How it works
Listed and vetted. Here's the difference.
Vetted by Walk Wilder
Before anyone carries it:
- Credentials checked — originals, not photos of photos
- Insurance verified with the insurer, rechecked annually
- First aid current — 16 hours minimum, outdoor-specific
- Identity confirmed
- References taken from people they've taught
- Personally interviewed — every one, by me
You book and pay through Walk Wilder. Your emergency contact is collected at booking. Reviews come from real bookings only. If something goes wrong, it's my problem before it's yours.
Browse vetted tripsIn the directory
Guides I know about and think are worth your attention — but haven't vetted. Plainly:
- Recommended from what I can see publicly — their site, their record, their reputation
- Not yet checked by me, and their card says so plainly
- You enquire through me; you book with them directly
- No Walk Wilder reviews yet — they build up as real bookings come in.
Why list anyone I haven't vetted? Because the alternative is pretending the rest of the field doesn't exist. There are more good guides than I can vet quickly — and vetting slowly is the point. The directory is my honest map of the territory. Many listed guides go on to be vetted; the stamp is open to any of them.
Browse the directoryThe shape of it
Find your trip
Browse by skill, time, or level. Every card tells you up front whether the guide is vetted or listed.
Book or enquire
Vetted trips: book and pay here, with an emergency contact taken at booking. Listed guides: I pass your enquiry on and you arrange it directly.
Go
Kit list and exact meeting point a week out. Weather call the evening before. Then it's boots on ground.
Somewhere up the hillThe stamp is a person
Every vetting interview, I'm in the room.
Vetting means qualifications sighted, insurance confirmed, references taken, ID checked, and a conversation with me about how you actually run a day.
Started after one trip changed things →