{"product_id":"adventure-guides-at-the-fireside","title":"Adventure Guides at the Fireside","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt;\"\u003eEvery adventure guide eventually stands at a trailhead, or a put-in, or the top of a pitch, watching a group that is now entirely their responsibility. Everything that happens next is on them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt;\"\u003eAdventure Guides at the Fireside is what nobody hands you at that moment. It's the conversation a veteran guide would have with you if you sat down together after the trip — not a qualification manual, not a legal reference, not a list of rules, but the honest, hard-won thinking behind the decisions that actually matter in the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt;\"\u003eDrawing on over fifty years in the adventure industry — including a career in emergency services before guiding — the author walks through the full span of a guiding career: reading groups, leading under pressure, managing real risk, handling incidents when things go wrong, and building a career that lasts. The lessons are illustrated with real scenarios across the full spread of adventure disciplines, from outdoor centre activities to extreme mountaineering, paddling, and everything between.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8.0pt;\"\u003eThis is a book for anyone who leads other people into places where the stakes are real — guides, instructors, expedition leaders, and outdoor professionals who want the judgement a course can't teach.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BookVAULT Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":68431002894640,"sku":"9781808979699","price":36.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0262\/2357\/5085\/files\/9781808979699.jpg?v=1794503354","url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/adventure-guides-at-the-fireside","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}