Name:
| Dave Ayton |
Full Time Job:
| Maths/PE Teacher |
Age: | 26 |
Outdoor Qualifications: | Single Pitch Award
Mountain Leader Award
Walking Group Leader
Rafting Level 1
REC Emergency First Aid
BCU UKCC Level 1 Paddlesports Coach |
Other Qualifications: | BSc (Hons) Computer-aided Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Post Graduate Certificate in Secondary Education
Qualified First Aid instructor - Heart Start |
How long have you been working in the outdoor industry? | 10 years |
What did you do previously? | Just climbed, walked, crawled! |
What’s your biggest achievement to date? | Leading E7/8.
Onsight soloing E6.
Redpointing 8a's on bolts.
Establishing 1st ascents of previously unclimbed routes both in Ireland and the UK. |
What do you love most about your job? | Bringing people out of their comfort zones and seeing them catch the "outdoors bug". |
What do you like least about your job? | Having to go back to a desk on a Monday with my head full of flashes of rafting, gorge walking or climbing from the weekend. |
What do you do for fun? | Running - I really enjoy running and have represented North Wales at national athletics, cross country and fell running events.
Slacklining - it's great fun!
Climbing of course! Any chance I get I'm climbing - indoors, outdoors anywhere…it makes me happy :) |
What’s your ultimate ambition? | To find and climb some major new routes in the worlds greater mountain ranges.
Develop my "Big-wall" climbing.
Keep improving in all disciplines of climbing through training and experience.
Learn Guitar :) |
What’s your favourite… | |
…climb/walking route, etc? | Primal Scream - E6 multi-pitch in Fair Head,
Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland |
…river/paddling venue, etc? | River Dee, North Wales |
…book? | Good Omens |
…film? | So many… Kung Fu Hustle? |
…song? | Bongo Bong - Manu Chao |
Something not a lot of people know about you: | I was the "Fat Kid" and only had my first baked potato when I was 21 in the south of France! |
Anything else interesting about you? | I've a little dog called Rocky who has mastered the art of looking like a cute puppy in order to get attention and food from strangers… don't be fooled!! |
