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ANGELA

HAWSE

Erika Lee

Rock and Yoga, Fall 2018

Background

Background

  • Climber, skier and mountaineer

  • Hometown of Elkins, West Virginia

  • Currently lives in Ridgeway, Colorado

  • Prescott College Graduate

Introduction to

climbing

Introduction to climbing

  • Prescott College orientation
  • First experience with climbing- Basic Rock Course
  • Mentors- David Lovejoy and Mike Goff

Introduction to skiing

Introduction to Skiing

  • Avalanche Forecasting Course at PC
  • TA Avalanche forecasting course, taught by Jerry Roberts
  • Pursued work in this field eventually to build her weather forecasting skills as a guide
  • Eventually led to ski mountaineering and alpinism

- BA in Adventure Education and Interpretive Naturalist

- MA in International Mountain Conservation

Degrees

Education

Work

  • One of 8 females, and 77 total US guides to earn their IFMGA Certification in all three disciplines: rock, ice and ski mountaineering

  • Continued education in avalanche safety work

Educational Work

Inspired by the connection between outdoor education and natural history

Outward Bound

River Guide

Prescott College

Rock Guide

Ski Guide

AMGA/IFMGA Certifications

Current Work

Current Work

  • IFMGA Guide for rock, ice and ski mountaineering

  • AMGA Instructor- only female instructor

  • Co-owner of Chicks Climbing and Skiing

  • Avalanche Forecaster for Telluride Helitrax

  • Sponsored climber/alpinist for Marmot, Sterling Ropes, Metolius and Julbo
  • Climbed and guided throughout the world

  • Guided over 20 high altitude expeditions to the Himalaya, Karakorum, Andes, Alps and Alaska Range

  • Climbed and guided 5 of the 7 summits

  • Organized and led the Everest Challenge Expedition- the first ever disabled ascent

Climbs

Awards

  • AMGA "Guide of the Year" Award in 2011

  • Only female to receive this award as of now

Values

As a climber, alpinist and educator...

VALUES

VALUES

  • Education- to keep oneself up to date and keep clients safe
  • Joy- finding joy in the process
  • Supportive Learning Environment-

"we all struggle, but we have incredible potential if we are encouraged, feel safe, and are pushed beyond our comfort zones"

  • The process- makes a determined and humble athlete and human
  • Philanthropy

Philanthropy

Incorporating an ethic of "giving-back" into her expeditions

WORK

  • Organized an Everest clean up- removed over 100 oxygen tanks and 1000 kg of garbage

  • Similar projects on Aconcagua

  • In 2003, expedition to Ama Dablam
  • All-women's, unsupported ascent of Ama Dablam in the Everest Region

  • Raised over $23,000 for dZI Foundation to start a safe house for girls in Sikkia, India

Ama Dablam

THE PROCESS

THE PROCESS

  • Various climbs in her career have instilled a passion in the process of climbing and mountaineering, not just a drive to get to the end goal, labeled as "success"

"My passion is in the process, not the summit. It [is] empowering to know that my heart [is] in it for all the right reasons."

  • Her process-oriented outlook emphasizes all experiences as opportunity for personal growth and learning

In reflection on your own process...

Reflection

What are the values you find important in climbing, yoga and any other activities?

How do you incorporate these values into the process?

Video

VIDEO

"The Nail Knot"

Sources

Sources

Fox, A. (2011, June 03). Players: Angela Hawse. Retrieved from

https://www.climbing.com/news/players-angela-hawse/

Hawse, A. (n.d.). Guide, Alpinist, Sponsored Athlete & Motivational Speaker. Retrieved from

http://www.alpinist007.com/About.html

Heller, S. (2017, May 31). Real Talk on What It Takes to Become a Mountain Guide. Retrieved from https://www.outsideonline.com/2188456/heres-how-you-can-spend-your-life-climbing-mountains

Patagonia. (n.d.). Angela Hawse. Retrieved from https://www.chickswithpicks.net/female- climbing-guides/angela-hawse/

Roberts, J. (2018, March 30). Angela Hawse – The Heart of a Guide. Retrieved from

https://therobertreport.net/2018/03/29/angela-hawse-the-heart-of-a-guide/

Walker, E. (2017, November 6). How Longtime Marmot Athlete Angela Hawse Keeps Crushing It Marmot US. Retrieved from https://www.marmot.com/inspirational/ffzsMnfEX2DaMPL95ap4CPEZ.html

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