Show Notes: Julie Ann’s links: Instagram @groundingtruthGrounding Truth Website: groundingtruth.comJulie Ann is a member of the RAD team with Traverse Equipment https://www.traverseequipment.com/julieannholderPersonal Instagram @julieann.holderEpisode Intro: Dear listeners of the Female Guides Requested Podcast. Happy Wednesday. This is your host Ting Ting from Las Vegas. Today our guest is Julie Ann Holder. She was highly recommended by a listener and fellow guide Ian. I was so glad to...

Episode Intro: Dear listeners of the Female Guides Requested Podcast, happy Wednesday. I'm your host Ting Ting from sunny and soon to be hot Las Vegas. Today our guest is another Vegas local, Irene Yee. The famed ladylockoff on Instagram. Irene is a professional west coast based rock climbing and adventure photographer. She started rock climbing out of pure joy, picked up a camera soon after, and continues that journey on her instagram @ladylockoff. Her focus is to uplift women, BIPOC,...

Allie's links: Instagram: @tahoeallie Website: www.allieace.wordpress.com Episode Intro: Dear listeners of the Female Guides Requested Podcast, happy Wednesday. This is your host Ting Ting from Las Vegas. Our guest today is Allie Ace. We met in an SPI course. She told me that she had been an active listener of the show and resonated deeply with a few prior guests, especially Mia Tucholke. She mentioned that she had a very positive experience with her AMGA courses and wanted to encourage...

Episodes Intro: Dear listeners of the Female Guides Requested Podcast, happy Wednesday. I'm your host Ting Ting from sunny Las Vegas. Today I'm presenting you another episode of the Guides' Beta series with our guest Mary Brown.   Mary Brown has worked as a guide manager at Alpine Ascents for almost 10 years. A guide manager is often the interface between guide services and their guides, and serves as a bridge between clients and guides. As a guide, I certainly appreciate how a competent...

Show Notes: Sarah’s links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarah.b.jamin/CMS guide profile: https://coloradomountainschool.com/guide/sarah-janin/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarah.janin.7Episode Intro: Dear listeners of the Female Guides Requested Podcast. Happy Wednesday and happy Valentine’s Day. Our guest today is Sarah Janin from Boulder Colorado. A mutual friend highly recommended Sarah to me and I was so glad that I had the honor to interview her. Many things about Sarah...

Show Notes: Meg’s links: Instagram: @Meg_YinglingCounseling Website: https://www.crystalcreekcounseling.com/copy-of-longmontGuiding, Coaching and Providing SPI Courses through KMAC GuidesA Thousand Ways To Kiss The GroundEpisode Intro: Dear listeners of the Female Guides Requested Podcast. Happy Wednesday. I’m your host Ting Ting from Las Vegas and today’s guest is Megan Yingling from Colorado. Meg came on my radar when I accidentally saw her post on Facebook. In that post, she described her...

Show Notes: Lyra's links: Movementum WebsiteLyra's Instagram @pierotlyEpisode Intro: Dear listeners of the Female Guides Requested Podcast, happy Wednesday. I'm your host Ting Ting from sunny Las Vegas. Today our guest is Lyra Pierotti. Lyra has been guiding and instructing for over half of her life. She is an AMGA Rock Guide and Alpine Guide, and has just one more exam in May of 2024 to achieve full international certification. Being a woman guide has had its challenges over the years, so...

Episode Intro: Dear guests of the Female Guides Requested Podcast, happy Wednesday and Happy New Year of 2024. This is Ting Ting from Las Vegas. I am very excited to announce a new series, Spencer Huffman and I are creating, which we call Everything SPI. SPI stands for Single Pitch Instructor and is one of the certification programs the AMGA, American Mountain Guides Association, offers. Both Spencer and I are AMGA certified Rock Guides and SPI Providers. We co-taught an SPI course back in...

Show Notes: Elise’s links: Desert Accents’ Etsy shop: www.desertaccents.etsy.comDesert Accents Instagram @desert_accentsEpisode Intro: Dear listeners of the Female Guides Requested Podcast, happy Wednesday. This is your host Ting Ting from Las Vegas and today’s guest is Elise Clausen, another Vegas local. I met Elise in 2019 when we both worked at Origin climbing gym in Henderson. I learned that she also guided in Red Rock for Mountain Skills. In 2020 the gym changed ownership and the...

Episode Intro: Dear listeners of the Female Guides Requested Podcast, happy Wednesday. I'm your host Ting Ting from Las Vegas. Today's episode is different from all the previous ones, and we also have our first male guest. This episode is the first episode of the new series, called Guides' Beta. There are many things guides want to know other than getting certifications. There are many questions guides want to ask. And this is my attempt to collect wisdom from the community. In today's...

Episode Intro: Dear listeners of the Female Guides Requested Podcast, Happy Wednesday. This is your host Ting Ting from sunny Las Vegas. Today's guest is Kelly Fields. Kelly was exploring, scaling mountains, and trad climbing with her family all over the country from the tender age of two. She got her first climbing job in a gym when she was 13. When she was 18 she began her apprenticeship with Seneca Rocks Mountain Guides and found her calling as a climbing guide. At one point she proposed a...

Episode Intro: Dear listeners of the Female Guides Requested Podcast, happy Wednesday. This is your host Ting Ting and our guest today is Julia Niles. Julia was the first woman to solo the Grand Traverse in a day as well as part of the first all-female ski descent of the Grand Teton. She has guided Denali and Aconcagua, climbed El Cap multiple times, and put up first ascents and descents in the Canadian Rockies, Wyoming, and South Africa. Julia’s mountain prowess eventually earned her the...

