User:Timrippel

Tim Rippel - Owner/ Operator of Peak Freak Expeditions based in Western Canada. Tim grew up in the Okanagan, British Columbia. Immediately upon graduation he began a career in guiding and instructing. Now 28 years later he has not looked back, only up. Tim has been successfully operating mountaineering and trekking expeditions in the Himalayas for the past 21 years. Veteran of over 40 Himalayan expeditions including "11-times" on Mt. Everest from Nepal and Tibet as well as neighboring peaks of Mt. Ama Dablam and Mount Pumori and runs an Everest Boot Camp for aspiring Everest climbers. Other climbs include the Coastal Mountains of British Columbia, the Canadian Rockies, Denali numerous times the Pamirs in Russia, Africa and South America. Whether it is heli-skiing, extreme mountain biking or climbing the world’s tallest peaks, Tim holds a flawless safety record and safety is always his priority.

He instructs and examines Canadian Search and Rescue professionals in Mountain Rescue for the Canadian government, runs a ski guide training program and teaches Avalanche Courses when he is not in the Himalayas. Tim spends 12 months a year in a mountain environment.

As a seasoned High Altitude Mountain Guide, High Altitude Cameraman and Extreme Skier, Tim spends the winter months working as a lead heli-ski guide and instructs mountain safety courses from the Rippel's lodge outside their front door of his hometown in Nelson B.C. Canada. He is certified by the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides (ski guide) and is also a professional member of the Canadian Avalanche Association, Mountain Safety and Risk Management Professional and examiner as well as a certified Outdoor Leadership Instructor and certified in Mountain Medicine. His professional guiding career began when he led the C.O.L.T. (Canadian Outdoor Leadership Training)program at Strathcona Park Lodge on Vancouver Island. During this time, Tim took the opportunity to explore the remote West Coast Mountains on his time off from guiding he explored many routes, solo. Stories from this time in his life provide for some good tent time entertainment in the Himalayas.

He trained for his first Everest Expedition from his post at a ski area in Northern British Columbia where he was in charge of

"I am proud to be a friend of you both. Your involvement in Nepal and its people is one of the things that Tim really impressed upon me, he is a different kind of climber, and I aspire to that. I would trust my children to climb Everest with Tim. He is one of the most well rounded climbers I know."

Todd Sampson-

Canadian/Australian  -Peak Freak- Mt. Everest summit- May 21, 2001

Tim's Everest climbing career has brought him the opportunity to work with many legendary climbers like Allison Hargreaves, Eric Jones, Greg Child, Anatoli Boukerev, Rob Hall and American one leg amputee, Tom Whitaker to name a few.

To learn more about what people say about Peak Freak Expeditions, ask for a list of testimonials and contact numbers. The most important question to ask yourself when taking on such an endeavour as high altitude climbing is; who is doing the guiding? Ask around, if you are not completely satisfied, keep asking.