TEAM
MAX FISHER
31, CANADIAN, NOLS (NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL) INSTRUCTOR
When not climbing...
Max likes to play in puddles and dig in the dirt with his hands. He also enjoys hanging out with his girl friend and playing ice hockey.
Favorite flavor of ice cream...
Chocolate
Personal moto:
'There is no moto.....i dont know......f***.'
Biggest epic?
Doing the first descent of a river in New Brunswick in flood and having one member swim 3 times.... having to pull off the river after dark and leave boats behind, sleep in the forest on my PFD by a fire that took hours to start and walk at first light to the take-out in the morning.
Most memorable climbs...
Fitz Roy: 3405m Supercanalata WI4 M4 5.9 1600m (with James Monypenny)
Cerro Torre: 3133m Ragni Route AI5+ M4 600m (with Cory Hall)
Mount Alberta: 3619m Northeast Ridge 5.10 700m (with Cory Hall)
Mount Colonel Foster: 2135m Into the Mystic 5.10- 1200m
Kooshdakhaa Spire: 2200m North Couloir AI3 M3 650m (First Ascent)
Les Droites: 4000m La Ginat AI5 1000m (with James)
JAMES MONYPENNY
26, BRITISH, FREELANCE OUTDOOR INSTRUCTOR / EXPEDITION LEADER
What Are You Motivated by?
Adventure.
Are you a team player?
As long as its a small team... on expedition... and not in a shopping mall.
Describe your perfect day...
Alpine climbing on course granite and steep ice, followed by an afternoon XC paraglide, followed by friends and beers, followed by....(Edited out)....
Notable Climbs
Indian Karakoram 2013: First acent of Jungdung Kangri 6160m (3 new routes, up to ED1) for which we earnt a nomination for the presigious Pilot d'or mountaineering awards. Read More
Peru and Bolivia (2012): Urus, Ishinca (solo), Cordillera Blanca. Huayna Potosi 6088m (twice, once French route, then normal route + paraglider).
Patagonia (2012/13): Fitzroy, supercandeleta. Aguja Guillaumet, Brenner-Moschioni. Aguja Poincenot, Whillans-Cochrane.
Cochamo: 3 best lines were: Al Centro y Adentro 5.11c 1500 feet, Bienvenidos a mi Insomnio 5.11a 3000 feet, Las Manos del Dia 5.11+ 1800 feet
Big wall, Yosemite 2011: The nose (3days), Regular NW half dome (2 days), SW face of Washington Colom (2 days). +many free routes.
Expedition to Kyrgyzstan 2010: 3 virgin peaks + 1 new route. Read More
The Alps:
4 Alpine summers, 1 alpine winter trip
42 alpine routes in the European alps PD-ED1.
Areas include: Mont blanc massif, Bernese Oberland, Swiss Valorise, Ecrins, Grand Paradise national park. Notable routes include: The shroud, Super Coulior, Central Piller of Freney, Voie Suisse (grand cap), Hornli ridge, frendo spur, The Ginat.
On-sight grades approx.: E4, F7b+, 5.12+, M6, WI 6, Scottish 6, A2+.