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Being a mom, being me

By Caroline on April 28, 2012

On February 11, 2012, I traveled from Chamonix to Switzerland to visit my mom and go ski touring in the blistering cold. An Arctic cold snap had hit Europe and I was running out of “reasonable” tours to do while read more…

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The Challenges of Parenthood: A new Father’s perspective

By Adam George on April 12, 2012

When I first told people I was going to be a father, most people’s initial reaction was to tell me how “you’re life is going to change.”  Some people even told me that my old life was “over.” For a read more…

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Pregnancy, Ski touring, Perspective

By Caroline on February 2, 2012

Pregnancy has been one of the best journeys of my life. It’s not over, but I am already starting to feel nostalgic about not seeing my belly grow everyday, accompany me on adventures or where ever I go. But I read more…

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Sawtooth: Guiding and Elephant’s Perch

By Caroline on October 16, 2011

Sawtooth What I love the most about my job is discovering new places, getting to climb on rock faces I have never been on, and hanging out with people—clients, new and regular, guides, and anyone along the way. There isn’t read more…

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Next summit: Motherhood

By Caroline on September 4, 2011

Life goes in stages. For me at least, it does. You go through college, graduate and wonder: “What’s next?” You find your dream job, settle into it and one morning you look at yourself in the mirror and wonder: “What’s read more…

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Reflecting on rapidly changing glaciers in the Alps

By Caroline on August 27, 2011

Summer in the Alps went from being inexistent to full blast. It’s the hottest month of August in years. I am grateful for this spell of beautiful weather myself, but after this past few days in the mountains, I realize read more…

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Why Climbers – not the climb or the guide – make a great climb

By Caroline on August 27, 2011

  More often than not, what makes my day as a guide or as a climber is not as much the climb as it is the people I guide or climb with. Guiding the Aiguille d’Argentière—a 3,902-meter high peak above read more…

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Dealing with feisty weather in the Alps

By Caroline on August 27, 2011

One thing I love about my job is this: It sure keeps you on your toes…both figuratively and literally, of course. But this year has been more on the figurative side of things. Europe has been hit by a southwesterly read more…

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Weissmiess Traverse

By Caroline on August 26, 2011

  The Weissmies is one of the easternmost 4,000-meter peaks in the Alps and is close to the Swiss/Italian border, in the Saastal, opposite from the famous ski resort, Saas-Fee. Because it doesn’t sit right on the main crest of read more…

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Caroline on Why she guides

By Caroline on August 26, 2011

In 1997, I had a nasty accident in the mountains. I fell 1,200 feet down a mountain and spent two months flat on my back in a hospital, staring at the ceiling and thinking that if only I’d had more read more…

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