Sally Berry – Profile
Sally has nurtured a deep love of mountain environments since her early teens, this lead her to a degree in Geography and a range of outdoor leader awards. She currently holds International Mountain Leader, Single Pitch Award, Technical Mountain Bike Leader Award and the Alpine Ski Course Leader Award. Her greatest passion is for journeying into wilderness areas, which she undertakes either alone, with her husband Philip, or as a leader of small groups.
She is a tutor and assessor for both Walking Group Leader and SW Moorland Leader Schemes, whilst also contributing to the Devon County Council land based activities advisory panel.
Sally is a qualified SCO Tutor and is also an active member of the National Snowsport England Schools and Youth Committee. She has 20 years experience in leading ski groups in the UK and abroad giving her a considerable depth of knowledge in the field of Snowsports courses. Personally Sally participates in Alpine, Telemark, Cross country and Ski Mountaineering.
In addition Sally is both an Education Visits Coordinator and an authorized LOTC inspector and has trained teachers for many years in safe and effective practices whilst organizing learning experiences beyond the classroom.
As an Accredited Practitioner in Outdoor Learning, Sally is also an approved mentor for aspirant A.P.I.O.L.’s. She is fully committed to the conservation and preservation of our natural environment and as such she is an approved “Leave No Trace” Trainer and TrekWild itself is a Partner of the “Leave No Trace Centre for Outdoor Ethics”. Sally is currently the secretary of the Institute of Outdoor Learning South West Region committee.
As a practicing teacher of both young people and adults, Sally understands the processes involved in the delivery of focused training courses that are relevant, appropriate and active as well as fun, informative and full of learning.
