Es Tresidder

Over the years I have become deeply (some might say obsessively) involved in many aspects of mountain sports. I started with fell running as a junior, then found rock climbing in my late teens, from which alpinism, big-wall climbing, Scottish-winter climbing and expedition climbing all sprung. Some might call me a dabbler, and I’m currently focussed more on the fast-moving side of mountain sports before age robs me of my speed; in the summer running and in the winter indulging my new-found obsession of ski-mountaineering racing.

Inspiration:

  • A lot of people have influenced and inspired me over the years.  An incomplete chronological list might look something like this:
  • My dad (running and mountaineering)
  • The coach at my local running club growing up
  • Seb Coe (running)
  • Any of the Bland clan (fell running)
  • Lynn Hill (rock climbing)
  • Andy Kirkpatrick (big-wall climbing)
  • Steve House (mountaineering)
  • Nick Colton (mountaineering)
  • Angela Mudge (fell running)
  • Kilian Jornet (mountain running and ski-mountaineering)
  • My wife (being awesome at life)
  • My new-born baby son

Biggest achievements:

  • Record holder for the Cuillin ridge traverse on the Isle of Skye.
  • Onsight ascents of numerous hard Scottish winter routes (new routes and repeats) up to grade IX.
  • Ascents of the north faces of the Eiger (’38 route), Grandes Jorasses (Colton-MacIntyre) and Droites (Colton-Brooks).
  • Significant hard new routes in Kyrgyzstan and Greenland.
  • Finishing top-placed Brit in the 2011 ski-mountaineering world championships within 5 years of starting skiing.
  • Winning the 2011 Isle of Jura fell race.

Goals for the coming winter:

  • Compete to as high a level as I can at ski-mountaineering, specifically at the European Championships and the inaugural British Championships.
  • Plus any one of the following would do nicely:  a fast ascent of Mont Blanc from Chamonix on skis with no mechanical uplift; a single-push haute route; a winter traverse of the Ramsey Round in Scotland, on skis.

Goals for next summer:

  • Isle of Jura fell race plus various other races in the UK and Alps.
  • Attempt on the Welsh 3000’ peaks record.

Website: www.es-on-ice.co.uk