Lead guide · Himalaya
Tomas Weber
22 Everest region seasons. Speaks Nepali and has a sixth sense for weather windows.
IFMGAHigh altitudeWFR
The team
Meet the guides
Forty-two certified guides worldwide. These five lead our signature trips — and design most of them too.
Lead guide · Alps
Maya Lindqvist
Grew up in a Chamonix refuge and knows every hut keeper on the Mont Blanc circuit.
UIMLABotanyFrench
River lead · Patagonia
Rafael Ortiz
Twelve years running the Futaleufú. Teaches the best roll clinic south of the equator.
SwiftwaterKayak L4Spanish
Safari naturalist
Sofia Mendes
Ornithologist turned tracker, she has logged 540 bird species across Kenya and Tanzania.
FGASABirdingSwahili
Trip designer · North America
Amara Chen
Plans our canyon and lake routes and leads the Boundary Waters paddle each summer.
WFRCanoeLNT trainer
Training
Every guide, every trip
Routes we scout ourselves
Every itinerary is walked or paddled by our team before a single guest joins it.
Max 12 per group
Small groups mean quieter trails, better wildlife sightings and room for every pace.
Certified lead guides
Wilderness First Responder, swiftwater and high-altitude training on every departure.
Leave no trace
Carbon-balanced trips, local crews paid fairly and 2% of every booking to land trusts.
“Tomas read the mountain like a book. We reached Kala Patthar at sunrise with the whole team healthy — the best fourteen days of my life.”
“Rafael got a total beginner rolling a kayak by day three, then took us down the Terminator rapid. Terrifying. Perfect.”
“A leopard in a sausage tree, a river crossing with 10,000 wildebeest and the best camp food I’ve had anywhere.”