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Mario Todeschini, South Africa
Travelling in the mountains with Gavin is a very safe and reliable place to be. The fact that he is the author of the definitive Drakensberg climbing and mountaineering guidebook makes for a very re-assuring feeling. Couple this with the fact that he is the head of the Drakensberg search and rescue organisation and feelings of doubt in his experience completely disappear. Gavin’s bold but safety conscious guiding style really allow one to appreciate the beauty of technical climbing and the aesthetics of the high mountains without the constant interruption of more immature and chatty mountain guides, something which I really appreciate. Gavin’s guiding style is very subtle and one sometimes almost forgets he is there until one begins to do the wrong thing and he snaps to the forefront and corrects what ever danger he has observed beginning to unfold. Having spent many days in the high mountains with him and completed many objectively dangerous and challenging technical climbs I would highly recommend Gavin as a mature, responsible and confidence inspiring mountain guide.