A little bit about me
I’m Aisha Hannibal, a leadership coach, adventure therapist and qualified Mountain Leader, I’ve always known I would be a coach.
Long before I called it coaching, I was helping people find their voice, challenge what wasn’t right, stand up for themselves and make change happen.
Throughout my career, I’ve worked alongside people who have been overlooked or unheard — helping young people find their confidence, supporting women to take up space, creating opportunities for communities to shape decisions that affect them, and challenging systems that exclude people.
I’ve always been interested in what becomes possible when someone starts to believe in their own voice.
My career has taken me through counselling, domestic abuse advocacy, education, peacebuilding, youth leadership, community development and, for the last eight years, a national walking charity. I’m also a trustee of Frames of Mind, a community film organisation that uses film to create connection, amplify voices and bring people together.
Along the way, I’ve designed leadership programmes, led campaigns, worked with communities, built partnerships and created spaces where people can feel safe enough to speak, question, grow and lead.
And I’ve always come back to the outdoors.
I love adventure for the places it takes you — and for the edges it helps you discover in yourself. I’m passionate about helping more people experience the freedom, challenge and possibility of wild places. I love sharing the skills and confidence that help people feel at home outdoors, and creating meaningful experiences that stay with them long after they’ve come back down the mountain.
The mountains became part of my story
A few years ago, I lost much of what I had built my life around and had to start again.
It was a period of huge uncertainty. I didn't know exactly what came next, but I knew that being outside helped me make sense of what was happening.
So I walked.
I ran trails, explored coastal paths and climbed hills whenever I could. Wild places gave me space to breathe, think and process everything I was carrying.
The mountains didn't give me the answers. They gave me the space to find them.
Then, in 2025, after 25 years in the charity sector, I was offered redundancy — and found myself at an unexpected crossroads.
It wasn't the first time life had asked me to start again. But this time, I decided to use the opportunity to bring together the different parts of who I am.
My experience of supporting people through change.
My passion for equality and social justice.
My belief in people's capacity to lead their own lives.
And my deep connection with the outdoors.
So I became a Mountain Leader and trained as an adventure therapist, alongside becoming a leadership coach. I also volunteer with Western Beacons Mountain Rescue, supporting a team that helps people when they need it most.
Jump Mountains is where all those things meet.
The coach.
The campaigner.
The community builder.
The outdoor leader.
The woman who knows what it is to begin again.
I've spent my career helping other people find their voice and use it.
Now I want to use everything I’ve learned to help people turn that same attention towards themselves — and towards what’s possible next.
Because sometimes the biggest act of change isn't fighting harder or doing more.
Sometimes it's stopping long enough to ask: What do I actually want?
And then having the courage to do something about it.
That's what Jump Mountains is about.
Finding your voice. Trusting yourself. And making your move.
Why Jump Mountains?
I’m passionate about helping more people experience the freedom and possibility of wild places, and about sharing the skills and confidence they need to feel at home there.
As a Mountain Leader, adventure therapist and soon to be a Wilderness Skills Instructor (making fires from rubbing sticks together and other magic). I use the mountains, coast and wild spaces not just as places to explore, but as places to learn, reflect, challenge ourselves and see what’s possible.
My goal is to create meaningful experiences that stay with you long after you’ve come back down the mountain.