Alan Tees, from Derry/Londonderry but a long-time Donegal resident, has been enjoying the north-western Irish hills for over forty years, climbing and logging over 300 new rock climbs in the region. He has climbed in the Alps, Rockies, Andes and Himalaya. Instigator of the Glover Highland Walk, Culdaff Climbfest and Inishowen Wild Way, he is editor of Rock Climbing in Donegal, and has published articles in Irish Mountain Log, American Alpine Journal and Himalayan Journal. He has served as Secretary of Colmcille Climbing Club and President of Mountaineering Ireland. His royalties will be donated to CRY, a Sudden Adult Death Syndrome charity, in memory of his first wife, Irene.