Who am I?
Hi, as you may have guessed, my name is Thomas Guymer (as you probably have also guessed, my friends call me just Guymer). I have just finished studying Physics at the University of Durham; I attended Hatfield College. Whilst growing up in Sheffield I got hooked on climbing and just generally being outdoors, something which I try to do as often as I can. However, as you can imagine at Univeristy there is not much time for randomly wandering off. (Especially as Durham is as flat as a pancake!) To this end I try an spend as must time as I can travelling or climbing during the holidays, or, at the very least, working for money to go towards the next trip.
I first got into photography when I was a kid, and I used to enjoy taking pictures with my Dad on his old SLR. I believe that there is something calming and peaceful about taking photos, and it's something which I thoroughly relish. This site contains many photos (all of which I have taken) for you to have a look at. I do not profess to take good photos, just to have been lucky enough to be present to take photos of good things.
If you wish to contact me about this website, or about my pictures, then please email me at 
and I will get back to you. If you like the look of this site, and would be interested to hear what I can do for you and your requirements (either photography or web design), then please email me and I will get back to you about what I can do for you.
Here are some of my favourite quotes...
To put yourself into a situation where a mistake cannot necessarily be recouped, where the life you lose may be your own, clears the head wonderfully. It puts domestic problems back into proportion and adds an element of seriousness to your drab, routine life. Perhaps this is one reason why climbing has become increasingly hard as society has become increasingly, disproportionately, coddling.
A. Alvarez, 'The Games Climbers Play'
One does not climb to attain enlightenment, rather one climbs because he is enlightened.
Zen Master Futomaki
Pain Is Only Weakness Leaving The Body
Tom Muccia
It's a round trip: getting to the summit is optional; getting down is mandatory.
Ed Viesturs
It does not matter how slow you go, as long as you don't stop.
Confucius
Here are some resources you may like...
deviantART
You can check out my deviantART profile. What can I say? My favourite site on the whole internet, I love it. You can literally spend hours browsing some superb photos and art and never get bored. There is always some new and brilliant work on there.
Steam
You can check out my Steam profile. This the profile which is associated with my Steam Account. This means that it contains all the achievements I have completed on games such as:
...some truly great titles.
openSUSE
You can check out my openSUSE Wiki profile or my openSUSE Forum profile. openSUSE is the Linux distribution which I use all the time - I really like it. I am starting to join the community as I help out on the Forums and the Wiki. If you've never given Linux a try then perhaps now is the time?
Last.fm
You can check out my LastFM profile. An amazing site which enables you to listen to your own custom radio station and recommends music to you, based on usage data. I cannot believe it's free, it means I have decent music where ever I go, iPod or no iPod, it's really good!
Facebook
You can check out my Facebook profile. This is one of the best social networking sites around. It becomes very addictive and stalker-esque (in a good way). The layout/style of it is perhaps the best thing which sets it apart from the mangled mess that is MySpace.
Flickr
You can check out my Flickr profile. A well known photo sharing website. This is now comming second to deviantART about the amount of time I spend on it, so don't be surprised if it doesn't get updated in a while.
Wikipedia
You can check out my Wiki profile although it's not up to much. I have only editted one article on Wikipedia so far, not much I know.
Lonely Planet's Thorn Tree
You can check out my Lonely Planet profile. I only use the Thorn Tree for when I'm off travelling and need some quite impromptu advice or pointers. It's pretty cool.
YouTube
You can check out my YouTube profile. I don't submit anything to YouTube, I just mark some things as my 'Favourites' for future use. Check them out if you want...
MySpace
You can check out my MySpace profile. The 'other' social networking site on the internet. I have a page here because it'd be rude not to. I use Facebook more, and I neglect MySpace, which is why my profile is naff. Use Facebook, it's better.
