Steve House is one of the World's best alpine climbers, with an extraordinary mountaineering resumé and Scott Johnston has a long and diverse athletic background, having excelled in climbing, swimming and nordic skiing, amongst others.

Together they've teamed up to create a company called Uphill Athlete, and have also written 2 training manuals for mountain athletes - Training for the New Alpinism and, more recently, Training for the Uphill Athlete. Both are available on their website www.uphillathlete.com