Mountaineer, Explorer, Pilot<\/p>\n
Itching to Climb tells the story of one woman’s undaunting spirit in the face
\nof adversities, of a life spent facing challenges head on, with a single-
\nminded determination to achieve despite the difficulties that life had laid in
\nher way. This is a story of encouragement and hope for anyone who suffers with
\neczema, or any similar debilitating condition.<\/p>\n
Inherited eczema and allergies made Barbara James different from her
\nclassmates, something she did not like. She was lucky. The severity of her
\neczema had lessened when her teacher introduced her to the Snowdonia hills. In
\n1964 she became a full time mountaineering instructor and mountain rescue
\nfirst aider in Capel Curig at a time when there were few females instructing
\nor leading difficult rock routes. Divorced in 1976 and with a mortgage to pay,
\nBarbara needed a job, and became the first and possibly the only woman
\ncivilian to be employed by MOD to train soldiers. At the Infantry Junior
\nLeaders Battalion in Folkestone she learned another language, new codes of
\nbehaviour, and to lead expeditions.<\/p>\n
After early retirement, Barbara took her first holiday in 11 years. She was
\nprobably the second person to go, unaccompanied, to the magical Falkland
\nIslands soon after the conflict. Alone she walked up Tumbledown, communed with
\nwildlife and was told that ‚anyone can learn to fly‘. So on return, her 50th
\nbirthday present to herself was to get a Private Pilot’s Licence. A year later
\nshe flew a Cessna 40 hours solo around Florida. But nothing Barbara had done
\nwas as challenging as surviving, alone, the furiously tourist evenings in
\nTenerife’s Playa de Las Americas. Only the magical El Teide National Park and
\nthe genuine, spontaneous kindness of the Canarians ensured her return. She
\nrented an apartment in Adeje village and the locals‘ initial suspicious looks
\nsoon disappeared.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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