Kirsty Pallas - Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor. Founder of Our Shared Outdoors, and panellist on, On the Outside Podcast.

<div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="text-align: left;">Kirsty in her own words:</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;">“I’m a mixed-race freelance mountaineering and climbing instructor from the west coast of Scotland. I love being able to introduce and share so many of the incredible Scottish environments, whether it’s the mountains in full winter conditions or a beautifully still sea with views out to the Hebrides. </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;">Climbing in all forms is pretty much my life but earlier this year I also started mountain biking and roller skating, which are both great fun and very different! </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;">Outside of work and play, I’ve been a member of Oban Mountain Rescue Team since 2013. I’m a callout manager and the Training Officer on the team, and love being able to give something back to the mountaineering community. </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;">I’m the founder of Our Shared Outdoors, an organisation set up to tackle and change the lack of diversity in the outdoors and promote underrepresented groups. I’m really passionate about making outdoor communities as accessible as possible to everyone, because it should be!</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;">I’m also a panellist on On the Outside podcast, where we discuss outdoor news in the UK with a panel of diverse outdoor enthusiasts.”</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;">New episodes of the Tough Girl Podcast go live every Tuesday at 7am UK time - Make sure you hit the subscribe button so you don’t miss out. </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;">The Tough Girl Podcast is sponsorship and ad free thanks to the monthly financial support of patrons. To find out more about supporting your favourite podcast and becoming a patron pleas