About Andres
Andres grew up in Ibague, Colombia. He moved to the United States eight years ago in pursuit of the AMGA / IFMGA certification. Andres has been guiding since 2000. His passion for guiding has allowed him to guide in all types of terrains, such as rock, alpine, skiing and high altitude. Andres guides in the summer as a senior guide for RMI on Mount Rainier, the North Cascades and Alaska. In the winter, he works as an ice and mixed climbing guide in Ouray, Colorado.
One of the many ways that Andres likes to give back to the community where he lives is being part of the Local Search and Rescue In Colorado, where he has been involved in many ground and high angle rescue missions. When not guiding you can find him climbing and sky diving all over the globe. Andres works as an ambassador for Millet, Blue Water Ropes, 5.10, Petzl and Ice Holdz.
- 70 summits of Mount Rainier via 4 different routes
- Mount McKinley
- Mount Hunter
- Little Switzerland
- French, Italian and Swiss Alps
- Mt. Shuksan
- Sahale Peak
- Longs Peak
- Tyler Peak
- Sierra Nevadas
- Cuidad Perdida
- Ice and mixed climbing up to WI6+ and M9 RX with trad gear
- Extensive rock climbing up to 5.13 sport, 5.13- trad, A3+ aid
- Competed and represented the USA and Colombia in the 2009, 2010 and 2011 Ice Climbing World Cup in Eastern and Western Europe
- Climb the Half Dome in Yosemite in a day
- Climbing Speed Record of the Colorado National Monument
- Wilderness First Responder
- Avalanche Level III
- Leave No Trace Trainer
- AMGA Alpine Aspirant
- Helicopter Rescue Training
- IRATA Rope Access level I
- Industrial Rescue IRATA level I
- CMS Self Rescue
- High Angle Rescue MCSRT
- Rock Instructor
- AMGA Certified Rock Guide
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