Our leaders include, but are not limited to Ryan Waters and Dave Elmore.

Ryan Waters

Ryan Waters, one of our leaders, at camp 1 on the North Col of Everest at 7000 metres. Ryan has led two of our teams to the summit of Aconcagua, Everest, Cho-Oyu, and one to the summit of Pumori (Thomas Haines took this photo and reached the summit together with Ryan in 2004).

Ryan is a fluent English and Spanish speaker, Aconcagua, Everest, Cho Oyu and Pumori leader. He is a relaxed, considerate and thoughtful climbing instructor for the world famous "Outward-Bound" school, and a highly-skilled professional who specializes in getting people to the summit and back down safely. Recently Ryan has been working in the summer guiding people to the glaciated 4500 metre summit of Mt. Rainier. Ryan's first visit to the Himalaya was as leader-in-training on Summit Climb's Pumori expedition, followed by Cho Oyu and 2 Everest Expeditions. Ryan lives for part of the year in Argentina, Asia, Georgia. Ryan is a certified Wilderness First Responder, has completed the Avalanche Course Level II, and has a B.Sc. in Geology.

Dave Elmore

Dave's photo was taken climbing in Rocky Mountain National Park. He is a program director for Outward Bound. photo taken by Chris
Carithers.

Dave Elmore grew up exploring wild places and has climbed Aconcagua twice. He works for Outward Bound, specializing in technical and risk management training, and works as Patagonia Program Director. Dave has been a climber for 14 years, telemark skier, avid boater, reader and photographer. Dave has explored, worked and climbed in such places as India, Nepal, Europe, SE Asia, Central America, Chile, and Argentina. Dave is a member of the AMGA and has recently completed the Alpine Guides Course. Dave holds a Wilderness Medical Training certificate, and has a B.Sc. in Environmental Sciences and Psychology.