meetthestaff

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
Lifeguard Certified
Long-term back country camping and backpacking experience
Eagle Scout since 1998
Extensive team building experience
Guide experience in rock and ice climbing, canoeing, kayaking,
snowshoeing, and mountain biking

Steve Lulek

Dave Muller

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

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.

Alex Sargent

Dustin Deerborn

Chris Borodenko

223 Woodstock Ave, Rutland Vermont, 05701 l Voice 802.773.3343 l Fax 802.773.4509

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Detlef Hagge

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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

Jami Mantia