Female Guides Requested

Show Notes: Crystal’s links & what she recommends: Crystal’s personal IG: @aroseontherock (Book) Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America Crystal’s Blog: Rock Rose Blog and the blog’s IG Crystal’s Venmo: @crystal-hudelson (Website) Climbers of Color Outdoor Leadership Accelerator Program (OLAP) by Verascapes Episode Intro: Hello welcome back to the Female Guides Requested Podcast a...

Show Notes: ( https://femaleguidesrequested.com/podcast/ep-12-lani-chapko-paving-the-way/ ) Lani’s Links: Lani’s personal Instagram @goatsonropes The Climbing School Instagram @the_climbing_school The Climbing School Website www.theclimbingguides.com Episode Intro: Hello there, happy Wednesday again and welcome to another episode of the Female Guides Requested Podcast. I’m your host Ting Ting. I’m...

Show Notes: Bennett’s Links: Bennett’s Instagram @bennettrahn Website: https://bennettrahnart.weebly.com/ Episode Intro: Happy Wednesday everybody. Welcome back to the Female Guides Requested Podcast. I’m your host Ting Ting and today our guest is Bennett Rahn. Bennett is full of positive energy and her laugh always lightens up my mood. This summer I traveled up to Pacific Northwest,near her home...

Episode Intro: Hello there, happy Wednesday and thank you for tuning in to another episode of the Female Guides Requested Podcast. I am your host Ting Ting. Today's guest is Jay Louie. Jay uses they/them pronoun. I knew Jay because they approached me for an affinity SPI assessment. Promoting diversity and inclusion in the guiding community has always been important to me and even though I had no e...

Episode Intro:Thank you for tuning in to the Female Guides Requested Podcast. I'm your host Ting Ting. Right now I'm in Pacific Northwest and it's so nice to escape the heat of Las Vegas. Today's guest is Kelly Khiew. Kelly was born and raised in Singapore. She left her so-called "regular job" due to her insatiable desire for outdoor climbing. She co-founded a guiding service with her husband QX i...

Episode Intro:Welcome to episode 8 of the Female Guides Requested Podcast. I'm your host Ting Ting. Today's guest is Josie McKee. Josie is a bad ass climber and she has a booming business where she provides mindset coaching. I first met Josie in 2009. She was already a strong climber and she climbed boldly. Back then, she often captured the moments with her DSLR wherever she traveled. Her images w...

Hello, welcome to another episode of the Female Guides Requested Podcast. I am your host Ting Ting from Las Vegas. Today's guest is Kat Porter also known as Kat McKittens, the queen of the Meowtain. We connected through the AMGA members' Facebook group and I scored an interview with her when she came to Red Rock for work in April. Kat is based in Maryland where her family resides but she often tra...

Show Notes: Mentioned Articles and Videos: Mia’s Profile on Common Climber Magazine Mia and her Petzl Scholarship in 2015 for her AMGA Alpine Guide Course Mia’s Links: Mia on Colorado Mountain School Mia on Instagram as mtnmia Mia on Facebook Episode Intro: Hello there, you are listening to episode 6 of the Female Guides Requested Podcast. I’m your host Ting Ting based in sunny Las Vegas. One even...

Episode Intro:Hello and welcome to another episode of Female Guides Requested Podcast on Wednesday. This is your host Ting Ting from Las Vegas. Our guest today is Selena Pang, another Vegas local, another Asian woman. I am excited! I had so much fun chatting with Selena and dreaming together about novel possibilities of guiding. Selena grew up in Japan and started climbing in California in the 90'...

Aimee Barnes started guiding in 1985 and is a legend in the guiding world. Her love towards guiding and her dedication to hard work is infectious. I was so inspired during our conversation, that I felt compelled to reflect on my own guiding to recalibrate my career path. She is also an advocate of education and mentorship. She has run the all-women Guide Protrack in City of Rocks for about 10 year...

Today's guest is Miranda Oakley. Miranda is a bad-ass climber and is best known for her free and speed ascents on big wall routes in Yosemite. Miranda is an AMGA Rock Guide. She guides in Yosemite and teaches classes near Bishop California. I had the fortune to work with her in 2021 and witnessed first hand her fine craft on rock. Since then she has embarked on another big adventure in life - havi...

Elaina is an AMGA Rock Guide, Apprentice Alpine Guide, and AMGA Single Pitch Instructor Provider Trainer as well as a Level 2 IRATA/SPRAT Rope Access Technician. She owns New River Mountain Guides and splits her time guiding in New River Gorge in summer and Red Rock Canyon in the rest of the year. She is currently a board member of the AMGA. Elaina was a mentor of mine on my way to becoming an AMG...

Tracy Martin is an AMGA certified Rock Guide, an artist, an entrepreneur, and if you want to get married in Vegas she can marry you in Red Rock Canyon. She has quite a slash career. I first met Tracy when I was shadowing an AMGA's Women's SPI course in Joshua Tree taught by her and Elaina Arenz. We three all live in Las Vegas so we car pooled in Tracy's car. Tracy knew all the secret pee spots alo...

This is episode 0 and it's going to be short. I want to use this episode to introduce the Female Guides Requested Podcast. Basically talk about WHY I started this podcast and WHAT I hope to achieve with this podcast. The official launch date for Female Guides Requested podcast is set on March 8, 2023, the International Women's Day, please stay tuned.