Steve Long
Steve is a mountaineer with over 30 years' experience. He is a British
Mountain Guide and an MIC holder, a founding member of the Association
of Moutaineering Instructors (AMI).
Having worked at Plas y Brenin, the National Mountain Centre for 14 years as a trainer and assessor on all of the British instructional qualifications he is well placed to represent the interests of Mountain Leader Training in the UK and overseas. In 2002 he wrote the MLTUK publication, "Hillwalking", followed by "The Climbers Handbook" in 2007 and a DVD on self rescue skills.
Steve is an active climber, currently leading E6 on rock and
VIII in winter. His favourite pastime is walking and climbing with his
son, Sion Idwal Long. Expeditions include 3 trips to Lows Gully in
Borneo, an attempt on Great Trango Tower in 2001, work in Spitsbergen
and the Antarctic, an unseasonal ascent of the Yukon's Lotus Flower
Tower and a successful ascent of Cerro Torre, Patagonia in 2005.
Finance Manager: Sue Doyle
Administration Manager: Corinna Parry
MLTA Development Manager: Rachael Hinchliffe
Membership
- British Mountaineering Council;
- Committee for Wales of the BMC;
- Mountaineering Council of Ireland;
- Mountaineering Council of Scotland;
- Mountain Leader Training England
- Mountain Leader Training Northern Ireland;
- Mountain Leader Training Scotland;
- Mountain Leader Training Wales;