Meet Our Team
Our team has education and qualifications in sports coaching, personal coaching, climbing instruction, and mountain guiding. We have decades of experience coaching novice, recreational, and professional climbers, climbing coaches, and IFMGA mountain guides.
Simon Moore
Simon, the founder of Vertical Ascents, is an experienced climber and coach with over 30 years of dedicated involvement in the sport. His journey began in the Mourne Mountains of Ireland, where he first discovered…
Louie Allen
Louie joined Vertical Ascents in 2021, building his coaching practice on top of a background in mountain guiding and university adventure education. As a self-coached climber attempting to balance demanding guiding…
Jacquelyn Moore
Jacquelyn has been a driving force behind Vertical Ascents since the beginning. In our programs, she merges two of her passions; movement and the mind. With a passion for climbing that began in New York City in the early 2000s, Jackie…
Hannes Peschka
Based in the Frankenjura, Germany, Hannes brings a fresh perspective rooted in his passion for climbing, a diverse academic background from the University of Bayreuth, and extensive…
Sarah Shaw
Sarah is an experienced climber whose journey spans multiple disciplines, continents, and countless routes. Her early years were shaped by mentorship from top coaches, and with decades of hands-on climbing…
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