A former nuclear physicist, Gottlieb is a UIAGM qualified mountain and ski guide, with 46 years of mountaineering and 36 years of professional guiding experience. He is a member of the German and the New Zealand Mountain Guides Associations. His most notable climbing achievements include: First ascent of entire Peuterey Ridge of Mont Blanc (1973), all New Zealand 3000m peaks during a single winter (1989), winter ascent of Cerro Fitz Roy (Supercanaleta 1993), three winter crossings of the Patagonian Ice Cap (1994, 1995, 1996), Cerro Aconcagua (2001), 26 ascents of Aoraki Mount Cook and 8 ascents of Mount Tasman. In May 2002 he traversed Denali (Mount McKinley). Gottlieb pioneered many ski touring routes in Europe and in New Zealand. He continues to guide and climb at the forefront of the sport. Gottlieb is a member of the Canterbury - Aoraki Conservation Board.
Anne is Co-Director of Alpine Recreation. Anne climbed Aoraki Mount Cook in winter and joined Gottlieb on many ski tours, tramping trips and on two Patagonian Ice ski traverses. She has a BA in English and was formerly a secondary school teacher.
Dave has been enjoying the great outdoors in New Zealand and beyond for the last 20 years. He previously worked as a chef before committing to a full time guiding career in the mid nineties. He has guided extensively in New Zealand and has climbed and/or worked in Alaska, Switzerland, France, South America and Australia.
Marty is assisting with our high guiding programme. Marty's climbing record is second to none: 13 ascents of Aoraki Mount Cook, 30 ascents of Aconcagua via various routes, 25 ascents of Denali including the Cassin, 3 ascents of Mt Hunter, 3 ascents of Cho Oyu, ascents of Kangenjunga, Everest and K2 to 8350m, Seven Summits. We are proud to be able to share Marty's vast experience of the world's mountains.
Gary joined Gottlieb on the Denali traverse in 2002. He is a member of the American Mountain Guides Association, has Physics and Engineering degrees, and has many years experience as a field leader and training officer for the Australian Antarctic Programme. Gary has extensive expedition experience, climbing and ski touring globally from the New Zealand and European Alps to the Patagonian Icecap and Alaska.
Tim has been tramping and climbing for over twenty years, mainly in New
Zealand, but with forays into Patagonia, the Canadian Arctic, and Yosemite.
With a previous career in electronics, including a year in Antarctica as a
technician, Tim is currently undertaking doctoral research into the
precipitation of the Aoraki/Mt Cook region.
Tim is joining our Ball Pass operation.
Martin comes from a solid background of glacier guiding and instructing with Alpine Guides Westland where he was also a member of the search and rescue and alpine cliff rescue team. He immigrated from Germany where he was a fine pastry chef. Martin has also sailed the high seas for a year and a half.
Martin is part of our Ball Pass operation and has the NZMGA Alpine Trekking Guide qualification.
Andrew comes from a solid background of glacier guiding and instructing with the Franz Josef Glacier Guiding company. He has climbed extensiviely in New Zealand and Peru. Andrew also has a degree in civil engineering.
Andrew is part of our Ball Pass operation.
Graham has been climbing for four decades in Europe and New Zealand and knows the Ball Pass route like the back of his hand. Graham came to New Zealand in 1974, after honing his skills as a caver and rock climber in Yorkshire and Scotland. As warden of the NZ Alpine Club Unwin Hut at Mount Cook for 8 years, Graham extended his alpine climbing to include most of the significant peaks in the National Park, with many Mount Cook ascents. As part of a NZ Alpine Club Search and Rescue team, Graham has been involved in instructing Police Search and Rescue Teams. In between times he built himself a 32ft cruising yacht, living on it and sailing around the coast of New Zealand for 5 years. Graham has engineering and machine tool qualifications, and experience as a hydro power station operator.
Axel, one of our hiking tour guides. He is a professional ski instructor, an iron man athlete, and an exceptionally strong skier. He accompanied Gottlieb on the 2006 Denali expedition during which they did several first ski ascents.
René, a former bank manager, immigrated to New Zealand in 2006 from Holland. René is one of our hiking tour guides. He spent one year of his life hiking in the Himalayas and hiked extensively in New Zealand as well as the European Alps. As a Lake Tekapo resident he and his wife Marianne run a bed & breakfast. You will enjoy his knowledge of the night sky as he also works as a guide at the observatory of Mt. John in Lake Tekapo.
Julie is the soul in the background, responsible for the smooth organisation of all our trips into the hills. She keeps the books in good order, is the friendly voice on the telephone and does all the food catering.
Our daughters, Carla and Elke, are a very important part of our support team. Both girls ensure Gottlieb stays fit by enticing him to climb yet another peak. Elke has been responsible for re-designing our web site and for supporting our safety research. Both Elke and Carla are professional ski instructors. At the age of 14 each girl in turn became the youngest person to have climbed Aoraki Mount Cook.
The New Zealand Mountain Guides Association, NZMGA, has international accreditation with the International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations, UIAGM / IFMGA.
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