Meet Our Staff:
| Josh Hardt |
| Meet Our Instructors: |
- Owner of Vermont Adventure Tours and Green Mountain Rock
Climbing Center - Climbing experience since 1985
- Military Experience:
- 22 Years retired Military
- 11 Years International Experience as a lead instructor in the United States
Military’s Mountaineering School - 5 years Military EMT Paramedic
- 2 years Special Operations (SAPPER)
- 2 Years Drill Sergent
- 1 Year Drill Sergent School Instructor
- 1 year Senior Leadership School Instructor
- SOLO Wilderness Medicine Instructor
- SOLO Certified Wilderness First Responder
- American Red Cross First Aid Instructor
- Professor of Adventure Recreation Minor at Castleton State College
- Master Teambuilding Coordinator
- Former Adventure Director at Rutland Mental Health
- Adventure Fitness Physical Education teacher for Stafford Technical
Center
- Director of Indoor Programs
- Manager of Green Mountain Rock Climbing Center
- B.S. in Adventure Recreation from Green Mountain College
- Adventure Education experience since 1992
- Wilderness First Aid Certified
- Certified Leave No Trace Trainer
- Adjunct Instructor for Castleton State College Adventure Recreation
Minor - Long-term back country camping and backpacking experience
- Eagle Scout since 1998
- Extensive team building experience
| Steve Lulek |
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Dave Muller
- Wilderness Living and Survival Expert
- Certified Wilderness First Responder
- Avalanche Level 1 Certification
- AMGA Top Rope Site Manager Certification
- Experience in Alaskan, Teton, and Cascade Ski/Snowboard
Mountaineering - SCS Canoe/Kayak Certification
- Former Alaskan Expeditionary Sea Kayaking Guide
- Northern forest flora and fauna expert
- Trout Fishing Enthusiast
- Former Wilderness Therapy Case Manager
- Outdoor Education Coordinator for Otter Valley High School
- Lead Rock and Ice Instructor
- AMGA Certified Top Rope Site Manager
- SOLO Wilderness First Responder
- Climbing since 1992
- Guide training with AMGA guides
- Jeff enjoys climbing rock, ice, and anything else. In his spare
time he enjoys both mountain and road biking.
| Jeff Stephenson |
- Rock and Ice Climbing Instructor
- AMGA Certified Rock Instructor
- Certified Wilderness First Responder
- Climbing Experience in Joshua Tree, and Yosemite, CA. Across the
United States and Pakistan, France, Austria, The Yukon, British
Columbia, and Puerto Rico. - Instructor at the Army National Guard Mountain Warfare School
(Full Time) - Many first-ascents of Ice Climbs through-out New England
- Un-repeated ascents of climbs in Smuggler's Notch, VT
- Developed many local-climbing areas including: Bear Notch, Secret
Squirrel, and Devil's Gulch. - Bob's passion for climbing and the outdoors is only exceeded by
the love for his family. Bob, his wife Cathy, and their two boys,
Jacob Mychl 14, and Joshua Tree 9, live in an authentic log home
that they built by hand. When Bob isn't working, you're likely to find
him at Smuggler's Notch with his family and two dogs.
| Bob Timmer |
- Assistant Instructor
- B.S. in Recreation Administration, with a minor in Business with a
emphasis in Nutrition from Humboldt State University - SOLO Wilderness First Aid Certified
- CPR Certified
- Certified Lifeguard
- LNT Trainer
- Other Interests: Snowboarding, tennis, running, and collecting
agates.
| Nicole Lulek |
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- B.S. Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management with an
emphasis in Resource Management from Clemson University - M.A. Health, Physical Education, and Recreation with a
specialization in Recreation Administration from the University
of Nebraska-Omaha - AMGA Top Rope Site Manager
- ACA Sea Kayak, Kayak, and Canoe Instructor
- Swiftwater Rescue Trained
- WEA Certifying Instructor
- NSP Avalanche Fundamentals and Rescue
- WMA Certified Wilderness First Responder
- LNT Master Educator
- Director of Adventure Programming and Adjunct Professor at
Green Mountain College - CPR certified
- Paddling Instructor
| Bruce Saxman |
- B.A. in Transpersonal Psychology from Burlington College, dual minor in
Sculpture and Psychoneuroimmunology - 12 years in Human Services field
- Wilderness Therapist for local schools
- Certified in several forms of crisis intervention
- Experience guiding rock climbing, primitive skills, and mountain biking
- SOLO certified Wilderness First Aid, CPR certified
- 13 years experience climbing
- Other Interests: Painting, arboriculture, playing the didgeridoo,
gymnastics, meditation, being an unknown inspiration.
| Chris Borodenko |
| ©2009 Vermont Adventure Tours |
| 223 Woodstock Ave, Rutland Vermont, 05701 l Voice 802.773.3343 l Fax 802.773.4509 |
| Current Rutland Weather: |
| Detlef Hagge |
- B.A. in Geology from Castleton State College
- Guiding and working for the Green Mountain Rock Climbing
Center and Vermont Adventure Tours since 2005 - SOLO Certified Wilderness First Aid
- Guide experience in mountain biking, rock climbing, telemark
skiing, snowshoeing, and backpacking - Adjunct Faculty for Castleton State College: three courses taught
including Geology Labs and Instructional Mountain Biking
Courses for the Adventure Recreation Minor - In 2003, Detlef and his wife completed an entirely self-supported
mountain bike trip along the Great Divide Route (a 2,500 mile
route from Canada to Mexico through the Rocky Mountains) - In his spare time, Detlef enjoyes competing in 24-hour Mountain
Bike Races, and backpacking in new destinations
| Matt Conroy |
- Certified Wilderness First Responder (WMI)
- Avalanche Level 1 Certification (NOLS)
- AMGA Single Pitch Instructor
- Avalanche Level 1 (NOLS)
- Leave No Trace Master Educator
- Graduate of the University of Glasgow
