Wild Roots Guiding is led by Anna Danby. A qualified Summer and Winter Mountain Leader with a professional background in education & leadership and over 20 years experience of walking, running and climbing in the mountains.
Based near Fort William Anna is a mountain guide who specialises in mountain skills courses, wild camping journeys and sharing the stories of landscapes.
She is a qualified Summer and Winter Mountain Leader. She is also an experienced rock climber, mountaineer and runner with a professional background in science education and leadership. She brings expertise from all of these areas into her guiding. She especially enjoys helping people build their skills and experience in order to gain confidence for future independent adventures.
Anna’s professional background
Since childhood Anna has been fascinated by the natural world, seeking out adventures and always curious to find out why landscapes look the way they do. This inspired her to focus her studies to deepen her understanding of the natural world and enable her to share this with others.
She worked in the informal education sector for many years, latterly as the Learning Manager at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh. The only science centre in the UK dedicated to Earth and Environmental Sciences. Since then, moving to the Highlands has allowed her to combine her professional career with a lifelong love of exploring wild places and having great adventures.
Qualifications:
- Summer and Winter Mountain Leader
- Wilderness First Aid
- PGDip Outdoor Environmental and Sustainability Education
- BSc Environmental Science
The Wider Wild Roots team includes:
Jon Fearne, E3Coach
Jon endurance and adventure athlete coach and has been supporting people to realise their ambitions for over 20 years. Alongside this he actively pursues his own challenges, including being the only athlete to complete both running and mountain bike races across the alps.
His personal experience outdoors is mixed with academic study of sports science and means he is highly skilled in helping you make the most of your adventures.
Jon supports the delivery of our Rocks & Ridges Mountain Skills Course.
Shona Macpherson
Shona works in private practice as a counsellor/ psychotherapist. She’s passionate about helping people disconnect from their busy lives and be present in nature.
Shona is also experienced in big adventures in wild places. She’s probably spent more nights living out of a tent than all of us put together. Recently completing solo both the Pacific Crest Trail and the Te Araroa.
In 2020 she set herself the challenge of completing all 282 Munros, mountains in Scotland over 3000ft/914m. Most people take a lifetime to do this but Shona did it in 282 days, much of it through the winter months.
Through all these adventures she shares her experiences with beautiful and insightful words and pictures. Never losing sight of the fact that it’s not about the destination but the way in which we journey that really matters.
Shona guides on our Highland Wilderness Journeys and Wild Mountain Retreats.
Lindsay Warrack
Lindsay is a qualified Mountain Leader, Yoga Teacher and Massage Therapist with a passion for movement and the great outdoors. She loves to help people find mindful ways to connect with nature.
Lindsay has a wealth of experience in the outdoors, not only on foot but also by bike, sail and kayak. Whether it’s scaling mountains or crossing oceans she has a story to share. Coupled with her encyclopaedic knowledge of how the body works and a brain capable of solving most problems you can’t fail to learn and be inspired when in her presence.
Lindsay guides on our Wild Yoga Journeys and Wild Yoga Retreats, as well as bespoke guided days.
Siobhan Isobel
Siobhan is a qualified Summer Mountain Leader and lover of nature. She has spent the last 15+ years hiking all over the world, but the Scottish highlands are still her favourite!
When not walking in the mountains, Siobhan can be found wild swimming, teaching at the local climbing wall or studying a degree in outdoor education
Siobhan supports the delivery of our bespoke guiding.