David Hopkins
David was one of the ten British Mountain Guides to first receive the International Mountain Guides (UIAGM) carnet in 1978 and was the inaugural Chair of the Professional Standards Committee. He has led twelve expeditions to the world’s great mountain ranges, a number in support of charities for those with disabilities. Amongst them was MacIntyre’s ‘An Everest to Climb’ expedition where four mentally disabled mountaineers, together with MacIntyre’s Patron The Duchess of York, reached the summit of Pokalde (5800m). More recently, in April 2004 he guided a group from MacIntyre to the North Col of Everest (7028m) that he reached with his son Jeroen, then age 15. David is also an educator: between 2002 and 2005 he served three Secretary of States as the Chief Adviser on School Standards at the Department for Education and Skills; is Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Education, University of London; is a Trustee of Outward Bound; and is Executive Director of the new charity ‘Adventure Learning Schools’. He lives in London and Argentiere.
