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Lina Collado @lina_collado, recipient of our Women Lina Collado @lina_collado, recipient of our Women's Grand Scholarship, reached the Enclosure -- the second-highest point in the Teton Range. Lina is a Puerto Rican, a photojournalist, a teacher of English as a second language, and a community advocate. This year, she joined an all women's guided trip up the Grand Teton, involving two days of training and two days climbing up the Grand. A storm prevented the group from reaching the summit of the Grand Teton, but they were able to summit the Enclosure, just to the west and 500 ft below. The Enclosure is an especially important place in the Tetons. The ring of rocks on top of the Enclosure is believed to have been used on "vision quests" by Shoshone and other Indigenous peoples. For Lina, like many of us, the time in the mountains was transformative, changing her perspective on this place we call home forever and, making new connections to her climbing partners. Read more at https://www.jhnewsandguide.com/sports/features/after-climbing-grand-collado-says-view-of-home-changed-forever/ Thanks to all of our supporters and partners who have made the Women's Grand Scholarship possible since its inception in 2023, which marked the 100th anniversary of the first female ascent of the Grand Teton. @exumguides @morgankelsey @womeinthetetons @fourpintesptwyo and Dawn Rucker Earlier this year, we established a fund to enable us to provide this scholarship every year in perpetuity. Through September 18, support this and other work by donating through Old Bill's, where your donation will be matched. https://www.oldbills.org/donate Photo Credit: Morgan McGlashon
Thanks to your support, we can steward, advocate, Thanks to your support, we can steward, advocate, and engage on behalf of all Teton Climbers. Check-out highlights from this year and donate through Old Bill's to help continue this work: https://www.oldbills.org/donate. * AlpinFilm welcomed more than 1,000 attendees for two days of films, speakers, and conversations celebrating adventure, conservation, and our shared responsibility to care for public lands. * Our Safe Climbing Initiative continued to provide affordable gym-to-crag instruction taught by Exum and Jackson Hole Mountain Guides * We initiated the Delta Lake Trail Project in partnership with Grand Teton National Park Foundation and the Access Fund, helping restore one of GTNP’s most heavily impacted trails. * We established the Women’s Grand Scholarship Fund, a permanent fund designed to ensure that the Women’s Grand Scholarship—a needs-based, all-women, fully guided ascent of the Grand Teton—continues in perpetuity. We are grateful to our many supporters and partners including @tetonmountaineering @fourpinesptwyo @womeninthetetons @exumguides @themtnguides @accessfund @grandtetonfoundation @grandtetonnps @blackdiamond @jacksonholeecotours @callajselectric @jacksonholecontracting @holeorthollc @grandtetonfloorwindow @hotelterra @advanceddermandcosmeticsurgery @snakeriverbrew @arcteryx @tetoncountyparksandrec @caminaconmigojh Dawn Rucker, Travel & Tourism Board
Meet Christian Santelices, the new Executive Direc Meet Christian Santelices, the new Executive Director of the Teton Climbers' Coalition (TCC)! Christian Santelices is an internationally certified mountain guide, non-profit founder, and educator with nearly 40 years of field and leadership experience. He serves as Chief Guide at Exum Mountain Guides and operates his international guiding company, Aerial Boundaries. A dedicated educator, Christian Santelices has instructed for the American Mountain Guides Association and the American Avalanche Institute, and he founded Treetop Adventures and the Patagonia-based non-profit Global Community Project. Christian Santelices is deeply committed to TCC's mission, serving as a founding Board Member, volunteering to replace hardware at our crags, and instructing as part of the Safe Climbing Initiative. His distinguished climbing career includes notable big-wall first ascents in Patagonia and California's Sierra Nevada, alongside completing 20 classic North American climbs in 20 days. He holds a BA from UC Berkeley and an MA from Antioch University.
Get your pump on tonight. Bring your friends. Town Get your pump on tonight. Bring your friends. Town Pump is today, Tuesday from 6-8 pm at Phil Baux Park.
Teton climbers, next question for our Teton Toolki Teton climbers, next question for our Teton Toolkit. What's your go-to pack for alpine climbs in mid-summer?
It's Tuesday. It's summer. Town Pump is on tonight It's Tuesday. It's summer. Town Pump is on tonight, 6-8 pm at Phil Baux Park.
Teton Toolkit question du jour: What's your helmet Teton Toolkit question du jour: What's your helmet of choice for a route like Irene's Arete?
Steward, advocate, and engage on behalf of all Tet Steward, advocate, and engage on behalf of all Teton climbers as the TCC's next Executive Director. Half-time, $40,000/year. Apply by July 26. For more information, see: https://tetonclimbers.com/tcc-executive-director-position/ Photo credit: Sheila Walsh Reddy
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