Intrepid traveler gone day job, Gordon is a founding member of Alpine Ascents and is responsible for overseeing all operations and creating written materials, researching climbing and cultural histories. He scouts new locations such as India, Iran, Yemen and Mongolia to hand pick future itineraries. Gordon has traveled extensively for the past fifteen years, with over a dozen visits to India/Pakistan. Gordon spends a fair amount of time writing, teaching writing and has had both fiction and travel works published in the U.S. and India. Gordon has served as an Indian subcontinent expert for numerous media sources such the New York Times and Outside Magazine and has appeared on CNN, MSNBC and the Nightly News.

A life-long outdoor enthusiast, Matt has over a decade of outdoor industry experience and a penchant for media and information design. As Director of Information Technology, Matt manages and refines our network, media, and business systems, develops and designs our marketing, advertising, and promotional materials, and is in charge of all facets of our expedition cybercasts. He is also responsible for creating and maintaining our award-winning web site and keeping us sane when said technology become all together too much.

Kristine's experience as an outdoor enthusiast lays dormant during the day, while she directs the day-to-day operations of Alpine Ascents. Land-use issues, permits, finances and community outreach, along with customer service, are all under her care. Her background in climbing, diving, endurance events and travel, along with her charming manner, adds an integral element to our office. Kristine has adventured throughout the world, and climbed extensively including The Cascades, Alaska Range, Mt. Rainier and the Himalayas.

As Program Manager, Brent oversees the logistics for our Cascade climbs in addition to managing all rentals and equipment. His mountaineering experience includes extensive climbing in the Cascades and internationally in Mexico, Ecuador, and Argentina. Brent is a Pacific Northwest native and a graduate of the Western Washington University Recreation Program. When not working at the office you’ll find Brent continuing his outdoor passions climbing, skiing in the Cascades or sailing in Puget Sound.

Alayna is a recent college graduate from the University of Delaware with interests in snowboarding, hiking and travel. Born and raised in Vermont, she handles many of our administrative tasks and assists with pre trip paperwork, accounting, payroll, permitting and generally making sure logistics and climber information is up to date.

As Expedition Manager Garrett oversees scheduling of guides for all of our programs, as well as ensuring the high quality of our expeditions and domestic programs. Garrett has been a professional guide for 9 years and over that time his passion for mountain climbing has resulted in expeditions to peaks in the Americas such as Denali, Rainier, the Super volcanoes such as El Pico de Orizaba in Mexico, Cotopaxi and Cayambe in Ecuador, high peaks in Peru, and the stone Sentinel of South America, Aconcagua. Garrett has also lived and traveled extensively in Europe, skiing and climbing in the Alps. Climbing Kilimanjaro is one of his favorites, especially in combination with a game viewing safari after the climb. Garrett has been on several expeditions to the Himalaya such as Ama Dablam, Cho Oyu, and Mt. Everest. Spending half his year in the office balancing his job as Expedition Manager for Alpine Ascents as well as guiding a fair amount provides an excellent opportunity to constantly develop and perfect one of his favorite aspects related to climbing, training! Garrett is busy in the summer months devoting much of his time to working in the field with our Rainier program.

Savannah is a Michigan native and a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh Bradford. Having grown up in the city she didn’t begin exploring the great outdoors until college where she became a caving and whitewater rafting enthusiast. Her main passion in life is travel and when not abroad she assists in the many administrative tasks in the Alpine Ascents office including assisting with climber bookings, paperwork and pre-trip materials.