If he's not climbing up it, Dave's riding down it - fast! By night he can be found DJ-ing somewhere dark and noisy!

Name:	Dave Thomas
Full Time Job:	Freelance Outdoor Instructor
Age:	39
Outdoor Qualifications:	Single Pitch Award Mountain Bike Instructor Award
Other Qualifications:	B.A. (Hons) Photography
How long have you been working in the outdoor industry?	10 yrs, maybe more
What did you do previously?	Engineer / Photographer / Climbing Bum
What’s your biggest achievement to date?	Being flown out to Tunisia to DJ in front of a big crowd at “El Pacha”
What do you love most about your job?	Seeing people have a great time and being outdoors in such a beautiful place
What do you like least about your job?	Mmmm, rain!
What do you do for fun?	PARTY
What’s your ultimate ambition?	To climb 8a
What’s your favourite…
…climb/walking route, etc?	“The Axe” on Cloggy
…river/paddling venue, etc?	???
…book?	2 authors I enjoy, Hunter S Thompson and Haruki Murakami
…film?	“Layer Cake” & “The Big Blue” I can watch over and over!
…song?	“Cocaine Diana” by Kid Loco followed  by hundreds of fat house tunes!
Something not a lot of people know about you:	Was it a) I have a Fine Arts degree in Photography;  b) I was a 2nd Lieutenant in Oxford University's Officer Training Corps or c) neither?
Anything else interesting about you?	I think that’s quite enough now, don’t you?

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