Guides
Our guides include 7 summits guide and 6 time Everest summiteer, Ben Jones and legendary polar guide Vern Tejas, who has successfully guided Vinson more than anyone, often with a guitar in tow. Rounding out our team is Everest guide extraordinaire, Jangbu Sherpa; renowned alpinist, Sam Hennessey, and renaissance guide Arielle Todd, who guides trips for Alpine Ascents from Denali to Aconcagua and many spots in between.
Our guides are medically trained (avalanche certification and Wilderness First Responder or EMT-certified, and LNT-trained) and have experience guiding in the Antarctic and other extreme climbing environments. This quality of our guide staff has been the hallmark of our acknowledged expertise. We strive to educate climbers on each and every expedition, an area in which we can excel more than most outfitters. When we say “educate,” we mean safe, resourceful, successful, sensitive climbers with a real appreciation for wild places and the cultures that inhabit them. This is truly part of the Alpine Ascents difference.
Guide Staff
No injuries and successful summit. With strengths high in logistics and food. Expedition was a success. Wonderful.
