As featured in the current edition of Trek & Mountain, ‘Distilled’ is the latest film from Paul Diffley’s Hot Aches Productions and features world-renowned mountaineer Andy Cave. Although the film’s main focus is the story of Cave’s remarkable climbing career, the other stars of the film are undoubtedly the Scottish mountains in winter. Andy’s career is indelibly linked with Scottish …
The Long Hope lecture at RGS
Scottish climbing phenomenon Dave MacLeod and climbing partner Andy Turner are presenting a lecture on their first free ascent of the Long Hope route at London’s Royal Geographical Society on February 8th. During the lecture, sponsored by Gore, Cotswold Outdoor and Mountain Equipment, Dave and Andy will give an insight into the physical, psychological and logistic preparation required to capture …
MacLeod team triumphs in Norway
A team of four climbers led by Dave MacLeod has just returned from a successful trip to Kvaloya in northern Norway as part of the Gore-Tex Experience Tour. The team included competition winners Helena Robinson and Julia Snihur, as well as Donald King and filmmaker Paul Diffley. Inspired by a newly-produced guidebook to the area, the team set themselves an …