Clara Maynard
AMGA Apprentice Rock/Alpine Guide & Wilderness Medicine Instructor
Pacific Northwest, USAIf you’re gonna be dumb you gotta be strong!
AMGA Apprentice Rock Guide & Apprentice Alpine Guide ~ Ice, Mixed, & Alpine Climber ~ Wilderness Medicine Instructor ~ Advanced EMT with Parkmedic ALS training ~ Former National Park Service Ranger ~ Mountain Rescue Association Member
Discipline: Climbing: trad, sport, ice, rock, mixed, alpine, aid. Rescue & Wilderness Medicine Instructor
Specialty: Ice, Mixed, & Alpine Climbing
Hard Ice & Mixed Climbing: climbs up to WI6+ M8+, has climbed 7 routes on the Storm Creek Headwall, 4 routes on the Stanley Headwall, and many classic WI6 routes in the Canadian Rockies Big Alpine Routes in the Cascades and Bugaboos: Thin Red Line on Liberty Bell, the Beckey-Chouinard on South Howser Tower, a car-to-car ascent of the Direct N Ridge of Mount Stuart, and 5 different routes on Mount Rainier Wilderness Medicine & Rescue Career: Former National Park Service Ranger, Wilderness Medicine Instructor, Advanced EMT with Parkmedic ALS training, Mountain Rescue Association Member
Clara Maynard's Expert Gear Recommendations
Ice Climbing
My favorite gear to be warm, safe, and comfortable
- G-Summit by La Sportiva
- Aero by Blue Ice — Best ice screw on the market in my opinion. Lighter than the Petzl ultralight screws!
- Petzl Nomic Ice Tool by Petzl — Best all around tool for my hands. I use it these for almost everything. No head weights for me though!
- G20 Plus by Grivel — I prefer monos over duals I feel like it reduces the calf pump for me.
- Aero Lite by Blue Ice — I use a 19 or 22cm for glacier travel. Lightest screw per cm on the market.
- Ice Screw Cannon by High Mountain Gear — The only ice screw storage and transport that is worth purchasing in my opinion. It just makes sense!
- 8.0 Alpine Core Protect Dry Rope 60m by Mammut
- Women's Capilene® Thermal Weight Bottoms by Patagonia — These are way stretchier than the midweight bottoms, allow for better freedom of movement, and for most days my legs run cold so I appreciate these.
