richard parker…
Duty Manager + Instructor
DOB
2nd March 1971
Qualifications
- SPA
- ML Summer
- ML Winter
- (MIA trainee)
- IRATA Level 2
Experience
My first winter mountain day was on Skye where I grew up, aged 13. I remember it because it was so cold that one of my teeth fell out and my soup froze.
I spent quite a bit more cold time with the Royal Marines in Arctic Norway – nothing else fell out/off though!
In the last 10 years or so I’ve climbed around Britain and Europe; sometimes in the Alps but also in Slovenia which I really like.
More recently, before joining the Ice Factor I was doing a lot of industrial rope access work and was lucky enough to be involved with some interesting and bizarre film projects. I wonder what will happen next?
Favourite Climbs
- Red slab VS 4c, Buachaille Etive Mor
- Hammer, HVS 5a, Etive slabs
- Orion Direct, V 5, Ben Nevis
- South Face of the Aiguille du Midi, V+, French Alps
- Walker Spur, ED1, Grand Jorasses, France
Favourite Food
Mayonnaise
Favourite Drink
Red Wine
Likes
My Wife, Eating, Sunshine
Hates
Biting Insects, Inferior Quality Mayonnaise