Jon Tierney

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Biography

Jon is certified internationally by the UIAGM/IFMGA and examined and certified at the international standard by the AMGA as a Rock Guide, an Alpine Guide, and a Ski Mountaineering Guide. Certification in each discipline requires passing a rigorous multi-day peer assessment exam. Jon began climbing as a teenager in the mid 70's. With a passion for rock, snow, and ice, Jon's accomplishments as a climber and guide include several high altitude peaks as well as difficult first ascent rock climbs and hundreds of multi-pitch rock and alpine routes throughout the Americas.

Some of his favorite areas include the East Face of Long's Peak (the Diamond), Red Rocks, Yosemite, Joshua Tree, Tetons, Rocky Mountains, Shawangunks, Lumpy Ridge, Denali (Mount McKinley), New Hampshire, Canadien Rockies, Bugaboos, Quebec, China, North Cascades, Venezuela, Ecuador, Mexico and Argentina as well as his home areas of Acadia, Clifton and Katahdin. He began guiding in 1983 and has been dedicated to wilderness education on a full-time basis since then. Seeing a need for improved professional standards in guiding, Jon became actively involved in developing nationally recognized guide education programs. He has served on the AMGA board of directors and is an accreditation reviewer for the AMGA and CGA climbing programs. For the past decade, he has strived to synthesize good concepts, challenge usual paradigms, and develop new ideas to raise guiding standards. He most recently developed a nationwide curriculum in top rope site management for the AMGA. Jon is the owner of Acadia Mountain Guides Climbing School.

• Professional guide since 1983, climber since 1975
• American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) certified Rock Guide (1992) and Alpine Guide (1997)
• AMGA member since 1988
• Registered Maine Guide
• B.S. Parks and Forest Recreation with additional studies in education and emergency medicine
• Founding Director Emeritus of Maine Bound, the University of Maine outdoor education program
• AMGA Advanced Alpine Guide's Course (1995), Advanced Rock Guide's Course (1990), Ski Guide Course (2001), Ski Mountaineering Guides Course (2002)
• American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education Instructor
• Paramedic (since 1988) with additional training and experience in critical care and flight medicine
• Wilderness First Responder and WEMT Instructor for Wilderness Medical Associates (since 1986)
• Served two terms on the Board of Directors for the American Mountain Guides Association
• Currently serves on the AMGA Technical Commitee and Top Rope Site Manager Advisory Commitee.
• Currently serves on the Board of Directors, Friends of Baxter State Park
• Accreditation examiner for Climbing Gym Association and American Mountain Guides Association
• Curriculum author, former national program coordinator and instructor trainer for the AMGA Top Rope Site Manager Course and Certification
• Guided over 60 successful high altitude (over 18,000') mountaineering ascents
• Conference presentor at national and regional outdoor education and wilderness risk conferences
• Author of Rock Climber's Guide to Clifton, Maine
• Author of Winter Mountaineering and Backcountry Travel in Baxter State Park
• Co-author of Technical Rescue Standards for Maine Search and Rescue
• Technical editor of Go Climb
• Formerly a mountain rescue climbing ranger at Rocky Mountain National Park and a rescue team member on Denali.

My info

First Name

Jon

Last Name

Tierney

My website

http://AcadiaMountainGuides.com/climb

I am based out of

The Northeastern United States

Places I teach climbing

Worldwide

History

Member for

4 years 36 weeks

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