President Emeritus
Dunham Gooding
Past President of the American Mountain Guides Association,Past President of the Outdoor Industry Association, Past US Representative to the IFMGA
After founding the Institute in 1975, Dunham taught courses and guided expeditions in the Cascades, Canada, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Patagonia. He has climbed extensively throughout North and South America, with new routes in the Cascades and first ascents in Bolivia and Alaska. As US representative to the UIAGM, he was instrumental in gaining admittance of AMGA to that international body.
Over the years, Dunham has served on wilderness management and wilderness policy task forces in this country and in Chile, as chairman of the American Climbing Sports Group, chairman of the National Summit Committee on Mountain Rescue, president of the American Mountain Guides Association, and president of the Outdoor Industry Association.
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