Ambassadors

I am an Expedition Leader on the seven continents, leading groups from Everest to the Vinson Massif, Antarctica. I specialize in private, bespoke trips on new routes and peaks, from the high Arctic to Antarctica, the dunes of the Sahara to unnamed peaks in the Himalaya.

I'm a mountain gal. I've skied down them, climbed up them and lived among them my whole life, first in the northeastern U.S. and now in the northern Rockies. I'm the author of 10 books, including 7 hiking guidebooks.

A three-time Olympian in the sport of biathlon, I now compete in 3-Gun competitions where I have won over 15 major High Lady match titles in the last three years. My goal is to become the best female shooter in the country.

My 35-year career in the unforgiving world of high altitude mountaineering includes ascents of Everest, Changabang, Ama Dablam, Baruntse, Sepu Kangri, Kampur and Milarepa, all by new routes. None of these routes has ever been repeated.

I have enjoyed adventures from Alaska to Argentina, from Bolivia to Tibet. I like rock, ice, alpine and high-altitude climbing. Along with co-leading international expeditions, I’ve also taught hundreds of kids to climb indoors.

I was born by the Caribbean Sea but now I’m devoted to a life of Difficult Pursuits, challenging myself in unique ways in the high mountains.

I’m an all-around climber with over 28 year of experience, and have established over 200 new routes, including everything from traditional, sport, and mixed climbing.

I first went climbing in college and, instantly, I was hooked. I moved to Ouray to focus primarily on ice climbing. It was there I discovered mixed climbing which has been one of my passions ever since.

I was born in Beatenberg, Switzerland overlooking the famous trilogy of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau. I grew up in a lovely village around farmers, nice people, a caring family, a simple life with lots of outdoor activities, including ski racing.

I have been a professional photographer since 2000 and have had the good fortune to capture images from around the world from wildlife, to cities, to landscapes, and musicians.

Steve and I are identical twin brothers. We started ski mountaineering at age 12, and over the past 30 years have organized and been on expeditions to about 50 peaks in the 5000 meter to 8000 meter peak arena.

I was born in San Francisco, California, but grew up on a farm in the Ozark Mountains of Southwest Missouri. This environment provided me a solid foundation for hard work, adaptability and love of the outdoors.

I grew up on a farm in a small town in the Pacific Northwest and spent the majority of my childhood riding horses, dirt bikes, and skis.

As I look back over my 57 years in the sport, it isn’t the equipment or techniques that changed mountaineering – it was the climbers.

I work as a professional photographer and spend most of my time on the road with National Geographic and Lindblad Expeditions.

I am a professional climber and pilot and have devoted my life to the mountains. Whether climbing rock, ice, or flying above them, I strive for “full value adventure and self exploration.”

I am an adventure junkie. Ever since I can remember, I loved to be outside. Sitting in class in grade school I would stare out the windows waiting for recess. I used to draw maps of the places my parents would take us camping in the trees, lakes, and rivers of Iowa.

I learned my appreciation of the mountains from my parents at an early age. In 1986 I began teaching courses in the outdoors while working at Adventure 16.

I’m a traveler at heart and was bitten by the bug early on when I set out on my first adventure at age 20--road-tripping around the U.S. for three months.

ENGAGE your mind, EXERT your body in Mother Nature and EVOLVE into a confident, strong, complete being. These three words are my mantra.

Ralf Dujmovits lives in Germany’s Black Forest and, whenever he finds the time, he heads off sport climbing in the Alps or to other mountaineering expeditions.

The mountain guide and extreme moun­taineer from South Tyrol lives with his family in Luttach, Italy, and is generally found somewhere in the mountains – pursuing his passion.

Stefan Glowacz is a professional extreme climber and can look back on an impressive competitive career from 1985 to 1993.

Among extreme athletes, Rudi Hauser is a latecomer. The Austrian was "already" 19 when he first discovered climbing.

Even as a child, Robert Jasper had mountaineering on his mind as he romped around snow drifts in his native Black Forest.

Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner’s interest in mountaineering was born and nurtured when she was young.

The 50-year-old Hans Kammerlander, nationally certified mountain and ski guide, has for years belonged to the upper echelon of Alpinists.

Luka Lindič is a Slovenian climber and alpinist.

Christian “Chrigel” Maurer is an extreme athlete from Switzerland and is one of the world's best paragliders.

Born in Hamburg, Alix von Melle is Germany’s most successful expedition mountaineer.

After completing her education as a physiotherapist, Ines Papert left her home in Saxony, Germany, in 1993 and moved to Berchtesgaden in the Alps.

Government-certified mountain guide and ski instructor Luis Stitzinger, 45, was born in Füssen in Allgäu and has been out and about in the mountains since he was a small child.

Sunny Stroeer is a record-setting ultra-distance mountain runner, high altitude mountaineer, and advocate for gender equity in the big mountain realm.