Show Notes: Laura’s links: Laura’s PT Practice (website) https://realign-pt.com/Laura’s Personal Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lkschmoo/Wave Tools Therapy (website) https://wavetoolstherapy.com/Wave Tools Therapy (Instagram) https://www.instagram.com/wavetoolstherapy/Episode Intro: Dear listeners of the Female Guides Requested Podcast, welcome back. I’m your host Ting Ting from Las Vegas. Today is another beautiful Wednesday so I’m delivering another fantastic episode with our guest...

Show Notes:Andrea’s links: Andrea’s personal Instagram: @vtandreaAndrea’s “side hustle” on Etsy: AlpineJoy – https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlpineJoyShorts – “Another Way” Series with @mammutnaYouTube, Climbing the Rose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns4fwECW0qkVimeo, Finding Strength in Fragile Places: https://vimeo.com/612191876Episode Intro: Dear listeners, happy Wednesday and welcome to another episode of the Female Guides Requested Podcast. I’m your host Ting Ting from Las Vegas. Today’s...

Show Notes: Crystal’s links & what she recommends: Crystal’s personal IG: @aroseontherock(Book) Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male AmericaCrystal’s Blog: Rock Rose Blog and the blog’s IGCrystal’s Venmo: @crystal-hudelson(Website) Climbers of ColorOutdoor Leadership Accelerator Program (OLAP) by VerascapesEpisode Intro: Hello welcome back to the Female Guides Requested Podcast and happy Wednesday. This is your host Ting Ting and I’m back to sunny Las Vegas. Today in Episode 13,...

Show Notes: (https://femaleguidesrequested.com/podcast/ep-12-lani-chapko-paving-the-way/) Lani’s Links: Lani’s personal Instagram @goatsonropesThe Climbing School Instagram @the_climbing_schoolThe Climbing School Website www.theclimbingguides.comEpisode Intro: Hello there, happy Wednesday again and welcome to another episode of the Female Guides Requested Podcast. I’m your host Ting Ting. I’m still in Pacific Northwest but will be heading back to Las Vegas soon. Today’s guest is Lani Chapko....

Show Notes: Bennett’s Links: Bennett’s Instagram @bennettrahnWebsite: https://bennettrahnart.weebly.com/Episode Intro: Happy Wednesday everybody. Welcome back to the Female Guides Requested Podcast. I’m your host Ting Ting and today our guest is Bennett Rahn. Bennett is full of positive energy and her laugh always lightens up my mood. This summer I traveled up to Pacific Northwest,near her home base in Seattle,so of course I took this chance to interview her. Bennett Rahn is a plus size...

Episode Intro: Hello there, happy Wednesday and thank you for tuning in to another episode of the Female Guides Requested Podcast. I am your host Ting Ting. Today's guest is Jay Louie. Jay uses they/them pronoun. I knew Jay because they approached me for an affinity SPI assessment. Promoting diversity and inclusion in the guiding community has always been important to me and even though I had no experience working with queer folks I decided to give it a try. I was very impressed by Jay's...

Episode Intro:Thank you for tuning in to the Female Guides Requested Podcast. I'm your host Ting Ting. Right now I'm in Pacific Northwest and it's so nice to escape the heat of Las Vegas. Today's guest is Kelly Khiew. Kelly was born and raised in Singapore. She left her so-called "regular job" due to her insatiable desire for outdoor climbing. She co-founded a guiding service with her husband QX in Taiwan and guides there and other destinations in Southeast Asia. Starting 2018 she has run...

Episode Intro:Welcome to episode 8 of the Female Guides Requested Podcast. I'm your host Ting Ting. Today's guest is Josie McKee. Josie is a bad ass climber and she has a booming business where she provides mindset coaching. I first met Josie in 2009. She was already a strong climber and she climbed boldly. Back then, she often captured the moments with her DSLR wherever she traveled. Her images were expressive. I enjoyed following her journeys through her lens. Josie has spent years in...

Hello, welcome to another episode of the Female Guides Requested Podcast. I am your host Ting Ting from Las Vegas. Today's guest is Kat Porter also known as Kat McKittens, the queen of the Meowtain. We connected through the AMGA members' Facebook group and I scored an interview with her when she came to Red Rock for work in April. Kat is based in Maryland where her family resides but she often travels more than 6 months a year for work and play. She started her career in climbing as a...

Show Notes: Mentioned Articles and Videos: Mia’s Profile on Common Climber Magazine Mia and her Petzl Scholarship in 2015 for her AMGA Alpine Guide Course Mia’s Links: Mia on Colorado Mountain School Mia on Instagram as mtnmia Mia on Facebook Episode Intro: Hello there, you are listening to episode 6 of the Female Guides Requested Podcast. I’m your host Ting Ting based in sunny Las Vegas. One evening in March, I had this pleasure to interview Mia Tucholke. Mia came to Colorado in 1985...

Episode Intro:Hello and welcome to another episode of Female Guides Requested Podcast on Wednesday. This is your host Ting Ting from Las Vegas. Our guest today is Selena Pang, another Vegas local, another Asian woman. I am excited! I had so much fun chatting with Selena and dreaming together about novel possibilities of guiding. Selena grew up in Japan and started climbing in California in the 90's. According to her it was an amazing era of climbing 30 something years ago. She raised her son...

Aimee Barnes started guiding in 1985 and is a legend in the guiding world. Her love towards guiding and her dedication to hard work is infectious. I was so inspired during our conversation, that I felt compelled to reflect on my own guiding to recalibrate my career path. She is also an advocate of education and mentorship. She has run the all-women Guide Protrack in City of Rocks for about 10 years. Both newer and seasoned female guides have benefited and learned much from the Protrack and...