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Christine is the United States leading female alpinist. She is owner and C.E.O. of Mountain Madness one of the worlds most renown guiding services. She is the only living American woman to have successfully reached the summit of six 8,000 meter peaks. Christine has a special connection to the South as she was an Atlanta resident for years when she worked as an avionics engineer for Lockheed/Martin. She was a regular at all of the local crags and was seen carrying big packs up Stone Mountain almost every afternoon.

She climbed her first alpine type mountain, the 17,000 ft. Tarji, in Bolivia. She started climbing in the Himalayas in 1994 where she climbed Ama Dablam. She has participated in at least nine 8,000 meter expeditions in which she has been successful on six. She has summitted Everest from the South Col/S.E. Ridge route and was the first American woman to summit Lhotse.

Christine presently splits her time between Seattle, Washington and Norwood, Colorado. She is an active rock climber and ice climber in addition to her alpine feats. She has been successful on Broad Peak, Cho Oyu, Lhotse, Gasherbrum II, Everest, and Shishapangma thus far. She has also pioneered many other first ascents in little explored regions of Tibet.

If I have to tell you who Charlie Fowler is then you may need to decide if you really are a climber but here goes. Charlie is a photographer and filmmaker who resides in Norwood, Colorado. With 35 years of climbing under his belt he has climbed many of the worlds most difficult mountains. He has put up new routes on rock, ice, and in the big mountains. He has been active all over North America, Europe, the Andes and the Himalaya.

Charlie also has a strong connection to the South being born in North Carolina and being raised in Virginia. After graduating from the University of Virginia he relocated to Boulder, Colorado where he worked as a computer programmer and a climbing guide. He has worked for the International Alpine School, Fantasy Ridge and Mountain Madness. He is a member of the American Mountain Guides Association and is presently self-employed. Most of his income comes from photography and writing but he still does some occasional guiding. Of late he has been spending a lot of time in the Himalaya and Patagonia.

Some of Charlie’s Accomplishments:

The Cruise, Black Canyon N.P., second free ascent '76 with Glenn Randall

Perilous Journey, near Boulder, CO, '77 second ascent

DNB, Middle Cathedral Rock, Yosemite, '77 solo

Casual Route, Longs Peak, CO, '78 second ascent, solo

Black Elk, Wind River Range, Wyoming, FA '80 with Jeff Lowe

7 Arrows, Chiefshead, Rocky Mountain N.P., FA '80 with John Harlin III

Diagonal Direct, Longs Peak CO, '80 FFA with Jeff Achey

Pale Fire, Moses, Canyonlands N.P., FFA '81 with Chip Chace

In Search Of Suds, Washerwomen Arch, Canyonlands N.P., FA '82 with Glenn Randall

La Dolce Vita, Longs Peak, Colorado, FA '84 with Renato Casarotto

King Of Swords, Longs Peak , Co, second ascent '85 with Jim Surette

Diamond Star Halo, Longs Peak, CO '86 FA with Kyle Copeland, Joe Burke

Zenyatta Entrada, Arches N.P., FA '86

The Promised Land, Canyonlands N.P., FA '88 with Sue Wint

Sunshine Daydream, Death Canyon, The Tetons, FA '89 with Alison Sheets

Flakes Route, Black Canyon N.P., '91 solo

Cerro Cathedral, Torres del Paine N. P. Chile, FA '92 with Catto, Gallagher and Kendall

The Shield, Yosemite, first hammerless ascent, '93 with Will Oxx and Xaxer Bongard

St. Exupery, Aguja Rafeal, and the west face of Poincenot, Patagonia, in 4 days, '95 with Rolando Garibotti

Sunlight Buttress, Kolob Canyons, Zion N.P., '95 FA with Ron Olevsky and Steve Johnson

Torre Norte, El Mocho, Torre de Media Luna. Patagonia, '97 with Steph Davis

Welcome to Patagonia, St. Exupery, Patagonia, FA '99 with Nate Martin

Alpine Climbing Highlights:

The High Route, the Tetons, FA '77 with Steve Glenn

Supercouloir, Fitzroy, Patagonia, third ascent, '78 with Mike Munger

Walker Spur, Grande Jorasses, Alps, '79 with Peter Metcalf

The Shroud, Grand Jorasses, Alps, '79 solo

Matterhorn North Face, Switzerland, '79 with Nick Jones

Central Pillar of Freney, Mt. Blanc, Alps, '79 solo

Denali, West Buttress, Alaska, '80 with KC Craig

Bridelveil Falls and Ames Ice Hose, Colorado, '83 solo

Chacraraju Este, Cordillera Blanca, Peru, '85 solo

Bird Brain Boulevard, Ouray, Colorado, FA '86 with Jeff Lowe and Mark Wilford

Cayesh, West Face, Cordillera Blanca, Peru, FA '88 with Jon Arnow

Taulliraju, West Face, Cordillera Blanca, Peru, FA '88 solo

Illimani, West Face, Bolivia, FA Õ88 solo

Sipchu Kang, east summit, Shodu, Bhutan, '91 FA with John Roberson and Frank Babb

Eiger North Face, Direct Route, Switzerland, '92 solo

Slipstream, Canadian Rockies, '92 with Jon Arnow

Mustagh Ata, Xinjiang, China, FA western route, '94 solo

Siguniang Shan, Kham, Tibet, third ascent by new route, '94 solo

Forteleza, ( original route) Torres Del Paine N. P. Chile, '95 solo

Cerro Torre, Compressor Route, Patagonia, '96 with Gregory Crouch

Chola Shan I and II, Kham, Tibet, second ascent and FA '97 solo

Gurla Range, West Tibet, 2 6900 meter peaks, FA '97 with Tom and Quinn Simons and Soren Peters

Erkimkang, Langtang, Nepal, FA '99 solo

Cerro Torre, West Face, Patagonia, 2000, with Jim Surette

Cho Oyu, Original Route, Tibet, 2000 with Laura Bakos

Shishapangma, South Face - British Route, Tibet, 2000 with Christine Boskoff

Everest 2002 Summit as the Mountain Madness expedition leader.