Who are we
Ben
Ben's key focus is helping climbers to improve. Whether it is working with kids looking to compete, supporting big wall ambitions, or climbing your first 7b+, he will do everything the can to help you achieve your goals.
He is committed to personal development and is currently preparing for assessment for the Mountaineering & Climbing Instructor (MCI) and the Performance Coach (PC) awards as well as studying for the Personal trainer level 3 qualification.
Ben is a NGB training provider of the Mountain Training (MT) Bouldering Wall Instructor (BWI) Award Training and Assessment and British Mountaineering Council's (BMC) FUNdamentals courses 1,2,3, Physical Training 1 and Coaching Children workshops.
Ben holds the Development Coach (DC), Rock Climbing Development Instructor (RCDI), Climbing Wall Development Instructor (CWDI) and Abseil Module (CWIA) and Summer Mountain Leader (ML) qualifications. He is an NNAS navigation tutor and a NICAS Course Director. Having come to the outdoor later in life he previously co-founded and set up a health-tech business and continues to provide consultancy to the NHS, Public Services and Voluntary, Charitable and Social Enterprise (VCSE) clients. He is a co-founding director of Climb Hitchin CIC.
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Hannah
Hannah is passionate about helping others into climbing especially more women and people from disadvantaged groups.
Hannah has always enjoyed walking in the outdoors and getting out into the hills in the Lakes, Wales and the Isle of Skye. She also loves traveling overseas and a personal high point was summiting Mount Kilimanjaro in 2018 for her honeymoon. When not climbing, Hannah is a keen horse-rider.
Hannah holds the Foundation Coach (FC) and Climbing Wall Instructor (CWI) qualifications. She is the Chief Executive of a Hertfordshire charity, a qualified trainer co-founder of Climb Hitchin CIC. She is currently preparing for assessment for the Climbing Wall Development Instructor (CWDI) and Development Coach (DC) awards.
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Climb Hitchin
We established and run Climb Hitchin, a local charity which gets people into climbing both indoors and out and provides them with the essential pillars of technical skills, movement technique and personal confidence so they can achieve and excel their personal goals. This provides an excellent community for those who are both new to and experienced in the outdoors to connect and share experiences.
