This resumé lists my experiences in the outdoors, both as an educator and leader and as an avid fan of the backcountry.

• Technical rock climbing (generally lead to 5.11a/10d, follow to 5.lld, best on cracks)
• Mountaineering
• Wilderness survival
• Snow camping
• Route finding/orienteering
• Backpacking
• Road and off-road cycling (including over 8 years as a mechanic)

University of California, Santa Barbara: Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Lab: Backcountry porter, 1998.

Unalayee Association (Multi-Cultural Wilderness Youth Programs), Palo Alto, CA:

Wilderness counselor/ backcountry leader, Summers 1980-1994.

Director/Supervisor, Rock Climbing Program, 1990-1993

Member, Board of Directors, 1984-1987.

Group Leader, "Counselors-In-Training" Wilderness Leader Skills Program, 1990.

Director/Supervisor, Meals Program, 1981-1883

Sierra Mountain Center, (Guide Service) Bishop, CA: Porter, Assistant Guide, Beginning and Intermediate Climbing Programs, 1989, 1995-1998.

Naturalists At Large (Experiential Education Programs), Ventura, CA: Climbing Instructor, 1996.

Sierra Wilderness Seminars (Guide Service), Arcata, CA: Climbing Instructor, 1996.

Western Adventures (Guide Service), Santa Cruz, CA: Co-Instructor, beginning "ground schools", 1987; Program Developer, 1986-87

Backpacking

• Five months (approx. 1000 miles) on Pacific Crest trail in California and Oregon, 1986.
• Since 1976, numerous (100+) trips in all seasons of five days or more in California (mountain and desert), Utah (mountain and desert), Oregon, Wyoming, Idaho, New Hampshire, Colorado.

Climbing

• Technical Rock Climbing since 1984
• First ascents (multi-patch trad, back-country and sport) in: Cherry Creek Canyon (CA), Owens River Gorge (CA), Canyonlands (UT), Pine Creek Canyon (CA), Domelands (CA), Trinity Alps (CA), Courtwright Reservoir (CA).

Significant routes:

• "The Naked Edge" (Grade III, 5.11b) Eldorado Canyon, Colo.
• North-East Face of Pingora (IV, 5.8, backcountry), Wind River Range, Wyo.
• "Sun Ribbon Arete" (IV 5.8, backcountry), Temple Crag, Eastern Sierra, Calif.
• "El Matador" (III 5.10d) Devil's Tower, Wyo.
• Crestone Needle (III, 5.7, backcountry), Sangre de Christo Range, Colo.
• Crest Jewel (III, 5.10a), Yosemite Valley, Calif.
• North Face (IV 5.9) and "Fairest of All" (III 5.10c), Fairview Dome, Tuolommne Meadows, Calif.
• "Oz" (III 5.10d), Tuolommne Meadows, Calif.
• Ancient Art--Corkscrew Summit (III, 5.9, A3), Fisher Towers, Utah. 
• Mt. Shasta via Sargeants Ridge route (14,162', Grade III)
• Mt. Agassiz, Sierra Nevada (13,891', Grade II)

Climbing Areas Visited Extensively

Devil's Tower (WY), Joshua Tree (CA), Cherry Creek Canyon (CA), Owens River Gorge (CA), Canyonlands (UT), Indian Creek Canyon (UT), City of Rocks (ID), Yosemite Valley (CA), Tuolummne Meadows (CA), The Needles (CA), Hueco Tanks (TX), Palisades (CA), Cirque of the Towers (WY), New River Gorge (WV), Moore's Wall (NC).

Cycling

Extended tours:

• California Coast/Northern Mountains: from Santa Cruz to Arcata to the Trinity Alps, approx 450mi.
• Circumnavigation of Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
• Backcountry Tour, Domelands, California.

Road Riding: since 1982, numerous centuries and half-centuries, including Markleeville Death Ride 100, 1986.

Off-Road Riding: since 1984. Advanced skills in technical single track terrain, downhill and cross-country. I still ride a hard-tail for everything.

Other Outdoor Interests

Backcountry skiing, rafting, ocean kayaking, ice-climbing, photography.

References and Climbing Partners

Todd J. Vogel
Owner, Sierra Mountaineering Center
286 May Street
Bishop, CA 93514
(760) 873-8526

Lowell Fitch
Director, Unalayee Association
3921 East Bayshore
Palo Alto, CA 94303
(650) 969-6313

Kylo Ginsberg
7323 SW 24th Ave.
Portland, OR 97219
(503) 222-7096

Jeff Widen
Public Lands Director, Colorado Environmental Coalition
Whereabouts unknown.

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