Choose your own adventure! 2012 Trips with ITCOG!

We have some fun stuff planned!  Check it out on Video here!   The boogie down moves here by Tim, Allison, and Terry are outstanding as well!

October - Yoga and Rock Climbing in Red Rocks Canyon, NV  This is a 3 day event that combines yoga and rock climbing.  No experience necessary.   The climbing here is really amazing.  It is only 25 minutes outside of Las Vegas.  

Nov. - Jan - Todd, Winslow and Tim will all be down in Antarctica.  If you wnat to climb Winson Massif, learn to kite ski, or take a trip to the south pole for the hundred year anniversary of explorers reaching the pole, then let us know!

Feb - Mar.  - Utah Powder Sking is rad!  Winslow and Todd guide backcountry ski tours and teach avalanche courses.  Tim will be     in La Grave, France which is amazing steep skiing.

March 14th-16th - Winslow is leading a 3 day yoga and basckcountry skiing retreat at the Alta Lodge!  This will be the 3rd year.    You will love this one! You need to be a good skier able to ski intermediate to advanced runs off piste at the resort.  No backcountry or yoga experience required.  Yoga is optional! 

March 18th- 30th Carstensz Pyramid.  Winslow and Todd are leading a trip together.  Todd had a sucessful trip last year, and is set to go again.   This is one of the 7 summits, but not easy to get to .  It involes a 5 day trek through West Papua to reach the mountain.  It is a long alpine rock climb rated at 5.6.   We are off the beaten path.  The climbing is super fun and beautiful!

April - Haute Route Ski Tour in the Alps from Chamonix to Zermatt.  This is an 8 day adventure through the stunning Alps range with great skiing and evenign lodging in the high European huts.  Exact dates to be determined.  Please inquire soon with your request.

May - 12 day adventure in the Ruth Gorge, Alaska Range.  Space for 1-2 more only!!!  This is 7 nights lodging at the mountain house in the Ruth Gorge ampitheather, and 5 nights in the middle we will fly to another area for skiing, alpine climbing, and/or rock climbing!  Sign up soon!!!!

*** Inquire about other privates in Alaska!!

June - July - Winslow and Todd in the Tetons and the Wind River Range!!! Climb the Grand Teton, or other great surrounding peaks, or take 5 days and rally in the Winds with amazing granite, towers, wildflowers, high mountain lakes, trout fishing, and yoga!  ** Trips are booking for next year already!

Aug.- Sept.  - Back to the Alps for climbing Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn, the Eiger, and so many more interesting things!  Also look for a yoga and trekking adventure in Interlaken near the Eiger!

 

Let us know what trips you are interested in!  Thanks for your input!  Love to you all!

Winslow

 

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This summer has been a busy one for all three of us here at In The Company of Guides.  l (Todd Passey) promised one of my clients (Larry) that I would put some stuff on the blog, and am only now finding a few moments to do so.  

I guess I will begin with Alaska.  I began my Alaska season in May with a trip into the Ruth Gorge with Mike.  We spent a week camping near the mountain house and ski touring all around the Gorge.

 We had such a great time than within a few minutes of returning to Talkeetna, Mike book 14 days for 2012.  If anyone wants to join us we have the Mt. House for 7 days and then we plan to get a bump in a plane to go try the Mooses Tooth or Mt. Huntington.

After the Ruth Gorge trip I lead 2 seperate Denali trips.  These were my 16th and 17th trips on Denali and both were successful as far as summit, fun and safety. 

I went home to Salt Lake City for a couple of days and then headed to Jackson Hole, WY to guide a couple of trips on the Grand.  It is an awsome scene up there, great mountain, great community and fun guiding!  I can't seem to locate my photos from the Teton's.  Both trips reached the summit...The first via the complete Exum Ridge, and the second via the upper Exum ridge.  

Straight from the summit, Winslow and I loaded up the car and headed for home..We wanted to stay and celebrate with Larry and the So. Cal. boys, but I needed to catch a plane to Nirobi the following mourning.

This was my first trip to Africa, and I will definitely be back.  I was really impressed with the people, the landscape and the Climbing!  Lillian and I climbed Mt. Kenya's highest peak Batian by way of the North Standard route.  This route is a 5.8 20+ pitch route, and we were the first team to summit this year (not that others were'nt trying..nearly a dozen did try while we were there).

