Mark Smiley and his wife, Janelle, set out to successfully climb the 50 climbing all of the routes made famous by the iconic book, “Fifty Classic Climbs of North America.” This journey will take them up more than 164,000 vertical feet of technical terrain and bring them across 25,000 miles of North American roads as they travel to each destination.
Mark’s interests in outdoor recreation have continually evolved since he was a young boy. At the age of twelve, he enjoyed rappelling out of maple trees in the front yard. Now he can be found putting up first ascents on technical 20,000’+ glaciated peaks.
Mark’s noteworthy accomplishments include:
- AMGA Certified Rock Climbing Guide
- AMGA Certified Alpine Aspirant Guide
- 1st Ascent on Huascaran Norte, Peru (21,858’)
- CloudTower, Red Rocks, NV (5.11d)
- Ski Descent: Fuhrer Finger, Mt Rainier WA
