Climbing is my passion!

I learn so much about nature and myself while
I am climbing. I have rock climbed since '92 at Smith Rock, Yosemite, Joshua Tree, Hatcher Pass, in the Chugach mountains and in the Wrangell mountains. I lead up to 5.9 traditional and sport routes. I have ice climbed since '94 all over the Chugach Range and twice in Valdez; this year at the 1999 Valdez Ice Climbing Festival I got second place in
the Women's Dry Tooling Competition. I lead WI3.

I began mountaineering in 1993 in Oregon, I have climbed peaks in the Sierra-Nevada Range, Cascade Range, Wrangell Mountains, Chugach Range, Alaska Range, also I have trekked in the Himalayan Mountains. My big mountain experience is Mt. Blackburn attempt 1995 and 1996, Little Switzerland tour 1997, 3d Guide on Denali Traverse 1997, White Princess 1998. I have been a guide since 1992, guiding rivers, back packing, glacier hiking and mountaineering.

I am going back to Denali because I want to climb it with my women friends. We are doing the Muldrow so we are not just following the trail that occurs on the West Buttress. I want to make group decisions of route finding, self sufficiency, snow conditions, safety and
health.

I want to have fun out there with out having to prove myself as a guide. I also look forward to the inner discoveries that await me. As leader of this expedition I hope to give encouragement, and sound
guidance. I descended the Muldrow on my last Denali expedition, I hope that experience helps this trip to be successful and fun!

Cobi Harris
Girdwood, Alaska

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