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BallaghBlyth Outdoor Professionals BallaghBlyth is where you can find all your professional outdoor guiding/instructing and photography needs! Sophie Ballagh
Kia Ora! Ewan Blyth
G'day!

Sophie is an outdoor professional from New Zealand. She has been adventuring, instructing and guiding in her home country and around the world for the last decade. Sophie holds numerous New Zealand Outdoor Instructors Certificates as well as having completed her Boat Masters, Advanced Wilderness First Aid and Marine Radio Operators licences. Sophie has been engaged in key roles in designing and im

plementing outdoor education programmes and expeditions throughout New Zealand and Asia and has professionally instructed in white water kayaking, sea kayaking, rock climbing and off-track navigation. During her professional guiding career, Sophie has lead countless multi-day sea kayaking expeditions in the rugged fiords of her native New Zealand and along Canada’s famed BC coast in addition to guiding clients on river trips and multi-day hiking journies. Her expertise extends to the polar world where she has spent many seasons guiding clients on hikes, sea kayaking trips and small boat excursions around the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, along the Antarctic Peninsula and around the rugged and remote South Georgia. Sophie has a vibrant outlook on life that is infectious and lends itself with her natural instincts to teach and share knowledge. She has always lived for and with Mother Nature and is at home in a tent on an icy peak as she is in a bivvy on the edge of a mighty river. Sophie is one of the rare folk who has brought her passions in life to her work and it shows through in all aspects of her life. Born in Tasmania, Australia, Ewan spent his childhood growing up on a farm and exploring the vast wilderness of his home state. Ewan has now travelled widely, for work and pleasure, leading expeditions in Vietnam, summiting peaks in Ecuador, undertaking reconnaissance missions for hydropower projects in the wilds of PNG, leading extended sea kayaking trips in the rugged South-West of Tasmania to canyon guiding in the Japanese Alps to name but a few of his adventures. Qualified in off-track navigation, wilderness first aid, small vessel operations, sea kayak guiding and instructing and the design of hydropower projects (extremely useful in tackling technical outdoor scenarios!), Ewan has spent the last few years working living and working onboard commercial tourism vessels in the polar world. Combining these experiences with his background as a global engineering design consultant, Ewan has developed a wide set of management and critical thinking skills that has stood him well in his personal and professional pursuits. An avid photographer and a side-line writer, Ewan enthuses greatly in sharing his passions via action, prose and imagery of both the still and moving variety. And through exploring the marvels of our physical world, Ewan has developed a profound respect for the power of exploring our inner world, our minds, and in doing so, hopes to inspire others to see the connections and take on their own explorations, their own adventures.

Proud to be assisting friend and mentor Huw Kingston to bring his latest adventure to the big screen in Tasmania ⛷🗻🥾🎬
11/06/2024

Proud to be assisting friend and mentor Huw Kingston to bring his latest adventure to the big screen in Tasmania ⛷🗻🥾🎬

TRAILER - Huw Kingston skis and walks the 700km length of the Australian Alps over 50 days, en route dropping in to ski at each of the dozen Australian mainland…

What a spectacular light show last night!! We were even seeing the Aurora Australis from our north facing aspect at home...
11/05/2024

What a spectacular light show last night!! We were even seeing the Aurora Australis from our north facing aspect at home!!

Yet another course! We can’t stop learning!! Working with  to expand ourselves and create freedom in our lives
07/05/2024

Yet another course! We can’t stop learning!! Working with to expand ourselves and create freedom in our lives

No Antarctic season would be without one’s heated gear.
11/11/2023

No Antarctic season would be without one’s heated gear.

 🇬🇱 - want in. Get in touch now. Early-bird specials await.
15/10/2023

🇬🇱 - want in. Get in touch now. Early-bird specials await.

Exploration of the Arctic via small ship proved itself once again. 40+ pax with open minds and open hearts, 8 guides wit...
04/10/2023

Exploration of the Arctic via small ship proved itself once again. 40+ pax with open minds and open hearts, 8 guides with some 100 years of combined polar experience + 1 rugged little ship with a stoic crew = operational excellence 🇬🇱

If you find a playground more dramatic than this, you’d better drop us a line..!!       thanks  for a stunning moment ca...
30/09/2023

If you find a playground more dramatic than this, you’d better drop us a line..!! thanks for a stunning moment capturers in time!

Seems very fitting to have explored these Greenlandic waters by kayak. The legacy of the "qajaq" in Greenland lives on  ...
19/09/2023

Seems very fitting to have explored these Greenlandic waters by kayak. The legacy of the "qajaq" in Greenland lives on

Thank you  for inviting us along. Certainly the largest kayak program we have run. 13 kayak outings in 6.5 days of opera...
14/09/2023

Thank you for inviting us along. Certainly the largest kayak program we have run. 13 kayak outings in 6.5 days of operations.

Feeling so grateful to have been able to explore Greenland with such wonderful folk. Some may call you guests or clients...
11/09/2023

Feeling so grateful to have been able to explore Greenland with such wonderful folk. Some may call you guests or clients, we call you friends. You know who you are.

Green may just well be a stretching of the truth but epic is certainly not. Greenland 🇬🇱 - you have stolen our hearts 💕 ...
10/09/2023

Green may just well be a stretching of the truth but epic is certainly not. Greenland 🇬🇱 - you have stolen our hearts 💕

Just ran into the president of Iceland!! He is visiting the town of Akureyri where our trip leaves from today. He went o...
26/08/2023

Just ran into the president of Iceland!! He is visiting the town of Akureyri where our trip leaves from today. He went out for a run with the locals!

Last leg… getting closer and closer. Greenland here we come
24/08/2023

Last leg… getting closer and closer. Greenland here we come

Packing for our next polar adventure.. we would be caught without our electric heat wear! Massive shoutout to  for your ...
21/08/2023

Packing for our next polar adventure.. we would be caught without our electric heat wear! Massive shoutout to for your support! We can’t wait to share the warmth with our guests

Sewie out for an adventure in our own backyard... A long weekend packrafting mission on the Weld River. A 3-hour bush 'c...
19/03/2023

Sewie out for an adventure in our own backyard... A long weekend packrafting mission on the Weld River. A 3-hour bush 'crawl' into the river, followed by 3 days of continuous fun whitewater and relentless log jams...

Our last few adventures before handing our beloved adventure buddy (Johnny the van) over to his new owner.. some awesome...
22/07/2022

Our last few adventures before handing our beloved adventure buddy (Johnny the van) over to his new owner.. some awesome runs on Willow Creek, spin of the ol bike wheeled and a lovely last night camping by the river (our happy place)

Happy River Trip.. Happy river = happy times (except for the scary time.. like when I thought I was going to fall of the...
22/07/2022

Happy River Trip.. Happy river = happy times (except for the scary time.. like when I thought I was going to fall of the ridge into the abyss, or when mumma grizzly bear charged at us while paddling past her and her two cubs... or when being pursued by a black bear up the trail..) But other than that, it was a FANTASTIC trip! Amazing Alaskan mountain, classy classy continuous whitewater and stunning all around! Massive thanks to Rhy and Billie for giving us wings and making dreams come true!

Part lll - packrafting the Chierstone…  high snow melt made for early starts and off the water early as the river grew 1...
09/07/2022

Part lll - packrafting the Chierstone… high snow melt made for early starts and off the water early as the river grew 10fold in the afternoon!! massive thanks to for the beta, and going out of their way to ensure our safety!

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