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The mountain is where shared stories begin.

I started guiding in 2004 and I’ve never stopped—because guiding is the purest form of what I do. It is presence, honesty, and complete commitment to the person on the other end of the rope. There is no pretending. There is only what’s true.

 

I work with climbers at every level. I believe the best guide is always also a student. Every summit I’ve stood on has asked something of me I wasn’t sure I had. That’s the experience I want to share with you.

 

If you want to experience the mountains with genuine stakes, earned skill, and stories you’ll carry for the rest of your life—I’d love to take you there.

Peaks & Expeditions

Mount Everest 

6 summits; first American woman without supplemental oxygen

Mount Rainier (Tahoma)
100+ guided ascents
Mount Baker (Kulshan)
50+ guided ascents

Aconcagua
Multiple guided ascents
Kilimanjaro

Including two celebrity fundraising expeditions for clean water access

Ecuador Volcanoes
Multiple routes 

Colombian Andes

Guided trekking and climbing

50 State High Points 
Completed in record time: 41 days, 16 hours

Tor des Geants 

30km / 24,000m in 126 hours, Aosta Valley, Italy
Nepal trekking
peaks
Including first ascent of Mustang Himal
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