Location: Scotland and the Alps

Work: Mountain guide

Play: Climbing, skiing or anything else to do with mountains and a bit of sailing

Best Trip: Vinson Massif Antarctica, 2 months camping in complete wilderness with huge peaks on one side and the polar plateau on the other. Rounded off with a never ending supply of fresh ski tracks.

Worst Trip: Borrowdale in the Lake District, it rained and I dislocated my shoulder

Best Camp Food : Steak dug out of the ice for Christmas dinner at Vinson base camp

Worst Camp Food: power bars they freeze like concrete and take about a week to thaw out.

Scariest Moment: Starting my first guides test

Ambitions: to carry on climbing until I'm very old

Favourite places: Antarctica, Ben Nevis
Inspirational books: One Mans Mountains by Tom Patey

Heroes: Godefroy Perroux who inspired me to become a guide and offered real friendship in the mountains.

Heaven: Waste deep powder snow and steep chewy ice

Hell: being forced to live somewhere flat
Favourite Lowe Pieces: Adrenaline smock, Fitzroy rucksac, Outerlimits top

More Information:

Born in Ayrshire in Southern Scotland Bruce started climbing at the age of 16 on local outcrops. 15 years later he is now an International Mountain Guide and has climbed and guided all over Europe and enjoyed trips to the Himalayas and Antarctica.

During this period Bruce has been involved in all types of mountain activity. At home he has made a number of first winter ascents. He has also been a regular visitor to the Alps, both summer and winter on foot and on skis. He has guided in Nepal and in Antarctica while working for the British Antarctic Survey and Adventure Network International. He has guided the Vinson Massif Antarctica's Highest Mountain four times.

His enjoyment of all aspects of mountain sports is reflected in his year round guiding activities.

Away from the mountains Bruce has a Geography degree from Glasgow University, where amongst other topics he specialised in Glaciology and Polar Environments; he is the co-author of a selected climbs guide to Ben Nevis (publication Christmas 2001) and is a regular contributor to Climber magazine.

A summery of his guiding activities can be found on his web page .www.brucegoodlad.com