Dermot Somers (born 1947, Tremane, County Roscommon, Ireland) is an Irish mountaineer, explorer, writer, and broadcaster.
Somers started climbing in 1974 at the age of 27, and became one of the leading rock-climbers in Ireland in the 1970s, establishing significant new routes in areas such as Ailladie (The Ramp), Fair Head (An Gobán Saor, Fáth mo Bhuartha),[1] Muckross Head, and Tormore in County Sligo.
[3] He has written several books in both Irish and English, documenting his travels, and also volumes of fictional short stories.
His publications include: He has written and presented several programmes and series for radio and television, covering themes of mountaineering and exploration and Irish landscape and folklore.
The television productions were mostly commissioned by RTÉ and TG4 and produced by John Murray of Crossing The Line Films.