Director of the International School of Mountaineering - ISM. Technical Director for the British Mountain Guides - BMG. I live in Kendal, Cumbria. ISM offer rock climbing and Alpine preparation/training courses here in the Lake District and North Wales. From our base in Leysin, Switzerland, ISM offers a range of winter Icefall climbing, ski touring and off-piste ski courses and private guiding in the Alps and Canadian Rockies and through the summer months we offer a full range of instructional and guided climbing courses and private guiding throughout the Alps. ISM also run expeditions to the Andes and a Virgin Peaks Expedition exploring unclimbed ranges in Kyrgyzstan Please get in touch if you would like any more information or help with any future climbing/mountaineering plans. Adrian