Dave
I’m a super psyched climber, alpinist, and skier. I love nothing more than questing into the unknown. I’ve travelled the world and experienced some of the best climbing and skiing there is, and I’m still thirsty for more. I’ve spent the last 30 years having adventures, with trips and expeditions to Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Greenland, Antarctica, Alaska, USA, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. I’ve also explored Europe extensively in particular France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Norway, and Spain. I especially love climbing on the sea cliff of the British Isles, the granite walls of Yosemite and the European Alps, and of course skiing fresh POW!
I have guided and instructed since completing my first qualification in the late 90’s, and worked at Plas Y Brenin, the National Outdoor Centre between 2008 and 2020, as the Head of Rock Climbing and Mountaineering, working alongside a ultra experienced team to run the training and assessment of the top level qualifications in the UK.
I am a IFMGA Mountain and Ski Guide as well as a Summer and Winter Mountaineering Instructor (WMCI).
I am as psyched about guiding and teaching as I am about doing it myself, and I love seeing people challenged and achieving their goals.
Some climbing highlights:
- Undertow (E7), Sunning the 4th Eye (E7), Always the Sun (E7), Easel -EE (E7), The Trumpet Blowers (E7), Cnippy Sweetie (E7), From a Distance (E7), Big Boy! (E7), Surreal Appeal (E7), Meirionnydd (E7), The Demons of Bosch (E7), Heart of Stone (E7), Kaya (E7), Ogwen Crack LH (E7), One Inch Punch (E7/8), Beginners Mind (E6), The Boston Struggler (E6), Alien (E6), Free Stone Henge (E6), Shine On You Crazy Diamond (E6), Tonight at Noon (E6), Scare City (E6), Dwarf In The Toilet (E6), Katie’s Delight (E7), The Crypt Trip (E6), Demolition (E6)
- Numerous E6 and E7 trad onsights: Lord of the Flies, Tess of the d’Urbevilles, King Wad, Dinas Bach Crack, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Flashdance/Belldance, Released From Treatment, Rainbow of Recalcitrance, The Wonderful World of Walt Disney, The Cad, The Bells The Bells, The Clown, Flower of Evil, Pulling For Two, The Long Run Direct, Art Groupie, Mammoth Direct, Eraserhead, Heart of Gold Direct, The Jub Jub Bird, The Disillusioned Screw Machine, Olympus Trip, Ringwraith, Primal Scream, Hell’s Kitchen Arete, Ghost Train, Immortality
- 8a onsight, 8a+ redpoint
- V12/Font 8a+
- Numerous winter VII’s and VIII’s: The Long Climb, Sioux Wall, Darth Vader, The Sorcerer, Shield Direct, The Crack, Sundance, Shang-High, West Buttress Directtissima, Genesis, Central Groove, Central Buttress, Fall Out, Un Poco Loco, The Vagrant, White Magic, The Citadel, The Black Cleft.
- The Totem Pole (25), Tasmania
- Drowning In A Sea Of Light (FA E5 6b, 850m), Arctic Greenland
- The Nose (A2, 900m), El Cap, Yosemite
- The Rostrum (5.11c, 300m), Yosemite
- Via Comici, Cima Grande (VII+, 550m), Dolomites
- Via Hasse Brandler (VIII+, 550m), Cima Grande, Dolomites
- Tempi Modeni (VIII, 800m), Marmolarda, Dolomites
- Via Cassin (TD, 800m), Piz Badile, Bregalia
- Schmidt Route (ED1, 1200m), Matterhorn, Swiss Valais
- 1938 Route, Eiger (ED2, 1200m), Swiss Oberland
- Voie Allain Leininger (TD+, 800m), Petit Dru, Mt Blanc Massif
- Croz Spur (ED1, 1100m), Grandes Jorasses, Mt Blanc Massif
- Tournier Spur Direct (ED1, 1200m), Les Droites, Mt Blanc Massif
- Peuterey Ridge Intergal (ED1, 4000m), Mt Blanc
- Ratti – Vittalli (TD+, 700m), Aig. Noire de Peuterey, Mt Blanc Massif
- Tronchey Ridge inc traverse of Grandes Jorasses (TD, 900m, the D, 850m), Grandes Jorrasses, Mt Blanc Massif
- Gaberrou-Long Directissima (ED3, 400m), Red Pillar of Brouillard, Mt Blanc followed next day by Innominata Ridge (D+, 1000m) over Mt Blanc and descent of Pope Route
- Gaberrou-Silvy Directissima (ED3, 1000m) L’Aiguille Verte
I’m proud to be a …
