Dave MacLeod

It all starts with showing up.

Helen Rennard is an accomplished winter alpinist living in Fort William. When not helping the local community through her job as a social worker, Helen spends all her time either training for her climbing or out in the mountains climbing hard mixed routes.

Established by Dave MacLeod on the  March 19, 2018, the "24/8" might be one of the hardest all-around climbing challenge there is: an 8A (V11) boulder, a 8a (5.13b) sport route, E8 (~5.13c) trad route, an VIII 8 winter route, and 8 Munros, all in under 24 hours.

Dave MacLeod and Calum Muskett climbing a 350-meter new route on Nebbifeld on Foula.

After blowing out his shoulder, British strongman Dave MacLeod set himself a lofty goal: send Chris Sharma's new-age testpiece Catalán Witness the Fitness, a shouldery roof problem that has been graded variously V15 and V14 by repeaters.

PROJECT FEAR is an inspiring short film from Coldhouse Collective and Mountain Equipment, documenting the story of Scottish climber Dave MacLeod, as he gives everything he has to forge a new line up the center of a massive amphitheater roof to the summit of Cima Ovest, in the Italian Dolomites last summer.

Dave MacLeod and Calum Muskett wanted to climb one of the hardest routes in the Alps, and this led them to Paciencia (5.13b), a route established by Swiss alpinist Ueli Steck that takes a harrowing line up the Eiger's infamous north face. This is their story.

It’s easy to miss the beauty in climbing—the places it takes you, and the rock itself—if you only try routes you can do straight away.