BSc in Physiology & Sports Science (Glasgow University), MSc in Medicine and Science in Sport & Exercise (Glasgow University), MSc in Human Nutrition (Glasgow University)
Website
www.davemacleod.com
Climbing career
Type of climber
Traditional climbing
Free solo climbing
Bouldering,
Mixed climbing
Highest grade
Redpoint: E11 7a traditional 8b+ (5.14a) free solo 9a (5.14d) sport
Bouldering: 8C (V15)
Known for
Second-ever person to free solo at 8b+ (5.14a)
First ascents
Rhapsody (2006, E11 7a)
Echo Wall (2008, E11)
Updated on 6 November 2017.
Dave MacLeod (born 17 July 1978) is a Scottish rock climber, ice climber, mixed climber, and climbing author. MacLeod was the second-ever person free solo a 8b+ (5.14a) graded route (Darwin Dixit in Margalef, in 2008),[1][2] and for climbing one of the hardest traditional climbing routes in the world (Rhapsody on Dumbarton Rock, graded E11 7a, in 2006).[3][4]
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DaveMacLeod (born 17 July 1978) is a Scottish rock climber, ice climber, mixed climber, and climbing author. MacLeod was the second-ever person free...
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End of the Affair (E8 6c) and The Quarryman (E8 7a). Climbers like DaveMacLeod would create even-harder traditional climbs, such as Rhapsody in 2006...
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were established (e.g. Cobra Crack by Sonnie Trotter and Rhapsody by DaveMacLeod). Leading female climbers such as Beth Rodden were setting 'trad' grade...
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an extreme and as yet ungraded climb on Echo Wall was completed by DaveMacLeod in 2008 after two years of preparation. The north face is also one of...
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Columbia History of rock climbing List of first ascents (sport climbing) DaveMacLeod, Scottish traditional climber Johnny Dawes, British traditional climber...
Climb with Julia Bradbury (2007), The Great Climb with British climber DaveMacLeod (2010), and Top Gear (episode 2, season 7) with Jeremy Clarkson racing...
Wall, on El Capitan, in Yosemite, USA, at 5.13b (8a). 2006 : April, DaveMacLeod leads the first free ascent of Rhapsody , in Dumbarton Rock, U.K.; the...
project in the late 1970s by then Chilliwack members Ab Bryant and Brian MacLeod. Macleod was impressed by the vocal talents of Vancouver rock singer Denise...
2QT. ISBN 978-1910077016. Johnny Dawes, British traditional climber DaveMacLeod, Scottish traditional climber Rock climbing in the Peak District Venebles...
Film. History of rock climbing List of first ascents (sport climbing) DaveMacLeod, Scottish traditional climber Sonnie Trotter, Canadian traditional climber...
Archived from the original on May 1, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2016. McNary, Dave (December 4, 2014). "'Game of Thrones,' 'True Detective,' 'Transparent' Lead...
Cooper, Paul S. Glass, Craig McManus, Crystal Craft, Peter Fillmore, DaveMacLeod Head Writer: Shelly Altman and Chris Van Etten Other Writers: Anna Theresa...
Zangerl made the FFFA of several notable traditional testpieces including DaveMacLeod's Achemine E9 6c 8b (2016), Sonnie Trotter's The Path 5.14a (8b+) R (2018)...
A long-standing unsolved line beside Dave Cuthbertson's famous 1983 route, Requiem (E8 6c), and DaveMacLeod's 2006 equally notable route, Rhapsody (E11...
(2018). Fissure (Motion picture). Cine Margot. Retrieved 4 January 2023. DaveMacLeod, Scottish traditional climber Sonnie Trotter, Canadian traditional climber...
(1975–2018) Poland, died on winter alpine-style ascent of Nanga Parbat DaveMacLeod (born 1978) Scotland, made the first free ascent of the world's first...
repeated the hardest traditional climbing routes in Britain, including DaveMacLeod's Rhapsody (E11 7a, 5.14c R/X) in 2008, and Neil Gresham's Lexicon (E11...
footballer and first black international player in the history of the game DaveMacLeod, Scottish rock climber "Emeli Sande: Young Alumnus of the Year 2011"...
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