Mark Reeves

Mark has been a rock climbing instructor since 1997, working throughout the length and bredth of North Wales. In 2005 Mark completed the Mountain Instructor Award whilst working for Plas Y Brenin and has been a freelance/associate Instructor for tem ever since. Mark has sought to develop his coaching to the highest level through various forms of Continuing Professional Development, including BMC Fundamentals and Learning to Train courses, Plas Y Brenin’s Coaching Processes course and finally completing an MSc in Applied Sports Science at Bangor University. This book brings together all the academic, practical and personal skills he has developed over the last thirteen years as both a climber and coach; climbing routes of all different styles ranging from Diff to E5 in over ten countries. In essence this book is a shortcut to all Mark’s accrued knowledge over his long and successful professional and personal climbing career. Mark is the sometimes outspoken author of the blog Life in the Vertical.