The Adventure Peaks Team

Dave Pritt

Managing Director

Dave Pritt is the Director of Adventure Peaks. With over 30 years of mountaineering feats, he is a very experienced high altitude mountaineer who has led expeditions to K2, Broad Peak and five Everest expeditions. Dave has completed the 7 summits, led an expedition to Ski the South Pole Last Degree, Satopanth in India and in 2007 he guided Ian McKeever to break the world record for the seven summits in 156 days. He is lucky enough to have climbed on the majority of our advertised peaks, but the Tien Shan remains his favourite destination.

Stu Peacock

Logistics Manager

Stu Peacock is a very experienced high altitude mountaineer who has been to the Summit of Everest, Broad Peak, Cho Oyu, Manaslu and climbed on K2. His other expeditions include: Ama Dablam, Annapurna IV, Peak Lenin, Aconcagua, Khan Tengri, Tien Shan Unclimbed, Korzhenevskaya, Himlung Himal, Baruntse, Mera & Island Peak, Alpamayo, Bolivian Peaks, Spantik, Carstensz Pyramid, Elbrus, MtArarat, Mexican Volcanoes, Mt Kenya and Kilimanjaro. He was the first Brit to summit Everest via the North Ridge 3 times and has climbed Everest from both the North & South sides.

Carrie Gibson

Expedition Logistics

Carrie Gibson has traveled on many of our expeditions including Everest North Ridge, Denali, Aconcagua, Kilimanjaro, Elbrus, Island Peak & Ama Dablam. Carrie is also the first British woman to summit Himlung Himal.

Mark Dobie

Expedition Shop Manager

Mark Dobie is based in our Expedition Store and likes nothing more than talking about the kit, treks and expeditions we sell. In his spare time he enjoys walking, climbing and dreaming about the next big trip.

Mark is footwear & equipment buyer within Adventure Peaks.

Chris Harling

Chris Harling has over 21 years experience teaching a wide range of outdoor activities. He is a qualified teacher and member of several National Governing Bodies including the Association of Mountaineering Instructors. He is a trainer and assessor for the Mountain Leader and the Single Pitch Awards and is qualified to teach Summer and Winter mountaineering. His vast climbing and mountaineering experience has taken him to six continents, including Himalayan expeditions. Chris has climbed Mt. Everest via the North Ridge twice with Adventure Peaks.

Di Gilbert

Robin Beadle

Robin is an IFMGA and British Mountain Guide, and was involved with Adventure Peaks’ Alpine courses from their inception. He has led professional and private expeditions to South America, Africa, Indonesia, Central Asia, Antarctica, the Arctic and the Himalaya. He has summitted Everest as a guide for Adventure Peaks, together with 6 clients and 5 Sherpas. Robin is a regular Adventure Peaks  leader, and recently successfully led our first expedition to Lhotse.

David Fisher

David holds the highest UK mountaineering qualification - the Winter Mountaineering & Climbing Instructor (WMCI). As part of a long and varied carrier in the outdoor industry working with both children and adults, David has also been involved with the training and assessing of other instructors through the Mountain Training schemes, along with being a fully qualified climbing arborist.

Well known for his strange aversion to all things cheese, he hasn’t let this handicap hold him back from worldwide travel, with personal trips around Europe and New Zealand, and expedition leadership to Norway, Tanzania, the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, the Nepalese Himalya, the Caucasus Mountains of Russia, and the Tian Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan.

Mark Riley

Gavin Kellett

Leader

Gavin lives in the Scottish Borders but goes wherever work takes him. He is fortunate to have – for work and play – skied, hill walked, and climbed ice & rock throughout the UK, the European alps, Pyrenees, Iceland, Norway, Alaska, Nepal and Russia.

When at school he was fortunate to have an enthusiastic Geography Teacher who took him, with a school group to the Pyrenees.

This was his first trip abroad and it was enough to kindle his passion for mountainous areas and activities. He has been a member of a Scottish Mountain Rescue Team for 28 Years and has held training officer and deputy leader roles.

Away from the mountains he played rugby to Scottish First Division Standard prior to it becoming a professional sport.

Gavin is Summer ML, Winter ML, International Mountain Leader, Single Pitch Award and Trail Cycle Leader qualified. He is passionate about taking clients into the mountains and allowing them to enjoy the mountains safely but allowing them to flavour the adventure.

Chris Mothersdale

Chris Mothersdale has been climbing in the UK, Europe and across the world over a number of decades.  He started rock climbing in Yorkshire on Gritstone before taking on larger objectives both in the UK and abroad.  Rock climbing progressed to Ice Climbing in Scotland before climbing in the Greater Ranges in Europe, Africa, South and North America and Asia. Mountaineering has enabled him to climb on every continent and to explore many of the  the wonders of the world.