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 |

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| 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… |
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| …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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