Myles Farnbank

General: Summer Mountain Leader
Mountaineering: Summer Mountain Leader
Cycling: Silver Velo Tech Mechanic
Paddlesport: BCU Level 4 Canoe Coach, BCU Level 4 Sea Kayak Coach, Open Canoe 5* Leader, Sea Kayak 5* Leader, ISKGA Advanced Guide, VHF Licence, WiSE
Other: NAI Certified Interpretive Guide, Leave No Trace, Mental Health First Aid, Level 2 Food hygiene, Outdoor Food Preparation

I am an experienced wilderness guide with many years of sea kayaking, canoeing, sailing and mountaineering in some of the worlds wildest places. I am committed to the principles of ecotourism contributing positively to communities and wildlife in the places I work. I am a Fellow of The Royal Geographical Society. I am a qualified Marine Wildlife Guide and Trainer for the WiSe Marine Wildlife Watching Scheme. If I were asked to state my USP it would be, expertise at creating outdoor experiences and training to help deeply connect people with both place and experience. I am championing the Leave No Trace message in the UK, liaising with a range of agencies and organisations to get a consistent picture on best practice relating to responsible recreational activity in our wild lands. I am passionate about sea kayak & canoe expeditions and have paddled in many varied locations from Antarctic Peninsula, Greenland, Baffin Island, Norway, Sweden, Sardinia, Croatia, Austria, France, Canada, Madagascar, New Zealand, West and East coast USA as well as extensively in my home waters of Scotland. In recent years I have been providing consulting services to adventure travel businesses and DMO’s around the world. To date Oman, Namibia, Ireland, Armenia, Georgia, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Norway and Kyrgyzstan.

In 2011 Myles led two sailing and sea kayak expeditions back to back in Antarctica. Sailing from Puerto Williams in Chile across the infamous Drake Passage and then sea kayaking and camping on the ice along the Antarctic Peninsula. 42 days continuous guiding in one of the worlds wildest and most beautiful locations.

I have a keen interest in the traditional uses of plants and other natural resources and run training on coastal wild food and ethnobotany. I’m also an Ocean Therapy Practitioner.

– I have contributed content to a number of travel books and magazines. – Wrote and was Programme Leader for BA (Hons) Marine & Coastal Tourism degree for University of The Highlands & Islands – Contributor to International Adventure Travel Guide Qualifications & Performance Standard – Wrote Wild Scotland Best Practice Guidelines on Watching Wildlife by Sea Kayak – Appeared on BBC2 Scotland’s Landward, focusing on best practice and minimising impact when/if having a fire in the outdoors. – Appeared on Channel 4 news talking about safety best practice after the Lime Bay tragedy. – Appeared on The Travel Channels ‘How to Holiday Greener’ programme, focusing on how to watch wildlife appropriately from a sea kayak. – Appeared on Croatian National news talking about training for sea kayak guides and safety standards – Appeared on Kyrgystan National news talking about understanding the global markets for international Adventure Travel.