Brien Sheedy
AMGA Single Pitch Instructor
City: Walla Walla
Province: WA
Bio: Brien Sheedy AAI Senior Guide: International, Washington, Alaska Brien brings a wealth of climbing, teaching and international experience to Alpine Ascents International. Brien has climbed the highest peak on every continent and has guided all over the world. He is proficient in rock, ice, big walls and high altitude climbing. He loves leading expeditions to remote hard to reach locations and helping people push their limits and succeed at difficult challenges. Most recently, Brien successfully guided our 2011 Cho-Oyu Expedition and 2013 Everest Expedition. In addition to guiding for Alpine Ascents, Brien has been the Director of Outdoor Programs at Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA since 2001 and is a Senior Instructor for the National Outdoor Leadership School where he started in 1991 and worked for over a decade, accumulating over 215 field weeks. He has led courses and expeditions all over the western US and Canada and worked roughly four years out of the country between Kenya, India, Chile, Argentina and Mexico. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies from SUNY ESF at Syracuse and a Master's Degree in Geography from the University of Texas at Austin where he studied Nepali for two years and conducted his thesis research on ecotourism in Nepal. << Back to Guides Significant Ascents Everest (2) Vinson (2) South Pole - Ski The Last Degree Expedition Cho-Oyu Carstensz Pyramid Denali (6) Aconcagua (5) Elbrus Kilimanjaro Cotopaxi Desert Shield, A3+, Zion NP Space Shot, A2, Zion NP Moonlight Buttress, A2, Zion NP Prodigal Son, A2 , Zion NP Lurking Fear, Yosemite A2 Ice Window Route, Mt. Kenya WI 3+(17 pitches) Mt. Kenya North Ridge 5.10 (32 pitches) Mt. Kenya (10+) East Buttress, Middle Cathedral, Yosemite, 5.10c (11 pitches) Northeast Buttress Higher Cathedral, Yosemite, 5.10 (12 pitches) Crest Jewel 5.10b, North Dome, Yosemite Eichhorn Pinnacle 5.10 Waddington Range, Peak 2968m (2nd ascent) 11 pitches, WI 4, guiding 1 year guiding in Chile 2 5 week Himachel Pradesh Expeditions in Northern India Ixtaciuatl, La Arista de Sol Popocatepetl, El Ventorillo Route Liberty Ridge, Rainier Mt. Rainier, WA (15+) Mt. Baker, WA Mt. Adams, WA Glacier Peak, WA Mt. Hood, OR Mt. Logan, WA (Cascades) Mera Peak Expedition, Nepal Chugach traverse Patagonia Ice field traverse of the Campo del Hielo Sur, Chile Talkeetna Mountains Traverse (3) Other areas: Bariloche, Argentina; Kalymnos, Greece; Mt Kenya region, Indonesia; Patagonia, Squamish, BC; Cascades, Vantage, Spring Mt., Anthony Lakes, City of Rocks, Smith Rocks, Tuolumne, Cochise StrongHold, Adirondacks, White horse, Cathedral, Mt. Washington, Seneca Rocks, Poke-o-moonshine, Frankenstein, Mt. Washington, Boulder Canyon, Cody, Ouray, Cascades
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AMGA: American Mountain Guides Association
The American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) is a 501(c)(3) educational non‐profit that is dedicated to supporting the American mountain guiding community. Their mission is to be the leader in education, standards, and advocacy for professional guides and climbing instructors.
As the leading organization of America’s most vibrant, inspiring community of climbers and skiers, the AMGA offers you cutting edge knowledge and hundreds of years of collective experience that you won’t get from any other climbing organization.