My climbs
Stories, thoughts and adventures from my climbing over the last fifteen years, climb by climb. Below are a selection of articles about my best climbing experiences.
Featured Articles
Echo Wall
By far the biggest, boldest and hardest pice of rock I have climbed. I also made a film about it, which was quite an adventure too!
Rhapsody, E11
It was an obsession for me for a year and a half, and a great climbing adventure.
Ring of Steall 8c+
It was the big unclimbed project of one of my climbing heroes, Cubby Cuthbertson. I moved to the highlands to do battle with it.
To Hell and Back E10
It started off as a TV show, it finished up as a horror show. The story on my blog of the most dangerous rock climb in Scotland.
The Gathering, Skye
The first ascent of a beautiful but somewhat dangerous new line on The Cioch, Skye Cuillins.
Achemine, E9
It was my first E9, and I had to work hard to get it!! after 11 60 foot falls, I got there.
The excitment and buzz of climbing a serious new trad route.
Hurlyburly - free solo
An introspective look at the mental preparation to solo a route very close my limit.
The Dave MacLeod blog articles
Since 2006 I have been blogging aricles most days about the climbs I am working on. Below you can read about my blog posts on each climb or area as I've discovered them, worked on them, climbed them and learned from them. If you wan't to keep track of new blog posts, you can subscribe to my feed.
