Guides in the Cascades, Alaska, Colorado, Red Rocks, and British Columbia. Jim began to climb in 1992, and since then the sport has taken him all over the US and beyond- to the Alps, Alaska, Antarctica, Patagonia, Mexico, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, and Norway. Jim is an MIT-trained biologist with a passion for travel, teaching, and Scrabble. AIARE Avalanche Instructor and AMGA-certified Rock Instructor. Speaks English, Spanish, and French.