Who We Are:
Originally from Lander, Wyoming James has spent the last 5 years in the Austin area with his wife Chelsea enjoying the pleasures of mild winters making mountain biking and kayaking a year round experience. He grew up cross country skiing and backpacking with his parents in the Wind River Mountain range. At age 12 he discovered mountain biking and raced competitively up through college. He began climbing when he was 16 as "something to do on off days from the bike". Climbing has taken over as his main passion leading him into the Tetons, Winds, Yosemite, Mexico, Colorado Rockies and many other climbing areas. He enjoys long traditional routes and has climbed 2 big walls in Yosemite. He began working with OWA as a rock guide in 2002 at Enchanted Rock in Texas. He previously guided and worked for several other programs and has been a Recreation Instructor or Outdoor Educator in some capacity since 1998. He guided for Texas State University where he studied Recreation Administration; before that he attended a small Junior College in Idaho and majored in Outdoor Education. He has taken several Wilderness First Aid courses included the Wilderness First Responder. He is certified in Leave No Trace and Defensive Driving.
Chelsea Faerber has been guiding and working in the recreation field for 10 years. After she met her husband, James, she moved to Wyoming and worked with City Kids Wilderness Project, in Jackson, Wyoming as well as working for the Climbing Shop Wild Iris in Lander, Wyoming. She has a bachelors degree in Recreation Administration with an emphasis in Therapeutic Recreation and has almost finished with her MBA. In her college years she worked as guide at Texas Tech and at Texas State (formerly Southwest Texas State University) where she spent her days whitewater kayaking and climbing. She currently has her Wilderness First Responder, is a Leave No Trace trainer and is a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist. She has worked in different psychiatric hospitals and a center for the blind where she created and led outdoor recreation trips for the State of Texas. Chelsea has also spoken at several conferences around the US to increase the knowledge of outdoor recreation for people with disabilities. She currently is a Resort Recreation Director at, The Hollows, off of Lake Travis in Austin. One of the highlights of her climbing career was climbing The Grand Teton with her husband and her father.
The Faerber's are involved in Bison Peak operations day to day and are eager to work with each group and individual to make your stay unique.
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