Born:
1992, Shropshire, England
Biggest achievement:
DMM athlete since:
2018
Angus Kille is a British climber, mountaineering instructor and mental training coach based in Llanberis, North Wales. Growing up in Shropshire, he found climbing at fourteen and describes it as an instant, total conversion. He learnt on the soft sandstone of Nesscliffe before developing into one of Britain's most capable all-round climbers, with notable ascents across trad, big wall and sport. His big wall CV is particularly impressive: multiple free ascents of El Capitan including El Corazón (5.13b) with Dan McManus, El Niño (5.13b/c) and The Free Hallucinogen Wall (5.13c) with his wife Hazel Findlay, as well as a fourth ascent of The Meltdown (9a) at Twll Mawr in North Wales. On trad he has put up routes including Patresence (E9 7a) at Nant Peris Quarry, a first ascent he completed in the final days before his daughter was born. Alongside his own climbing, Angus works as a coach at Strong Mind Climbing, helping other climbers develop their mental performance on the rock.