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Sarah Hueniken

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Sarah Hueniken has been living and guiding in Canmore
for the past five years. As an Assistant Alpine guide,
she spends her summers guiding rock and alpine and her
winters guiding ice and mixed routes. Having climbed
for over thirteen years, Sarah has traveled and worked in
various places throughout the US, Mexico, South
America and Asia to explore the mountains of the
world. Highlights have included a first ascent of a
6000m peak bordering Tibet (Sachun: 5.10+ M5), new ice lines in Iceland, participating in various
climbing competitions and achieving a personal goal of
climbing 5.13. Sarah works with Chicks with
Picks and NOLS, is an Outdoor Research and Zodiac watch sponsored athlete, and is working on becoming a full alpine guide this year.