Peter Kinloch

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Peter Kinloch
On the summit of Mount Elbrus, 21st August 2007
Born	17th July 1981
Nationality	Scottish

Peter Alasdair Kinloch, (born 17 July 1981), is a Scottish mountaineer. Peter is known for his motivational speaking and his work aimed at raising awareness in the charity OCD Action.

Peter has embarked on the Seven Summits challenge and has gained a reputation amongst climbers for always wearing a hat and scarf of his beloved Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club.

1 Background
2 Previous High Altitude Climbs
3 Future Climbs
4 Source
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Background

Having been brought up on the Isle of Skye Peter moved to Liverpool in 1999 to study at Liverpool John Moores University. In 2008 he is due to complete a PhD in Information Systems and GIS. Whilst at Liverpool John Moores University Peter has developed his public speaking skills, which he has applied to enhance his reputation as a speaker.

Recently Peter has presented at various international conferences. Whilst promoting OCD Action Peter also provides lectures to various audiences in relation to his academic work, as he is an active member of the Liverpool John Moores University GIS Lab.

Peter presenting at Karadeniz University, Turkey, November 2007^[1]

Travel has always played a significant part in Peter’s life, which has led to many funny anecdotes in his speeches. Despite his love for travelling Peter has always maintained that the Isle of Skye and the mountains on the island are always on his mind wherever he has gone.

[edit] Previous High Altitude Climbs

In 2005 Peter climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania for the charity OCD Action to raise awareness in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Peter reached the summit Uhuru Peak on the morning of Thursday 10th March 2005.

Since conquering ‘Kili’ Peter has continued to develop his climbing skills and in October 2006 reached the summits of Fox Glacier and Franz Josef Glacier on the south island of New Zealand.

In 2007 Peter reached the summit of Mount Elbrus in Russia, again climbing to try to raise the profile of OCD Action. Despite suffering from a chest infection, which significantly hampered his progress, Peter reached the summit on Tuesday 21st August 2007^[2].

On 13 February 2008, Peter summitted Mount Aconcagua in Argentina ^[3]. Again, Peter climbed to raise awareness in the charity OCD Action.

Peter can regularly be seen training on the Munros in England and Wales as well as on his native Isle of Skye.

[edit] Future Climbs

Following the Mount Aconcagua climb, Peter plans to step up his training in preparation for an expedition to Mount Denali in Alaska in the summer of 2009.