Phil Walker

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