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The Guiding Life

Breaking barriers: The female mountain guide battling machismo

American Alpine Institute
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We wanted to draw your attention to a great article from BBC that highlights a special woman. Last Friday, Ecuadorian Juliana Garcia became the first female mountain guide in Latin America to become fully IFMGA Certified.

Screen shot 2017 04 04 at 12.56.16 PM Juliana below the cerracs on Antisana. Roberto Espinosa F.

In the article, Juliana talks about some of the additional challenges that she encountered being a female in a predominantly male field, both from her peers and from the climbers that she was guiding. Click here to read the full article.

Congratulations to Juliana and best of luck to you!

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