About me
Claire MacLeod
Thanks for coming to have a look at my site. I’m Dave, I’m a climber from Scotland and I live in Letterfinlay in the Scottish highlands with my wife Claire and my cat Puss Puss. This is my blog about my climbing, my life and my work. My work these days is climbing, writing, coaching, lecturing and making films.
I started climbing when I was 15 and climbed most of the hard rock and winter climbs in Scotland. For the last decade I’ve been making first ascents of as hard routes as possible in most climbing disciplines but especially trad, bouldering, sport climbing and winter climbing. My route Rhapsody was the first E11 graded climb in the world. My hardest climbs, Echo Wall (E11) and Anubis (XII) could be among the hardest summer and winter trad climbs in the world. I’ve also climbed 9a in sport climbing, V13/14 in bouldering and onsighted E7.
People in the wider world of climbing tend to hear about my climbing through the well known films E11 or Echo Wall or my book 9 out of 10 climbers make the same mistakes.
Hello,
ReplyDeleteMy name's Derek Stuart. I'm a Development Producer for STV working on a new series which celebrates Scotland's great outdoors, especially the Highlands. We're looking to cast a presenter for this series who is currently unknown, but is Scottish, young (20s / early 30s), extremely outgoing, and has a strong connection with the great outdoors - hillwalking / climbing / mountain biking / etc. Maybe you, or someone you know fits the bill? We're looking to audition people next week, and would appreciate it if you can put the word out ...
My email is: derek.stuart@stv.tv
Cheers,
Derek
Hi Dave,
ReplyDeletei started to read your book "9 out of 10 Climbers..." it is very interessting for me. The first chapter about habit, show some of my own fears, like climb in front of other (possible better climbers). My next fear is the chapter about the weight. ;) I on the way to loss some weight but on an healthy view i needs more time then i need to read until to this chapter. At moment there are 102 kg on hips :)
Thanks for the very interessting book, hope it helps me out of my difficulty level crises :)
Best Regards from Austria,
Andreas