Brenda George: Senior Guide

Brenda was raised on a remote farm on the west coast. She worked possom trapping until an unfortunate incident with a cow made impossible for her to continue working on the farm. Moving to Wanaka Brenda began ski patroling at Treble Cone and working summers as a trekking guide. Brenda's dry sense of humor and love of adventure make her the perfect trekking companion. She has explored every nook and cranny of the South Island and has a wealth of wilderness knowledge to share. She still avoids any contact with cows.

Jo Haines : Senior Guide

Jo has been wandering the hills since she was a teenager. As well as years exploring the NZ Southern Alps on transalpine trips and climbing NZ’s well known and less well know peaks, she has been fortunate to have spent time in the Himalaya, on the rock walls in Australia and the USA and hanging out with Emperor penguins in Antarctica.

Jobs past and present include instructing at the Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Centre, working in Antarctica and the Himalaya, teaching high school physics and designing websites or working in the mountains around her local town of Wanaka. Back-country telemarking and skate skiing keeps the smile on her face in winter.

Bronwen Waters: Guide

Bronwen developed her undying passion for the mountains after her first visit to Nepal at 19 years of age. She has a Bachelor of Arts from Sydney University .. but she admits "I don’t like sitting down, let alone in an office!"

Bronwen has been a trekking guide in Nepal, Mongolia & Bhutan. She claims that one her best guiding skills is to run stoves in wind flattened tents at altitude - on petrol siphoned from Russian jeeps -without asphyxiating! A skill indeed! In NZ she has done a traverse of the South Island mountain chain in 84 days and made a film about it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS6M-GHJyXM and has worked as a canyon guide, rock climbing instructor and ski patroller in winter. Bronwen also plays the piano. Something she says "I’m happy to sit down for."