About us

For more than two decades climbing has taken me to beautiful places and introduced me to wonderful people. Beyond the joy of physical movement and the glow of success at the top of a route, adventures shared on alpine walls, Alaskan faces, Patagonian Towers and Himalayan peaks have allowed me to find my place in the world.

I founded Rock Adventures to share these amazing experiences with climbers from all walks of life. Whatever your ability or travel history, I want you to enjoy the deep rewards that come from working with a small and like minded team to climb cliffs in wild places.  

  Lou is based in the Chamonix valley in France working full time as an IFMGA Mountain Guide. She's passionate about exploring the mountains and wild places both close to home and further afield. She loves to visit new places and feels very privileged to be able to share these adventures with her guests and friends.

Lou grew up in the Southwest of England spending weekends on the moors and in the sea. This connection with the outdoors quickly took her to Scotland where she spent the next ten years developing her climbing and guiding on the adventurous sea and mountain crags of Scotland and Wales. 

Lou has climbed in many places across Europe and further afield. She is passionate about the mixture of adventure and culture that comes with climbing in far-away places and helping her clients become more proficient in their skills, or overcome a challenge, whilst climbing incredible routes is what she loves about the job. 

 Polly grew up on the edge of the Peak District and enjoyed more moderate grade climbing for many years before moving to Chamonix in her mid-twenties. Polly relishes moving through the mountains in light alpine style as well as by ski, and she is constantly inspired by the potential for adventure even within her own back yard (Mont Blanc). She now works as an IFMGA mountain guide, and enjoys pushing her personal rock climbing on the wealth of high quality sport climbing available in Europe.  

 Kev is an IFMGA guide and passionate rock climber, based near Chamonix. Having grown up and started climbing in the English Lake District, he has since amassed around 30 years experience on both trad and sport routes around the world (including E7 trad, 8a multi pitch and 8c red point). Previously a teacher, Kev particularly likes days at work guiding, coaching and up-skilling clients so they can climb their dream routes. In his spare time he can be found on long and technical multi pitch rock routes in the mountains or trying hard at the local sport cliff.