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on to the Alps! I began with a trip called 10 Trilogy where we attempt to climb Mount Blanc, The Matterhorn and The Eiger.  Poor weather happered us during the first week, but we kept at it and were rewarded with two summits; Mount Blanc and The Matterhorn.

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A 6 day course where we attempted the Matterhorn and Mount Blanc, and climbed the Cosmiques arrete.

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My Time in the Alps came to a close with one last Matterhorn trip.  Dean showed up in Zermatt ready to get it done..and we did!!

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Ski Video: Tim, Allison and Terry boogie down!

I just came by this video I made a while back.  We had a great day of powder skiing south facing Aspen trees!  It was a higher avalanche day, and we set off a big slide remotely from the south side of the ridge.  The whole north facing slope went.  There is some good dancing here too!

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Alaska Ruth Gorge Adventure 2012!!! Sign up soon!

This is going to be a cool trip.  This is a 12 day journey with 7 days at the Mountain House hut in the Ruth Gorge Ampetheatre, and 5 days in the middle we will get a bump to a different spot such as to Little Swizterland, the root canal below the Mooses Tooth, or over to Mt. Huntington.  This area is completely astonishing with rock walls that rise up 5000' above the glacier ice.  There are options for skiing, rock climbing, alpine climbing, and steep snow climbs and long glacier treks.  We can take 2-3 more people!  Send me a line if you are interested via facebook or email winslowpassey@gmail.com.  Sign up soon!

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.  We can take 2-3 more people.  Sign up and reserve a spot soon!  The mountain house is a cozy little alpine hut with a wood burning stove!  Whether you are a climber or a skier, the adventures here abound!  

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Rock Climbing & Yoga, Red Rocks, NV!!!

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Rock Climbing & Yoga

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, NV

October 17th - 19st 2010

 We will spend 3 days camping in the beautiful desert landscape of Red Rocks Canyon climbing and doing yoga daily.   Uniting yoga and rock climbing in this serene setting is an adventure not to be missed.   There will be instruction in climbing techniques and skills such as belaying, rappelling, building anchors, self rescue and multi-pitch climbing.  We will enjoy yoga and use the principles of breathing and alignment practiced on the mat to enhance and improve our rock climbing skills.  

This trip is created and lead by Winslow Passey.  Winslow has been guiding for 11 years, and has found yoga to be an integral part of staying healthy and strong in the mountains, and she is passionate about sharing yoga and rock climbing with others. Winslow is a fully certified Ski Mountaineering guide and has completed the first of the Rock and Alpine courses. 

Winslow is a certified Yoga Instructor through Satpa Yoga 200hr Teacher Training Course under the direct supervision of the renown yogi Dr. Sushil Bhattacharya, founder/director of Sapta Yoga International, Kathmandu, Nepal.  Winslow has also practiced in Anusara yoga participating this spring in the 200hr Teacher Immersion training in Salt Lake City from Adam Ballinger at Kula Studio.  This year Winslow is contining her Anusara Yoga training doing the level 1,2, and 3 teacher trainings.    

Yoga is a powerful practice that enhances every aspect of our lives physically and mentally.  Yoga means “yoke” or to “unite” the body, mind and spirit in a way that brings us strength and calmness.  The strength supports us in all of our daily activities bringing greater ease and enjoyment in life.  Increasing ones flexibility helps prevent injury and allows for a freedom of movement that is very helpful in rock climbing.  The union of the mind and spirit creates a profound transformation that helps transcend the ego giving us a clarity and peace of mind.  

Rock Climbing is an adventurous and dynamic sport that requires balance, focus, and strength.  It often challenges our fears and requires determination and problem solving to overcome difficulties.  It allows us to play and explore in a beautiful serene mountain environment while enjoying a connection to nature.  It is an exhilarating feeling to climb up these stunning rock formations. 

Yoga and Rock Climbing compliment each other perfectly encouraging a union of the mind and body to increase our focus, strength, balance, and flexibility in a way that allows us to open to greater possibilities on the rock and in life.    

Dates:   October 17th-19th, 2010

 

Contact Information:

Lead Guide  -  Winslow Passey

206-920-7849

winslowpassey@gmail.com

 

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This trip is permitted through Exum Mountain Guides!

Please call them to reserve your spot!

307-733-2297

 

 

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