By the Numbers: The Life of a First-Year Mountain Guide
My first season guiding—summer 2016—was for the storied Exum Mountain Guides in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Instead of accepting résumés, Exum fields staff by having senior guides (five-plus years at Exum) bring in recruits on a trial basis. My mentor, Zahan Billimoria, aka “Z,” vouched for ...