About Me



Adam Hughes is a full time climber and Mountaineering Instructor and holds the Mountain Instructor Certificate (MIC).  This is the highest qualification within the British Mountaineering Instructor scheme.  This Award means that Adam is qualified to instruct in all aspects of climbing and mountaineering in summer and winter.  Adam is also a member of the Assosiation of Mountain Instructors and the Mountain Instuctor Community.
Adam has over 10 years instructional experience in England, Wales and Scotland.  His passion for the mountains has taken him America, Spain, Poland and the European Alps.  He is constantly searching for new goals and challenges to push himself to the next level..
He is lives in West Yorkshire with his wife and daughter, and spends the winters in Scotland to climb and work.


Favourite Routes

  • Little Chamonix VD  Shepherd’s Crag
  • Bitterfingers E4 6a Stoney Middleton
  • Death Watch E7 6b Ilkley
  • Bad Lie Choices E7 6b (second ascent) Glen Nevis
  • The Nose VI,A2  El Capitan  Yosemite.  USA
  • Free Blast 5.11b  El Capitan  Yosemite.  USA
  • White Wand E5 6a  Stanage
  • Great Slab E3 5b  Froggatt Edge
  • Brandler-Hasse VIII+/E5 6b  Cima Grande. Dolomiti
  • Dream of White Horses HVS 5a  Gogarth
  • White Magic VII,7 Cairngorms
  • Finger’s Ridge Direct VII,7 Cairngorms
  • Ventricle VII,8 Cairngoms
  • War and Peace VII,8  Cairngorms
  • Massiah VII,7  Beinn Dorain
  • Link Direct VIII,7 Lochnagar
  • Blue Riband V,5  Glen Coe
  • Astral Highway VI,5  Ben Nevis
  • Gemini VI,6  Ben Nevis
  • Souix Wall VIII,8  Ben Nevis
  • The Prow VIII,8 FA Aonach Mor
  • Unicorn VIII,8 Glencoe
  • Central Icefall Direct VI,6 North Wales

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