photo: lwimages"Andy Turner Lecture"
Andy Turner grew up just outside Manchester and didn’t start climbing until he was 25, having been a competitive road cyclist up to that point. Despite being a relative latecomer to the sport he quickly realised that winter climbing was where his talents lay. He is now best know for pushing the limits of onsight Scottish winter climbing including new routes such as The Secret (IX,9) on Ben Nevis and the first winter ascent of Sassenach (IX,9) also on Ben Nevis. In winter 2009/10 he also found time to squeeze a few routes in, in North Wales including the second ascent of Wales’ hardest route Cracking Up (IX, 9).
Andy will be at the festival fresh from another busy winter 10/11 season which has seen him cover everything from repeating amazing routes such as The Hurting (XI, 11) to new routing in Lofoten, Norway just a week ago.
You can read more about Andys latest trips over at his blog here
