| Current team | For Goodness shakes |  |
| Occupation | Rope Technician, Assistant Engineer |
| Home town | Overton |
| Country | Flintshire UK |
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My passion for Rock Climbing/Scrambling and Mountain Biking put me on the path to work as an outdoor instructor in Outward Bound Scotland for 4 years. During this time I guided groups of individuals around the Scottish Highlands and coasts, introducing new hard skills and developing teamwork using the environment.
Some of the adventures at Outward Bound include 1 week sea-kayak expeditions along the Scottish west coast, 3 week foot-based expeditions with 4 days open-boating, and training a group for their silver Duke of Edinburgh.
Competing in two local (Fort William) triathlons and coming 2nd (team) in the 'No Fuss' triathlon, I decided to continue with racing when I headed south.
I took up endurance cross-country mountain biking, completing two specialised challenge events, coming 4th solo at the Marin Trail 07. I also competed in the 08 solo 'Ten under the Ben' and 07+08 solo 'Ten under Kirroughtree' at which I achieved 13th position in 08.
Having increased my training recently and enjoying the XC/fell running scene I decided to get into AR. |
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| Best AR discipline | Mountain Bike and Kayak |
| Worst AR discipline | Starting too quickly off the line |
| AR ambitions | To compete regularly and improve rank positions |
| AR bugbear | Driving to and from events |
| AR best moment | Sea Kayaking off the west coast of Scotland watching seals and porpoise |
| AR worst moment | Cramp in the first lap of 'Ten under Ben' |
| My AR best results | 1st Pair Dark and White 07/09/08 |
| 19th Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge 2008 |
| 1st mixed pair Iroc 2009 |
| 4th team Adidas Terrex 1010 (FGS) |
| My next AR events | Open 5 series 2011 |
| C2C |
| Trans Wales |
| Favourite piece of kit | Mountain Hardware N2S windstopper |
