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Over ten years and a World of Adventure has passed since we started Rubicon Outdoors. Since the Summer of 1998, we have offered high quality Rock Climbing and Hiking programs for teenagers, groups, families and adults in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Southwest, Switzerland and South Africa. We are very fortunate and are honored to have an incredible group of Friends and Guides that continue to work with us—and discover with us. We look forward to another generation of Friends and Family that will continually cross the Rubicon in search of "A World of Adventure." |
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Troy Haines is the founder and owner of Alpine Hikers. I was first introduced to the Alps while studying in West Berlin in 1989. On a break from my studies, I made the first of many trips to these wonderful mountains. It was love at first sight. The rugged, imposing power of the surrounding peaks combined with the peaceful, cultural allure of the villages below formed a powerful attraction for me. Finally, I moved to the Alps myself, living and working in the hotels in Mürren, and spent many happy summers wandering the trails and discovering new places. In the meantime, I earned a degree in linguistics from Stanford, taught 1st Aid and CPR classes for the American Red Cross, and led rock-climbing, hiking, and cross-country skiing trips. I love meeting and walking with new people in beautiful places, and hope to find many others on these tours who share the same love of life and discovery that I do. |
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Deirdre has spent the last twenty five years exploring and working in the natural world around her. Much of that time has been spent in the quite corners of the southwest. Truly drawn to the intricate landscapes, the meeting of water and desert, sky and mountains, silent canyons. She is in awe of the plants and animals that have adapted to this rugged beautiful place. Herself, making a life in the land. Her first time to the Grand Canyon was in 1982 on a rafting trip through the bottom of the canyon. Since then much time has been spent on many more river trips, backpacking trips between the rim and river, and mountain bike rides on both rims. Deirdre loves taking people into the Grand Canyon backcountry where they can push past perceived limitations and immerse themselves in the grandest canyon in the world. |
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Raised in Indiana where he spent the majority of his childhood in the woods and on two wheels, Greg holds an undergraduate degree from Indiana University Bloomington, a mecca for cyclists of every shape and color. His diploma says "Video Production," but Greg has worked in the cycling industry in one capacity or another for 15 years, working in bike shops, guiding in Alaska, taking shovels to trails and promoting grassroots cycling events.
When he's not out on the trails, you'll find him scouring over permits and topo maps in the field operations department at Prescott College, playing farmer in his organic veggie garden, and spending every minute he can with his wife and two little boys.
"If it has two wheels and I'm the motor... sign me up." |
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Trevor has been an active climber since 1989 and a climbing guide and teacher since 1993. In 1996 he received his BA from Prescott College in Outdoor Experiential Education and Natural History. He is a certified LNT Trainer, Wilderness First Responder and a Certified Rock Guide with the American Mountain Guides Association. He is currently a senior instructor and instructor trainer at the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). His love of the mountains transcends traditional rock climbing to snow and ice mountaineering, backcountry skiing and snowboarding and natural history. His humor, energy and love of climbing are infectious. “Any day climbing is a perfect day.” |
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Laura graduated from Prescott College in 1996 with an B.A. in Environmental Studies and has been teaching and guiding climbing since 1993. She has worked for world-class programs such as Adventure Quest, the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), and Jackson Hole Mountain Guides. She loves the natural history of the outdoors and enjoys sharing her passion of climbing with others. She is certified in CPR and a Wilderness First Responder as well as a Certified Rock Guide with the American Mountain Guides Association. Laura currently lives in Teton Valley, ID. |
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Francisco Linde Lisbona works full time as a middle school teacher in Prescott, Arizona. A student of history, Linde is especially interested in the interaction of Latin, European and Native American cultures of the southwest. He has studied Spanish and traveled throughout Spain and Mexico. Linde loves to pass time outdoors in the sun and fresh air; his favorite activity is trail running in the desert mountains with his family’s dogs. As of late, his greatest adventure has been as a new father. |
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I grew up in Houston, with early adventuring limited to bayou canoeing and buildering interspersed with trips to the Ozarks to visit my father. I began climbing on real rock 20 years ago and began teaching and guiding 3 years later. I graduated from Prescott College with a degree in Adventure Based Education. Since then I have worked as an outdoor educator and guide for organizations in several states: I guided climbing for the Colorado Mountain School in Rocky Mountain National Park, I've taught rock climbing and backpacking for Prescott College, and worked with youth at risk along the Appalachian trail in Georgia. When I am not guiding for Rubicon I work as a Firefighter and Paramedic for the Prescott Fire Department. And when I am not doing that I am at home with my wife and kids in a sweet little spot along Walnut Creek in the middle of somewhere special. Kevin is a Certified Single Pitch Instructor by the American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA). |
