Gary has enjoyed the mountains since learning to ski, at the age of three, in Paradise, Mount Rainier National Park. He began guiding at RMI in 1984, and has accumulated over 300 summits of Mount Rainier and 7 Mount McKinley expeditions. Gary has also climbed and guided in Canada, the Cascades, the Rockies, South America, Europe, and Nepal. The 2001 RMI Mount McKinley expedition he led was featured in National Geographic: Traveler. Still an avid skier, Gary has also instructed and coached alpine skiers for over 20 years.

Climbing Resume
300 summits of Mount Rainier
7 expeditions on Mount McKinley
Aconcagua, Argentina
Kilimanjaro, Africa
Summit of Cotopaxi and attempts on Cayambe and Chimborazo, Ecuador
Ixtaccihuatl, Mexico
Sikkim Trek, Himalayas
Mount Hood, Oregon
Ski instructor and coach