Rustyn Mesdag - guide
Rustyn has been guiding and working in the outdoor industry for 12 years and living in Patagonia for 7, full time. International climbs and adventures were always the goal and the travels were as important as the climbs. Rustyn was raised in States, in the the Pacific Northwest, and speaks Dutch, English and Spanish. After great training and experience guiding alpine on Mt. Rainier and in the Cascade Range, Rustyn made the jump to Patagonia. He fell in love with the combination of a far away destination and the good endurance climbs. Moving to Patagonia was an easy choice. Rustyn manages the expeditions and logistics for erratic rock and can be often found leading groups though the Dientes Range on Isla Navarino (the southernmost trekking circuit in the world). Rustyn is a writer for Viva Travel Guides and is publisher of the Black Sheep, Patagonia's English Travel Newspaper.

Bill Penhollow - guide
Bill has been working and living in Chile for 11 years and guiding in Patagonia for eight. His travels have taken him to 50 different countries and while he never had any other plan but to just keep going, Bill landed in Patagonia.  After an environmental project called 'The Gondwana Project' on Tierra del Fuego, which resulted in the preservation of over 80,000 hectares of ancient Patagonian forests, he never left. These days Bill can also be found guiding and leading special programs to Cabo Froward, the southernmost tip of the continent along the Straight of Magellan. Bill speaks fluent Spanish and English.

Dave Turner - guide
Dave Turner comes from Northern California, and has resided in Yosemite Valley for the past eight years. He is well known for his new solo climbs, not only in Yosemite, but also Peru, Baffin Island, Chile, Norway, and Argentina. As a full time climber and guide, he is always traveling the globe, finding new routes, and taking his clients to their dream summits. In 2008 he became the first person ever to solo a grade seven wall by a new route, taking 34 continuous days to climb in Torres del Paine’s Cerro Escudo’s east face to the summit.

Walker Mackey - guide
Walker grew up in Colorado. He has been climbing since his father taught him at the age of five. Walker is now twenty four and has been traveling the world on a quest to seek out extreme climbing adventure. He has extensive experience climbing in Patagonia and has tackled several alpine summits in Torres Del Paine National Park, Chile. He is also familiar with technical big wall climbing with experience in areas such as Yosemite. Walker is high altitude mountaineering proficient and specializes at mixed rock and ice climbing. Recently He received a Mountain Fellowship Grant from the American Alpine Club to conduct an expedition to Patagonia were he successfully climbed El Cuchillo a virgin mountain spire in the French Valley of Torres Del Paine.

Michelle Ernst - guide
Michelle grew up in Germany and has spent her entire life in the outdoor & travel industry. After earning her degree in 5 star hotel managment, Michelle set off to travel Europe, Sri Lanka, the Americas, Canada, Chile, Agrentine, Bolivia, Peru and Brasil. She has been guiding for 5 years in Patagonia and spreaks English, German and Spanish. Most of the time she can be found trekking and working in Torres del Paine, but in her free time, polishes her kayak and horse back skills in the most remote corners of Southern Chile as possible. Michelle works as hard as she plays and is a great addition to the erratic rock staff.

Owen Mesdag - guide
With Mt. Rainier and the North Cascades in his "backyard", Owen has had no shortage of big mountain adventure. Owen has been climbing for over 15 years which include anything from the casual day hike to a complex multi-day, multi-pitch rock and alpine routes. Owen went to school for photography, video production & film and has combined that education with his passion for the outdoors. He's produced a number videos for the outdoor industry heavy weights like K2, Outdoor Research and worked with extreme Athletes like Renata Chlumska. With work showing in The Banff Mountain Film festival and the Sawtooth Film festival. When he's not outside playing in the mountains or traveling, he's in the "office" engineering mountaineering gear for Cascade Designs in Seattle, Washington, USA.

