Leaders
Here are the Trip Leaders scheduled for this journey (please note that leader assignments are subject to change).
Santiago Bejarano
Departure Dates: July 15-25, 2023, August 11-21, 2023, August 22-September 1, 2023Santiago Bejarano trained in Environmental Sciences in his native Ecuador and began his guiding career by bringing visitors to the jungle and highlands of Ecuador and the storied Galapagos Islands, where he worked as a naturalist. He later moved to Britain, which has ...
Gill Browder
Gill Browder is British by birth, but has made her home in the alpine capital of Chamonix, France, for almost 30 years. She has explored destinations throughout Europe, Central Asia, the Far East, Africa, and Alaska, but delights most in the discoveries to be found in ...
Mike Browder
Mike Browder leads WT adventures from Corsica to the Alps and northward to the fjords of Norway. He has worked in outdoor settings all his life, directing parks and recreation programs in Bend, Oregon, coaching ski teams, and mountain climbing in North America and ...
Killian Buckley
Departure Dates: June 2-12, 2023, June 24-July 4, 2023Killian Buckley grew up at the foot of the mountains in the McGillicuddy Reeks, Ireland’s highest range. He spent his youth climbing in these mountains, but it wasn’t until he returned from London, where he worked as a chef in one of the city’s top ...
Tony Dewes
Departure Dates: July 15-25, 2023Tony Dewes was born and brought up in Yorkshire, close to both the Pennines and the Yorkshire Dales. He spent more than 20 years as a college and university lecturer before becoming a full time outdoor instructor. Tony has traveled extensively in Asia, Europe, and ...
Rob Noonan
Departure Dates: June 24-July 4, 2023, July 18-28, 2023Rob Noonan came by his love of nature and the mountains early, adventuring throughout most of the Americas and later earning a degree in environmental studies from Prescott College in Arizona. He began guiding our Patagonia hiking journeys in 1994, and his love of the ...
Naoise O Muircheartaigh
Departure Dates: June 2-12, 2023, July 18-28, 2023, August 11-21, 2023, August 22-September 1, 2023Born on the Dingle Peninsula and into the distinct Gaelic culture of his ancestors, Naoise O Muircheartaigh (the Gaelic spelling of Moriarty) has been steeped in the culture of Ireland since birth and comes from generations of mountain guides, including his father, ...
Stefano Pozzi
Originally from Italy, Stefano Pozzi has grown up with a passion for nature. He studied at the University of Milan and after graduating, took to the outdoors by riding his bike from Milan to Lisbon—and back again—by way of the Camino de Santiago pilgrim ...
Orri Sigurjónsson
Orri Sigurjónsson grew up in the small town of Hvanneyri in the western region of Iceland. He studied carpentry in college, but his true calling has always been the enchantments of Iceland's rugged landscapes, and he has been guiding in Iceland since 2010. ...
