SMITH ROCK CLIMBING SCHOOL - Key Persons

Chris Marshall has been guiding and instructing in the mountains since 2006. He earned a BA in Wilderness Leadership and Geography from Prescott College in 2005, and a MA in Experiential Education from Prescott College in 2011. He worked as an Associate Faculty member for Prescott College in the Adventure Education department from 2007-2013 instructing such classes as Wilderness Leadership, Avalanche Forecasting, Rock Climbing, Alpine Mountaineering, and Ski Mountaineering. Chris is an IFMGA Mountain Guide. He obtained his professional Level 3 Avalanche Certification from the American Avalanche Institute in 2011. Highlights of Chris' personal experience include an expedition funded by the American Alpine Club to the Neacola Mountains in the western Alaska Range where the team established first ascents and first ski descents. He works as a ski guide and avalanche educator for Sun Valley Trekking during the winters.

Daniel grew up in California and was able to sample a lot of the outdoor goodness that the Golden State has to offer from a very young age. Backpacking and hiking in the Sierras as a child turned into climbing while in college and he has never looked back. After learning to climb in Yosemite and Southern California in the Fall of 2011 Daniel has enjoyed teaching people how to climb just as much as he loves doing it on his own. After guiding climbing and backpacking trips in the Sierra Nevadas for 6 seasons, Daniel moved to Bend in 2017 to see what the rest of the West coast had to offer. After working at the Bend Rock Gym for most of his time in Bend, Daniel has decided to take his skills back outside after completing his AMGA Rock Guide Course in the Fall of 2020. When not climbing at Smith Rock, Daniel can be found biking around Bend, sampling good coffee, deciding if he likes snowsports, and playing some friendly games of Ultimate Frisbee.

Job Titles:

• Director of Timberline Mountain Guides, Inc

Pete is Director of Timberline Mountain Guides, Inc. and has been climbing since 1982 and guiding since 1989. Pete is a member of the Instructor Pool of the American Mountain Guides Association - training the next generation of certified guides in the United States. While he enjoys rock climbing in the desert and backcountry skiing, his favorite thing to do in the off-season is to spend as much time as possible with his sons, Finn and Calvin.

Rosa fell in love with rock climbing over 8 years ago and has just started her career as a climbing instructor and outdoor educator. When she isn't instructing climbers at Smith Rock, she works as a Trip Leader for Explore Austin and an instructor for Outward Bound. She volunteers her time as a math tutor and as an advisor for Post 58, a non-profit based in Portland which helps organize student-led expeditions. Rosa grew up in Florida, but has lived in various parts of the country where she has spent much of her time climbing, biking, hiking and exploring with her pup. She attended college at Georgia Tech in Atlanta where she graduated with a degree in Biomedical Engineering, and she spent over eight years in the medical industry, designing orthopedic implants such as Spinal rod/screw systems and Shoulder Replacement systems. She moved to the Pacific Northwest to pursue her passion for climbing and guiding. Rosa aspires to learn and grow as an alpine climber and is always eager to gain new experiences and to instruct others, as they do the same.

Tom's love for climbing has been demonstrated by 43 years of passionate exploration, including all aspects of the sport: rock and ice-climbing, skiing and mountaineering all over the world. His 30 year guiding career has included Timberline Mountain Guides, Jackson Hole Mountain Guides and Alaska Mountaineering School. He is also the Ski Patrol Director at Hoodoo. He's excited to be spending his Summers settled at home in Sisters, Oregon guiding and instructing rock climbing at Smith Rock State Park.