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Jeff Kennedy |
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Owner/Senior Guide |
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Yrs. with True North - 10 |
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Iztaccihuatl, Mexico |
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Founder and owner of True North
Outfitters, Jeff is the "old man" of the team. Having guided
over 1000 individual clients, Jeff now handles the coordination
and logistics for events, outings and international expeditions. |
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| Chris Hayes |
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| General Co-Manager/ Climbing Guide |
| Yrs with True North - 2 |
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Mars Attacks, Sedona, Az. |
| We are happy to announce that Chris
joined our team at the start of the 2007 season and is an AMGA
TRSM certified guide. With over 7 years of climbing
experience in both trad and sport, Chris' travels have taken him
throughout North America from Rumney, NH to Yosemite, CA, only
to realize that there is no place like the "Red". |
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| Susan Byer |
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| General Co-Manager/ Climbing Guide |
| Yrs with True North - 1 |
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Estrellita, Mexico |
| Susan joins the TNO team with a passion for climbing developed from her experiences traveling throughout North America. From Lion's Head, Canada to El Potrero Chico, Mexico and much of the Southwestern United States in between, summiting is her favorite pastime. Susan is an AMGA trained Single Pitch Instructor who enjoys leading sport as well as trad, as long as it gets her to the top! |
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John Haight |
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Senior Guide |
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Yrs. with True North - 7 |
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Roadside RRG |
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John has an incredible resume of
accomplishments. He bicycled across the US in 23 days and then
made a summit bid on
Chimborazo two weeks later. An experienced international
climber, mountaineer, road/mountain biker and whitewater
kayaker, who is committed to the climbing community. This
commitment became note worthy when John and another FA RRG
climber, Grant Stephens, purchased Roadside, a renown climbing
area in RRG. |
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Jim Wilson |
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Senior Guide |
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Yrs with True North - 10 |
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Pico de
Orizaba |
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Jim has served as a guide for True
North Outfitters for over nine years. With 15 years of climbing
and mountaineering experience combined with a inherent
mechanical aptitude, Jim continues to be our in house expert on
"trad" climbing, systems and gear. |
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Chris Esser |
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Climbing Guide |
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Yrs with True North - 3 |
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Potrero Chico, Mexico |
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Chris just finished a trip to Red
Rocks, Nevada. An excellent "trad" and "sport" climber, Chris is
the youngest member of the TNO team. But don't judge this book
to quick. Chris earned his place on this team. Acceptance by the
existing guides is the only way to becoming a TNO guide. |
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Mark Ryan |
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| Climbing Guide |
| Yrs with True North - 1 |
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Liberty Ridge, Mt. Rainier |
| Mark has been climbing for 30 years throughout the US, spending 12 years in the Red River Gorge. He has been involved in countless first assents and other climbs, originally learning the skill of climbing as a member of the Ohio wing of the Civil Air Patrol search and rescue team. Mark has taught hundreds of students the basics of climbing, rope work, high angle rescue and survival and is a wonderfully rounded addition to the TNO team. |
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