# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dave-macleod
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:12:22.765Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dave-macleod"
name: "Dave MacLeod"
slug: "dave-macleod"
description: "Dave MacLeod is a Scottish rock climber, ice climber, mixed climber, and climbing author. MacLeod is known for being the second-ever person in history to free solo an 8b+ (5.14a) graded rock climbing route, which he did with his 2008 ascent of Darwin Dixit in Margalef, and for being the first-ever person in history to free an E11 / 8c+ (5.14c) graded traditional climbing route with his 2006 acsent of Rhapsody on Dumbarton Rock."
tagline: "British rock climber"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Davemacleod.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1978-07-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           62.83
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.498166666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 125000
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3350416/"
    handle:    "nm3350416"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.davemacleod.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChcmKGMMMemwb291yVEtXHA"
    handle:    "@climbermacleod"
    followers: 125000
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_MacLeod"
    title: "Dave MacLeod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AF"
    title: "ديف ماكلويد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_MacLeod"
    title: "Dave MacLeod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_MacLeod"
    title: "Dave MacLeod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_MacLeod"
    title: "Dave MacLeod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3017196"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1094639"
    title: "Dave MacLeod"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump