Lecture services:
I also provide entertainment and educational presentations on improving at climbing or motivation in general. My lecture content and focus is flexible so please get in touch if you want to discuss an idea or request a lecture. Popular lectures Here are some lectures I've done recenty. I always add in some stories about what projects I'm working on right now. These are just a few of many different presentations I can adapt. Eleven Plus
The first ascent of Rhapsody E11 and my preparation for it. The concept, the preparation climbs, 500 feet of falls, the strategies and setbacks and what the success meant to me in the end. Images and video clips from the film E11 and of my preparation climbs Pressure V13, Breathless E8, Hurlyburly 8b free-solo and other first ascents around Scotland. Stepping Stones
My personal missions in climbing and what the activity means to me. I talk about my approach to climbing, why I like to climb hard routes in lots of different climbing disciplines and how I try to manage the effort. Summer and winter images and video from Ben Nevis (Anubis E8 and future rock and mixed projects), The Hurting XI, Rhapsody E11, Divided Years E8 and other important climbs for me. My biggest ambition is to climb a very hard new route in summer and winter conditions on Ben Nevis. I talk about my ongoing preparations for this! Are you an athlete?
After 13 years trying to be a successful athlete myself and 8 years studying sport science I am still fascinated by the interactions of motivation, environment, attitude and inspiration and how these inlfuences act on the person underneath the performer in whatever their chosen sphere to help or hinder them in their progress. I discuss what I've learned in this area based on my experiences, study and observing and coaching other people trying to be athletes. This lecture can be given with reference to climbing, or to sport in general or other areas of life. Comments from reviewers "This was the first time I'd seen Dave speak and his passion and committment to hard climbing really shone through his quietly spoken and understated delivery. With a good mix of stills and video there were some visual treats and as a speaker he takes British reticence to a fine art, but on the rock and ice reticence is the last thing you would think of..." Ian Smith, Climb Magazine, reviewing the Kendal Mountain Film Festival 2005. “Very good speaker, excellent laid back style of speaking. Very good at engaging the audience. Extremely interesting talk” Audience, Dumbarton Literary Festival lecture 2007 E-mail: dave@davemacleod.com
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