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Aleph Johnston-Bloom graduated from Prescott College in 1999 with a B.A. in Outdoor Experiential Education. She loves working outside and taking people to beautiful places. She has traveled to mountains around the world to ski and climb. She lives in Durango, Colorado and enjoys calling the Four-corners region her home because of the diverse landscape and recreational opportunities. In the summer she raft guides and leads multi-element expeditions for high school age students. In the winter she is the director of the Silverton Avalanche School, a professional ski patroller and a ski guide. She is a certified Wilderness EMT and a member of the local search and rescue team. The Grand Canyon is one of her favorite places to work and explore. She feels lucky every time she has the opportunity to be there. |
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Kathy graduated from Prescott College with a B.A. in Wilderness Leadership. She has been rock climbing for over 12 years and teaching outdoor education since 2000. She has worked for a variety of schools and organizations ranging from teaching rock climbing classes at Prescott College to helping adolescent girls gain confidence in the backcountry at the Women’s Wilderness Institute. She has also extensively travelled, explored, climbed, backpacked, and wandered around throughout the Southwest, Colorado, and California. Raised in the flats of the Midwest and awed at her first trip out West, Kathy has since become inspired to share the canyons of the Southwest and the mountains of the Sierras to those who may be equally challenged geographically. While not working for Rubicon, her adventures have taken her to study yoga in India and work at a research station in Antarctica. |
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Titiana has guided and taught all over the Southwest deserts, in California, Colorado, Mexico, Thailand, and Switzerland. She is passionate about the pursuit of adventure and the connections between climbing, meditation, and self-awareness. She loves introducing climbing to others because of the incredible intimacy with nature, rock and self that is inherent in climbing. Titiana is dedicated to movement in many forms: travel, climbing, yoga, hiking, running, biking, rafting and more. She enjoys seeing people come alive in the outdoors. Titiana has been an outdoor educator and guide for ten years; she balances guiding with teaching yoga and doing massage. Titiana is a Certified Single Pitch Instructor by the American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA). |
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Tracey Taylor has been hiking its contours and appreciating the Grand Canyon for over twenty years. She has walked the length of the established trails along the Tonto Plateau. Tracey enjoys solo expeditions into the Canyon, considering it one of the most powerful places to recharge and receive insight. A graduate of Prescott College in Prescott, Arizona she has worked in a wide variety of outdoor contexts and has traveled throughout the world. Wherever she goes, Tracey is most gifted at connecting with place and navigating the inner terrain that is mirrored by the outer. |
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Matt is an aspiring educator, photographer, and a lover of the outdoors. He is an undergraduate student at Prescott College studying Adventure Education & Photography. Matt grew up in Colorado and his life has taken him all over the country in search of climbing and new adventures in everything from alpine mountaineering to backpacking in the Southwest. Matt has been climbing for a little more than 8 years and is drawn to climbing for its ability to help people connect the challenges and triumphs that they face on the rock back to their everyday lives. He also enjoys the opportunities that his time in the out of doors affords him to work on photography as well as the unique opportunities that make for amazing photographs. |
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Born and raised right in Prescott, Arizona I have spent my entire life seeking adventure in the outdoors. From my earliest memories as a Boy Scout waking up in the deserts and mountains of the Southwest to my most recent time spent in the San Juan Mountains in Southwestern Colorado, I have always had a deep passion for being outdoors. From a very early age I have been an avid cyclist, climber, backpacker, and naturalist. My true passion in life is cycling and I have ridden in almost every western state searching for the best trails and people around. What I have found, is that I was fortunate enough to have grown up in what I feel is one of the greatest mountain biking secrets in the Western United States. I have worked as bike mechanic for more than twelve years, raced for Fort Lewis College’s 2008 winning team at collegiate nationals, and love to take others in the natural world on my favorite horse, my bike. |
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Being a Colorado native relocating to Prescott last fall, I began to familiarize myself to Prescott’s full array of outdoor opportunities and was submerged into the mountain biking scene in the dead of winter. I graduated from Colorado State University in May of 2008 and have been searching for “my calling” ever since. My life has taken me around Colorado exploring different styles of sports such as, skiing, cross country skiing, snowshoeing, hiking, road biking and finally to Prescott, Arizona, where I discovered my favorite, mountain biking. I love to be on my bike — I have truly found a passion to be in the outdoors and challenge my stamina in such a way — and would love to share my joy of the trails with someone who would like to know a little bit more about the Prescott area. |
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Petch is our Lead Guide at Lovers Leap Climbing Area in Lake Tahoe, California as well as owner of Lovers Leap Guides. He has been climbing for over twenty years and is one of a small group of climbers to be trained and tested by the American Mountain Guides Association and Certified as an AMGA Rock Guide. He has climbed on routes rated up to 5.13 and been featured in Climbing Magazine as well as the Guide Book for Rock Climbing inLake Tahoe. He has established over 50 first ascents, 30 of which are at Lover's Leap in traditional style. |
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