Steve Schnieder - guide
Steve Schneider is a world class rock climber and mountaineer. He has climbed El Capitan in Yosemite over 100 times.  His solo of the 3 towers of Paine puts him at the extreme edge of adventure climbing. From an early beginning as a eagle boy scout, he has been teaching climbing for over 30 years.  Steve is an AMGA certified rock guide. Now Steve is one of the world's most sought after guides for anything from family trekking trips, to guided big walls and High Sierra peak bagging. Besides being an awesome guide, Steve is a world class climber. Steve leads successful expeditions to Mongolia, Pakistan, Alaska, and Peru, but has a special love for Patagonia, Chile and Argentina. He has made 7 expeditions to the range, and has more ascents of the Towers of Paine in Chile than any other climber.

Sebastian Muñoz - guide
Sebastian is an Colombian engineer and has been living in Patagonia since 2007. His passion for the outdoors and adventure has taken him on countless climbing expeditions throughout South America.  Sebastian successfully climbed all three towers of Paine, and aside from Sebastian’s love of rock climbing, you will often find him on long distances runs and bike rides.

Ellen Kamphuis - guide
Ellen grew up in the saddle. Being raised in the Netherlands by an all-horse, all-the-time family, riding and breaking horses was a family tradition. But now, competitive show jumping has taken a back seat to multi-day, back country horseback rides in the extreme conditions of Patagonia. Ellen lived in the United States for ten years, and now has been living and guiding in Chile for five. She has a degree in Social Sciences and speaks Dutch, English and Spanish. Her love for horses and the outdoors is obvious and is reflected in her tours.

Sebastian Borgwardt - guide
Sebastian was brought up in the East German city of Leipzig. His obsession of the outdoors has taken him on many different adventures throughout the world. When coming to Chile in 1999, he made his way down to Patagonia by bicycle and fell in love with rugged terrain and rough winds. He found his new home at the end of the world. His ability to switch back and forth between his native German, English, Spanish and a bit of basic french is impressive. Sebastian has guided hundreds of programs throughout Patagonia and his knowledge of flora, fauna, history and geology is unmatched. When Sebastian is not in the field he can be found running Aonikenk, a hostel and guide service based out of Punta Arenas.

Althea Rogers - guide
Althea grew up in Upstate NY and learned to climb from a bunch of old timers in the Gunks. She is now based in Bozeman, accessing Montana's ice and the Canadian Rockies as much as possible. With first ascents in the mountains of Western Greenland, Southwestern Alaska and in Montana's Absaroka Range, she continues to pursue alpine rock and ice. She has also developed a love for soloing big walls, and is often found among Yosemite's giants- learning how not to drop things. This passion (soloing & not dropping stuff) led her to Patagonia in 2008-2009, when her education in 'wind' began. Althea has a brown and white dog named "Isa" from whom she claims she gains most of her wisdom.

Santiago Arias - guide
Santiago spawns from Argentina and has been climbing since 1989 from Canada to the Antarctic and Europe. He has been guiding full time since 2003 when he was certified by the Argentina Mountain Guides Association. He is very passionate about his work: guiding and teaching in the outdoors. His work took him to Chile, Peru, Uruguay and the Argentinian Andes. However, his love for the outdoors life goes beyond the mountains. Santiago is also a kayaking and canoeing guide and has a B.Sc. in Biology, working as a field biologist for more than 10 years. He also has worked extensively in the film industry with rigging, safety work and as a stunt double. When not guiding or climbing Santiago is usually paddling, skiing, diving or horseback riding all over the world. He is a certified Wilderness First Responder and he is trained in Search and Rescue techniques. He speaks fluent English and Spanish.

Sergio Echeverria - guide
As an avid mountaineer, rock climber and adventurer, Sergio started his guiding career in 1992 in Mexico., and in 1999 he became a NOLS instructor. Since 1995 he has been guiding in Patagonia full time, receiving his WFR certificaton. After four years he started his own adventure company, Big Foot Patagonia, setting a new standard for guide services in the region.
Sergio climbed several new routes in Torres del Paine National Park as well as opening new climbing areas around Puerto Natales with other great local climbers. He has been climbing on almost every continent and besides being a trail runner, cyclist, swimmer and kayaker, his leadership and knowledge of Patagonia guaranties to his clients the best experience ever.