Mindset Adventure

Harriet Barcella is a life and mindset coach with a passion for adventure and an obsession with finding joy in the everyday. The third of four sisters, she has spent her life being inspired and empowered by incredible women. Her ability to embrace the joy in the small things, look for the positives and to be acutely aware of what is important to her are skills that she empowers her clients to embrace. Harriet believes in the transformational power of learning from our experiences and knows first hand how the mountains can provide that opportunity. She can’t wait to support you to take those lessons from the mountains and transfer them into your everyday life whilst at the same time having the experience of a lifetime.

Kaley Hayes is a coach who specialises in helping families thrive. She is inspired by lessons learned from children – be yourself, express yourself, hold boundaries, learn enthusiastically and welcome life with enthusiasm and energy! Her life experience as a mother, step-mother, educator, coach and mentor, along with her can-do attitude, enable her to balance nurturing, inspiring, and results in her practice. Kaley values the idea of living authentically and supports families and individuals, to work within the realm of what really matters to them in all its uniqueness. Having grown up in South Africa, calling the mountains, rivers and oceans home, Kaley is excited to combine her love of coaching with the greatest lessons – those provided by nature.

Over the course of the trip you will work with both Kaley and Harriet. Each of them will lead coaching activities for the group. However, coaching relies heavily on the rapport of the coach and the coachee so we will always ensure that your choice is taken into consideration when it comes to 1 to 1 coaching so that you are able to work with the coach who resonates with you the most and with whom you feel you will get the best results. 

We will use group coaching methods to really capitalise on the learnings we have from the mountain. This might mean some journalling exercises, group conversations, shared guided mediation or other activities. These will depend on the dynamic of the group  and will be carefully planned to ensure that we support each individual to meet their aims. All we ask is that you come to them with a willingness to be vulnerable, authentic and open. 

Although we’re not at altitude, or in somewhere like the Himalayas, having a good level of fitness and practicing uphill trekking will put you in good stead for this adventure.

There will be plenty of time for admiring the view, coaching and guiding, and rest stops.

However, if you make an effort with fitness before coming out you’ll enjoy it far more than if you are struggling up every hill each day barely able to notice the spectacular views.

You will be able to fill your water bottles at your accommodation at the start of each day. We advise you bring enough for your day’s outing. However, our guide will carry a small amount of spare water and we may cross streams that you could be able to drink from in various places if you run out.

Your meals will be included as per the itinerary, however do bring some of your favourite snacks from home, a range of fast and slow release energy snacks. The pure ‘energy’ style bars which are solid are quite tough to eat on the mountain so go with simple things. Flapjacks, shortbread, sweets, nuts and chocolate are great, snacks that you’re going to really look forward to eating and which will give you energy.

You will be staying at a charming gite a stones throw from the heart of the Luchon mountain town. Here you will have group sessions in the evenings and time to reset. There will be showers, toilets, and twin-sharing rooms.

A rucksack of around 25-30L should do you just fine. You will simply need to carry your layers and waterproof, lunch and snacks, water, sunglasses and basic first aid kit for each day.

If you are borrowing or buying a rucksack, ask someone to help you adjust it to fit your back. And ensure you are making these adjustments with weight inside it, not empty. Generally it should sit reasonably high on your back so that the weight is acting vertically downwards, not forcing your shoulders back or drooping past your backside. Again, it’s about how you feel comfortable wearing it and important to get right.

Make sure too that it is either waterproof or you have a waterproof cover for your rucksack. It’s not a bad idea to pack your gear into waterproof stuffs sacs, or even bin bags, in case of a deluge.

No, this is a trek, so standard walking gear outlined in the kit list should suffice. Walking poles are optional.

We haven’t included flights as this gives you options from the UK. There are many flights that come to Toulouse daily from many different airports.

It’s important that we check flight schedules before confirming a pickup time with you, as we want to make sure you can actually make it to Toulouse on time. We will confirm what time you should aim to arrive in Toulouse as we draw closer to your departure date.

We will also check flight schedules before deciding what time we do an airport drop off.

Once you know the above, please find flights that work for these timings, or plan to have the night before and/or night after in Toulouse.

If there are any issues with booking your flights, please let us know and we will try and help however it might mean getting a hire car/train or taxi to your start / finish point.

Bagneres de Luchon is 1h 40 mins drive away.

You must carry individual travel insurance to take part in the expedition. We cannot take you on the mountain without proof of insurance.

It is your responsibility to ensure that you have the appropriate insurance for your intended trip. To include medical evacuation and coverage up to the maximum altitude of this trip.

Your insurance details are requested on the booking form, however this can be arranged at a later date. 360 Expeditions will be requesting your insurance details 8 weeks before your departure.