Paul Platt began climbing in 1987. Since then he has climbed in South and North America (including Alaska, Yosemite and Utah), Borneo, New Zealand, Greenland, Nepal and much of Europe.His first caving experience was in 1988 in the Mendips, since then he has explored many of the major systems in England.

Paul has been delivering the MTUK courses since the early 1990's. As well as Directing Apex Training Paul also directs Ascent Training which delivers training to mountaineers and cavers,  and with the company holding an AALS license Outdoor Education courses for young people. He holds both the MIC and CIC awards. 

Paul is also the Chair of the Association of Mountaineering Instructors (AMI)

Simon McCabe has been climbing since 1987 and instructing since 1994. A freelance climbing and caving instructor based near Ingleton, North Yorkshire. His qualifications include the MIA, Winter ML, IML and CIC.

He has climbed extensively throughout Europe and in Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand. An extremely competent caver and caving instructor who has had a number of trips to the Vercors, Simon and Paul regularly cave together in Yorkshire on winter evenings and climb on summer evenings. Simon lives in the Dales with his wife and son.

Neil Mathews a local lad, has been working in outdoor education for over 15 years. He holds many instructional certificates including skiing, canoeing, kayaking, caving and windsurfing but primarily now works as a freelance mountaineering instructor holding the Mountain Instructor Certificate (M.I.C.). He has worked on many Apex courses since the company began. Previous to this Neil has worked in a wide range of outdoor centres and is a qualified secondary school science teacher.

Mark Scales is an ML course director for both ML training and assessment. An active climber and mountaineer who holds the MIC award.

Mark lives in Kendal and works regularly for Apex Training and Ascent Training.

Stuart Halford has been a climber, skier, caver and canoeist for over twenty years and holds a range of instructional qualifications including the MIC. He has traveled widely to climb in the UK and abroad, visiting Continental Europe, North and South America, the Middle and Far East, and Australia and has a number of first ascents to his name. Based in the Lake District, Stuart works in the experiential development training industry and as an ML and SPA course director for Apex Training

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