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Gordon Janow Gordon Janow has published fiction and nonfiction in the U.S. and India, and is Director of Programs and tour leader for Alpine Ascents International. He has traveled extensively for the past 15 years, with a particular interest in the Indian sub-continent. In 1992 Gordon self-published Eastern Time, a compilation of prose on travel in India, Nepal and Vietnam. His most recent works have included a series of performance monologues and travel articles for Outpost Magazine, The Raven Chronicles and The Himalayan Explorer's Club.
Alphine Ascents International

ALPINE ASCENTS INTERNATIONAL
121 Mercer Street, Seattle, WA 98109
phone: (206) 378-1927, fax: (206) 378-1937

Eric Simonson Eric Simonson has been guiding professionally since 1973 and has conducted over 80 expeditions around the world, including more than 25 to the Himalayas. He is Director of International Mountain Guides. Simonson's climbing and guiding resume in the U.S. includes 16 ascents of Mt. McKinley and over 260 ascents of Mt. Rainier and leader of the 1999 and 2001 Mallory & Irvine Research Expeditions. He summited Mt. Everest via the North Ridge in 1991, with other classic international ascents including Mt. Vinson (Antarctica), Peak Communism (Tajikistan), and Cho Oyu (Tibet). Eric serves on the Board of Directors of the American Mountain Guides Association and the American Foundation for International Mountaineering Exploration and Research (AFFIMER). Eric is an AMGA Certified Alpine Guide and AMGA Certified Ski Mountaineering Guide.
International Mountain Guides

INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN GUIDES
P.O. Box 246, Ashford, WA 98304
phone: (360)569-2604, fax: (360)569-0824