Clara Maynard's Climbing: trad, sport, ice, rock, mixed, alpine, aid. Rescue & Wilderness Medicine Instructor Gear & Expert Recommendations
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
Expert Gear Picks from Clara Maynard
Expert climbing: trad, sport, ice, rock, mixed, alpine, aid. rescue & wilderness medicine instructor gear recommendations from Clara Maynard, AMGA Apprentice Rock/Alpine Guide & Wilderness Medicine Instructor, based in Pacific Northwest, USA.
Clara Maynard's Ice Climbing
My favorite gear to be warm, safe, and comfortable
Clara Maynard recommends the La Sportiva G-Summit
Clara Maynard recommends the Blue Ice Aero
Clara Maynard recommends the Petzl Petzl Nomic Ice Tool
Clara Maynard recommends the Grivel G20 Plus
Clara Maynard recommends the Blue Ice Aero Lite
Clara Maynard's Mixed Climbing
For mixed climbing I use my ice climbing list plus these add ons
Clara Maynard recommends the Beartooth Alpine Equipment Alpine Piton
Clara Maynard recommends the Beartooth Alpine Equipment Master Scratcher Pick