Jess Pleyel AMGA
AMGA Single Pitch Instructor
City: Salt Lake City
Province: UT
Bio: Jess moved from the Midwest in 2019 and was eager to start a new adventure in Ogden, Utah. This included taking an Intro to Climbing class at Weber State University where she fell in love with the sport. She now is a climbing instructor at WSU and co-created the course Risk, Resilience, and Rock Climbing, a gender studies and climbing course that investigates power and privilege in the climbing world and how to expand the field to be more inclusive, intersectional, and accessible to people from a variety of backgrounds. She is one of the two ambassadors for the Ladies Climbing Coalition for Ogden, UT. Jess also works as Weber State's Advocate where she supports survivors of interpersonal violence. Jess's long-term goal is to create trauma-informed climbing spaces for survivors. When she isn't climbing, you can find Jess trail running, hiking with her dog Chika, or pole dancing.
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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.