The next in our series of volunteer walk leaders profiles is Alistair Hume.
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| Ali (on the right) co-leading last year's Mountain Festival A'Chir walk |
ALISTAIR HUME
What do you do when you don’t lead walks for the Arran Mountain Festival?
For relaxation, I play the bagpipes with the Isle of Arran pipe band, I am also a keen sea kayaker and try to play golf as often as I can.
I also work part time for World Challenge, a company that specialises in taking groups of teenagers to mainly third world countries for up to five weeks at a time to experience other cultures and assist in project work such as toilet block construction.
I have also been a member of the Arran Mountain Rescue Team since 1976 and a lot of my time is spent training with them and being on call 24/7.
Why do you volunteer as an Arran Mountain Festival walk leader?
I like to try and help others experience the wonderful mountains of Arran and pass on any local knowledge and history and ensure that they have a memorable time.
Tell us about a favourite mountain moment.
There have been many favorite moments!!! But for feel good factor it must be a time in Northern Peru while descending from a high 4.500 meter pass and at -10 I came across a young local lad, his face full of snot and minus some fingers and toes from frostbite - he was wearing shorts and sandals.
I will never forget the way his face changed when I gave him my cosy warm mountain rescue buffalo jacket that I had cherished for some 20 years.
What is your favourite Arran walk?
Don't really have one, I love them all!!!
Which piece of kit would you not head into the hills without?
A whistle.
What is your favourite breakfast before a long day out in the mountains?
Anyone I can persuade my wife to make!!!
Ali is co-leading the A'Chir ridge traverse.
