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Laurie's Experience
Laurie has always been an athlete and competitor, from her high school days of competitive track and cross country
running, to a list of inspiring achievements in her adult life that include summiting mountains, guiding rivers and
a variety of racing. A pleasing, and perhaps surprising, element of Laurie’s personality is that she considers herself
to be a regular person, leading a regular life.
"I'm not a world class climber, or a sponsored athlete," she says.
She is a mother, business owner, public speaker and educator. She squeezes her training into a day full of tasks and
responsibilities, just like the rest of us. And throughout her life she’s created the time to train for and complete
significant goals.
Laurie is currently working as an international mountain guide for
Adventures International.
Most recently:
- guided a team to the summit of Kilimanjaro (19,345') August 1st, 2008
- co-guide on Mt. McKinley (Denali), Alaska 2007.
- co-guided a team to the summit of 22,841-foot Mount Aconcagua in Argentina,
the highest point in the southern hemisphere, in January 2007
- inducted into the California Outdoors Hall of Fame, January 2007
- named Shasta High School Distinguished Alumni in 2006
- became the 26th woman to summit Mt. Everest (all routes),
6th woman to summit from the Tibet Side (North Col Route) in May 2006.
- summited Alaska’s Mt. McKinley in July 2005
More accomplishments:
- 8th place finish in Discovery Channel World Championships adventure race
- 2 top 15 finishes in Primal Quest adventure race
- 2 top 20 finishes in Discovery’s Eco Challenge adventure race
- Set women’s ascent record on 14,162’ Mt. Shasta (7000’ vertical gain in 133 minutes)
- 10 top 3 finishes during four years of triathlons
- 3 years racing in NORBA Expert category mountain bike races
- distance running that included competing in marathons and 50K events, more than 50 races under marathon distance
- 3 years mountain guiding for Shasta Mountain Guides in northern California; co-leader of women’s program; summitted more than 30 times on various routes
- personal mountain climbing on Mt. Whitney, Orizaba and at least 12 other 14,000 foot peaks in the United States, New Zealand and Switzerland.
- Six years river guide on Class III to IV whitewater
- more than 3 years of fitness coaching
- founder of Fit Maternity and Beyond, providing fitness wear for mothers and mothers-to-be
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