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Alex Ekins has been climbing, instructing and leading expeditions internationally for over 25 years. A holder of the Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor Award (MCI), Rock Climbing Instructor Award and the Winter Mountain Leader Award, Alex is one of the UK's most experienced trainers and assessors having directed over 100 Rock Climbing Instructor courses and a significant number of Hill and Moorland Leader Awards and Mountain Leader Awards. As a rock climber he has climbed on six continents.
Alex is also recognised as one of the worlds best adventure photographers and photojournalists with images published in The Times, The Guardian, Le Monde, The Economist, Rock and Ice, The Financial Times, Climbing, Summit and National Geographic. Alex was the photographer on the historic Randall and Whittaker ‘Wideboyz' 1st ascent of Century Crack in Utah.