Team

Ged Desforges

Age 25
Nationality English
Occupation Student Teacher

UK Trad onsight climbs to E5, including: The Cumbrian (Esk Buttress); Lost Horizons (Scafell); In Profundum Lacu (Pabbay); Little Miss Sitting Pretty (Mingulay); Right Wall (Dinas Cromlech); Barberella Direct (Trevallen); Crisis Zone (E7, Great Wanney. After top-rope inspection).

Scottish Winter climbs to VI, including: Gargoyle Wall (Ben Nevis); Stirling Bridge (Aonach Mor); Menage a Trois (Beinn an Dothaidh).

Alpine climbs to ED, including: Tempi Moderni (South Face of Marmolada); 1st British ascent of Hypersalami (Sassolungo); Comici Route (Cima Grande); Cassin Route (Piz Badile).

Big Wall experience including: The Nose (El Capitan); Washington Column.

Ruben Gutzat

Age 32
Nationality German (Bavarian)
Occupation Postgraduate Student (Biology)

Alpine climbs to ED, including: 1938 Route (North face of the Eiger); and numerous routes on the Salbitchen.

Dan Mcmanus

Age 21
Nationality Welsh
Occupation Student (Mathematical Physics)

UK Trad onsight climbs to E7, including: Wreath of Deadly Nightshade, Isis is Angry, Conan the Librarian, and The Enchanted Broccoli Garden (Gogarth); The Apprentice (FA), Terror Hawk (Lleyn Peninsula); Lord of the Flies (Dinas Cromlech); The Bonxie, What No Puffin? (Pabbay).

Scottish Winter climbs to VI, including: Coup de Grace, Pas de Deux (Beinn an Dothaidh).

Alpine climbs to ED, including: 1938 Route (North face of the Eiger); Frendo Spur (Aiguille du Midi); British Route (West face of the Blatiere); Comici Route (Cima Grande).

Tom Spreyer

Age 28
Nationality English
Occupation College Lecturer

UK trad onsight climbs to E5, including: Central Sadness (Llanberis); Right Wall (Cromlech); Pebble Mill (Burbage South); Track of the Cat (Roaches); Pagan (Gogarth); Rat Race (Dunkeld); Fascist and Me (Pembroke).

Scottish Winter climbs to VII, including: White Magic, The Crack, Torque of the Devil (Northern Corries); Central Buttress (Ben Eighe); Gemini (Ben Nevis); Equinox (Carn Etchecan).

Alpine climbs to ED, including: Eye Tooth West Pillar (Ruth Gorge, first British ascent); La Ginat (North face of les Droites); Gervustati Pillar (Mont Blanc du Tacul); South Ridge (Aguille Noire de Peutary); Yellow Wall (Diamond Face, Long's Peak); East face of the Steeple (FA. Lemon mountains, Greenland); Comici Route (Cima Grande).

Other winter climbs to WI6, including: Nemesis (Stanley Headwall); Weeping Pillar (Weeping Wall); Expert's Choice Central (Waterton); The Sorcerer (Ghost valley); various new routes up to Scottish VI and WI5+ in the Lofoten islands.

Tony Stone

Age 22
Nationality Scottish
Occupation Student (Maths)

UK Trad onsight climbs to E6, including: The Risk Business (Creag a' Bhancair); Little Miss Sitting Pretty (Mingulay); Titan's Wall (Ben Nevis); The Cad, Positron (Gogarth); Resurrection (Dinas Cromlech).

Scottish Winter climbs to VIII, including: The Screaming (Beinn an Dothaidh); Riders On The Storm, Mega Route X (Ben Nevis); East Face Route (Stob Coire nan Lochan); Blood, Sweat and Frozen Tears (Beinn Eighe).

Alpine climbs to ED, including: 1938 Route (North Face of The Eiger); Migot Spur (Aiguille du Chardonnet); Chere Couloir (Mont Blanc du Tacul); South Face (La Meije).

Es Tresidder

Age 28
Nationality English
Occupation Environmental Sustainability consultant

UK Trad onsight climbs to E4.

Scottish Winter climbs to IX, including: Red Right Hand (FA), Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner (Ben Nevis); The Duel (3rd ascent, Stob Coire nan Lochan); Blood, Sweat and Frozen Tears (Beinn Eighe).

Alpine climbs to ED, including: 1938 Route (North face of the Eiger); Colton-Brooks (North face of les Droites); NW Ridge (Aiguille Midi); Fil A Plomb (Aiguile Plan); Petite MacIntyre (Grandes Jorasses); Bourges Mizrahi (Grandes Rocheuse).

Big Wall climbs in Yosemite to A4, including: West Face (Leaning Tower); Flight of the Albatross, Zodiac, Wall of the Early Morning Light, Zenyatta Mondatta (El Capitan).

Other expeditions include two trips to Western Kokshaal Too in Kyrgyzstan attempting new mixed lines including: Fire and Ice (TD, Scottish VII, 500m), Haggis Supper (TD, 500m WI5+), Border Control (ED, 500m Scottish VIII).

James Vybrial

Age 28
Nationality English
Occupation Film maker and Postgraduate student (Social Anthropology)

Scottish winter climbs to VI, including: Fallout Corner, Stirling Bomber (Northern Corries).

Alpine climbs to ED, including: Supercouloir (Mont Blanc du Tacul); West Ridge (Salbitjen); British Route (Red Pillar of Brouillard), Cassin Route (Piz Badille).

Other winter climbs in Europe & Canada to WI6, including: Repentence Super (Weeping Pillar).