ANDY CAVE Mountain Guide - Andy Cave - has made numerous important first ascents on rock, mixed and on the highest peaks. In 1993 Andy climbed French 8a and 8000m. In 1997 he made the first onsight free ascent of Citadel on Shelterstone with Janez Jeglic and the first ascent of the North Face of Changabang in the Garwhal Himalaya. Andy has climbed hard new winter routes on Ben Nevis, in Glencoe and on the Isle of Skye. As a cutting edge alpinist Andy has made very early ascents of hard routes on Mont Blanc including the Freney Pillar directissima as well as Divine Providence which is considered one of the hardest routes in the Alps. In the Dolomites Andy has climbed many extreme routes including The Fish on the south face of the Marmolada, Brandler-Hasse on the Cima Grande and the Rudolph Bauer on the Cima Ovest. In 1998 Andy climbed new routes in Norway, the Outer Hebrides as well as two new hard extremes - Birdsong on Yorkshire Gritstone and Bats in the Belfry at Gogarth as well as numerous Peak District new routes near his home. In 1999 Andy featured in the BBC TV series Wild Climbs by award winning filmmaker Richard Else about new routes in the Czech Republic. By early in December 1999 Andy had already done two new winter routes in Scotland at grade VI. Andy's high profile and outstanding reputation makes him a valuable member of Team Lowe Alpine. Next Page Previous Page