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Michael was born 26 February 1958, son of William (Bill) Low

Mike was born in Dundee as David Brown to a married Jute mill worker originally from South Uist and a student teacher from Dundee before being adopted by William and Joyce Low.

Early years were spent in Dunfermline attending Linburn and Commercial primary schools and Queen Anne high school, regularly playing football and winning the school colours for rugby at Queen Anne.  Became a life-long fan of Dunfermline Athletic (the Pars) after being taken to games by his father William during their “golden years” in the 1960s, including to Hampden to see them win the Scottish Cup against Hearts in 1968. He remains a season ticket holder in these slightly less golden years.

Mike left Dunfermline to study Ophthalmic Optics in Glasgow but left after first year, moving to Edinburgh to seek work. After a few months working in a garage in Portobello Mike was employed by Royal Bank of Scotland as a computer operator, quickly moving into programming. He worked in RBS for 38 years in a variety of senior management and executive roles in systems development and infrastructure management before retiring in 2015.

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Michael well remembers visiting the extended families of Walls and Low in his childhood and with his parents visiting the Lows in Dundee where he played the game of  of pulling the corded bell in the front parlour then dashing down to the kitchen to hear the bells echoing in the servants hall. 

Since retiring Mike has completed all 282 of the Scottish Mountains known as Munros and completed his ambition of climbing all of the 227 Munro Tops in 2021.