Phil Walker
Secretary (& Trustee)
Primary GPF contact for general queries, communications, and grant application administration.
Areas of Expedition Expertise:
- Expedition leadership,
- Comprehensive experience across all expedition phases: recruitment, sponsorship, funding, logistics, planning, objectives, and in-field operations,
- Coordination of small to large scale expeditions, from alpine environments to tropical regions,
- Multi-day underground camps; diving support; aid climbing; surveying; rigging; and exploration,
- Extensive knowledge and practical experience in modern surveying.
Caving & Expedition Background:
- Active expedition caver, and current leader of the Tresviso Caves Project.,
- Participation in over 30 expeditions across multiple countries,
- Active UK caver, including exploration, climbing and surveying
What to Contact Phil About:
- General GPF queries, committee communications & administrative matters,
- Grant applications and funding decisions, supporting documentation, and reporting
- Expedition planning, funding, report writing,
- Expedition insurance,
- Liaison with Spanish caving federations and clubs.
To contact Phil please email secretary@gharparau.org.uk