#Packrat outdoor center free#

She can shred on classic, skate and tele with grace!Ībby began her career as an outdoor educator as an undergraduate in 1994. I appreciate and admire her respect for the mountains and the understated manner in which she climbs, skis, and explores amazing places.Īnywhere I can ski and see the ocean, like the Chic Chocs or Acadia.Įrika Linnell – nordic ski instructor and NOLS instructor who lives in Victor, Idaho. I have had the good fortune to spend a few days with Emilie in the mountains in the Adirondacks. We pushed a new (to NOLS) route with little prior information available to us, nailed a weather window, and perhaps most informative to me – as a person who works as a supervisor – I received little recognition for the high quality of the expedition, other than from my students, who know well what an amazing expedition they had been a part of.Įmilie Drinkwater. Most memorable guiding/instructing moment:Ĭrossing the Campo de Hielo Norte (Northern Ice Field) in Patagonia – from the Steffen Glacier to the Colonia Glacier – with a NOLS course.

I appreciate diversity and believe that “all the freaky people make the beauty of the world.” I choose to guide in part because I love the people who are drawn to the work and to life in the outdoors. Antarctic Program, and Alpine Ascents International). I have guided and worked on the Programatic side of the guiding business for multiple companies (NOLS, the U.S. I take pleasure in repeating classic routes in good style, and introducing those routes to my clients. I draw great inspiration from senior guides who have dedicated their lives to perfection of our craft. I am a “lifer” – I have been guiding or working in outdoor education since 1996. My wife, who ski tours big days with heavy loads for science in the Yosemite high country Learning to ski ice in the hills of Maine may have permanently warped my perspective – but I’m happy skiing anywhere in the American West that there is snow. What are your top 2 favorite places to ski?

#Packrat outdoor center free#

His first free first ascent of the east Face of Washington Column (resulting in what we now call the Astroman) is cool enough, but I’m even more impressed by his social activism, helping under- privileged youth experience the healing ceremony of nature through the no-profit “Sacred Rok” What are your top 2 favorite places to climb?