Robin Pendery

Robin Pendery

Guide: Washington, Alaska

Robin has worked mountain guide, ski patroller, and avalanche forecaster in the Pacific Northwest since 2015. Now she works full time as emergency department nurse in Seattle, but loves coming back to teach and guide in the mountains!

Take 5 with the Guide

If you could only take one album on an expedition?
Zanaka – Jain

What’s always in your snack bag?
Gummy bears

What’s your favorite thing to do when you’re not guiding?
Skiing! Powder, corn, trap crust, mash potatoes, I love it all.

What was your first mountain?
My first big mountain was Mount Rainier. I climbed with college friends. We were so stressed out about climbing that we did not pay any attention to finals or graduation.

One piece of advice for aspiring mountaineers.
You can always take just one more step

Significant Ascents

Mount Rainier—Disappointment Cleaver, Emmons
Mount Hood—South Side, Reid Headwall
Mount Baker—Squak Glacier, Coleman Demming Glacier, North Ridge
Mount St. Helens—Worm Flows / Swift Glacier
Forbidden Peak—West Ridge
Eldorado- East Ridge
Sahale—Sahale Glacier
Torment-Forbidden Traverse

Certifications

Wilderness First Responder and CPR certified
AIARE Pro Level II
LNT Trainer
NOLS Risk Management Training
AMGA Rock Guide Course

Could not have been better! Our guides instilled enormous confidence in us, made us feel completely relaxed, while at the same time keeping us humble and mindful of the seriousness of our endeavor.

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