We are very excited that Katie Bono will be speaking Friday July 20th, 2017 at the Arc’teryx Climbing Academy in downtown Squamish! Recently coming off a speed record up the Alaska’s Mount Denali, Katie is an accomplished alpinist and climber and she will be talking about her experiences.
Growing up in Minneapolis, Katie’s first introduction to the outdoors came in cross country ski racing. This taught her many skills that she would use later on, including how to suffer for long periods of time and how to cope with absurdly cold weather. In high school, Katie travelled to the Canadian Rockies for the first time on a training trip and fell in love with the mountains. This love affair deepened while ski racing for Dartmouth College in New Hampshire when she discovered climbing. After retiring from the ski racing circuit in 2011, Katie began guiding and had the chance to pursue climbing more extensively.
Katie Bono. Photo by Savannah Cummins courtesy of Arcteryx ©
We had a chance to catch up with Katie before the festival and here is what she had to say.
