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Show Notes: Julia’s links: Episode Intro: Dear listeners of the Female Guides Requested Podcast, happy Wednesday. This is your host Ting Ting and our guest today is Julia Niles. Julia was the first woman to solo the Grand Traverse in a day as well as part of the first all-female ski descent of the Grand […]

Show Notes: Laura’s links: Episode Intro: Dear listeners of the Female Guides Requested Podcast, welcome back. I’m your host Ting Ting from Las Vegas. Today is another beautiful Wednesday so I’m delivering another fantastic episode with our guest Laura Schmonsees. I’ve been wanting to interview Laura for quite some time. She has an amazing life

Show Notes: Andrea’s links: Episode Intro: Dear listeners, happy Wednesday and welcome to another episode of the Female Guides Requested Podcast. I’m your host Ting Ting from Las Vegas. Today’s guest is Andrea Charest and she is very special. I met Andrea in 2007 at my very first WFR course on the east coast. I

Crystal is a second generation Haitian American and of Irish descent. She lives in Seattle WA with her life partner Keith who also adores climbing and traveling. She currently gives most of her DEIJ (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice) time in climbing to an affinity group in Washington called Climbers of Color. Crystal and her partner developed the Rock Instruction curriculum and she serves as Director of Rock Instruction, Rock Guide, and in any other capacity the organization requires.

Lani is an AMGA Certified Rock and Alpine Guide from Index, Washington. Lani is an AMGA Certified Rock and Alpine Guide from Index, Washington. Two years ago Lani started her own guide service called The Climbing School with her partner Sam. Her start to guiding wasn’t the easiest, not fitting into the typical guide mold. But, now she has found her stride and feels quite lucky to have made a career in guiding and instruction.

Bennett Rahn is a plus size outdoor athlete. She is a model, an influencer, an artist, a certified Single Pitch Instructor climbing guide. She is an advocate for a more inclusive outdoors and a more equitable world and she strives to inspire people of all kinds to pursue outdoor activities.

Jay Louie (they/them) is a licensed psychotherapist. With the AMGA SPI cert, they plan to take climbing therapy outdoors. They believe moving and intimate contact with nature is essential to healing. As a queer person who grew up in multilingual immigrant communities in Hong Kong, the US, Canada, and Central America, Jay is especially resourced to support queer, trans, and or BIPOC folks. They know that the outdoors isn’t always safe or welcoming, and want to be part of the change.

Kelly Khiew is an AMGA Assistant Rock Guide. Born and raised in Singapore, she runs a guide service, The Bivy Taiwan Rock Guides.
Starting 2018 she has run women’s climbing clinics every year to foster a community of strong, independent and confident female climbers in southeast Asia.

Josie McKee has been working in climbing industry for more than 15 years. She has spent years in Yosemite. She worked for YOSAR, sent gnarly routes and went fast on big walls.
 
Right now she lives in Lander, and has her own business called the Mind Athlete. She coaches people to harness stress and turn it into something beautiful for their own climbing.

Kat McKittens is an outdoorsy, nerdy extrovert who thrives on bringing energy and helping others. She has worked as a part of the climbing industry for over a decade. She started her career in climbing as a competition climbing coach and had trained athletes at the national level. Her love for the outdoors brought her to guiding. She currently holds her AMGA SPI certification.