Christian Santelices believes that experiencing nature first hand has the power to transform people’s lives. As a fully certified IFMGA/UIAGM Mountain Guide, professional photographer, public speaker, writer, and community activist, his career has been dedicated to helping facilitate this process. During the summer months you’ll find him working in the Tetons as Co-Chief Guide for Exum Mountain Guides.

The rest of the year he teaches avalanche courses, ski guides, and leads custom adventures and corporate community building retreats worldwide through his guiding company Aerial Boundaries.

As an activist, Christian dreams of creating a global community by engaging groups from around the world in common conservation efforts. To this end he established the Global Community Project (GCP), a non-profit organization that combines outdoor education, service learning, and cultural exchange for students and professionals. The GCP provided the very first sustainable trail building course to the rangers of Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. In 2008 he brought Jackson Hole high school students to Chilean Patagonia where they teamed up with local youths, researchers, and conservationists to work on trail building projects and participate in a study of the endangered huemul deer.

In his blog Christian explores his efforts at social and environmental activism through his work as a guide and teacher as well as a father, husband and citizen of a small, mountain community.

Sponsors:

Marmot
Keen Footwear
Mountain Athlete

Website:
http://www.exumguides.com
http://www.aerialboundaries.com
http://www.globalcommunityproject.blogspot.com