Dave Bunting

About Dave Bunting

Warrant Officer Dave Bunting joined the British Army in 1984 at the age of 16 and soon became captured by adventure, travel and challenge. After a period as a military tradesman he undertook the rigorously demanding series of courses to be selected into the Army Physical Training Corps where he became a specialist in mountain leadership training. He became the Chief Instructor of the Joint Service’s mountain training centres in Wales, Norway, Bavaria and Canada and undertook the arduous year long German Army Mountain Guide’s (Heeresbergfuhrer) course to become one of only a handful of British soldiers to have gained this prestigious qualification.

Dave has a passion for mountaineering and he has now been involved in the organisation and execution of numerous expeditions including 10 to the Himalayas. On his most recent expedition he faced his biggest and most testing challenge yet. As overall expedition leader Dave headed up the planning, team selection and preparation of not only an attempt to climb the formidable West Ridge of Mount Everest, but also two other teams, who tackled Lhakpa Ri and Island Peak, made of young people whom he hopes will sustain the future of mountaineering in the Armed Forces.

During Dave’s extensive employment teaching high level mountain activities and over 20 years as a climber he has led and developed a huge variety of people of all ages and ranks within the British Service’s including elite units such as The Royal Marines and Special Air Service (SAS). Dave is one of the founders of My Peak Potential, a company that, through its Leadership and Management Development Programme, aims to help companies improve their performance by improving their people.