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Aidan Goldie-Ahumada

Aidan Goldie-Ahumada

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Pronouns: He/Him

Hometown: Antofagasta, Chile

Current Location: Carbondale, CO

Favorite Zone: Nuchu Range, Colorado.

Proudest Achievement: Having my first photo published in a magazine.

Favorite Advocacy Org: Melanin Basecamp

Biography

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Born in Chile, I have spent much of my childhood living in South America before immigrating to the United States where I live today. In the latter half of my childhood, I called the mountains of Colorado home and grew exploring our rugged backyard peaks. I am teaching, climbing, and backcountry skiing on the traditional lands of the Núu-agha-tʉvʉ-pʉ̱ (Ute) tribe in the Rocky Mountains. When not teaching, I feel most at home in cold winter environments with something sharp strapped to my feet. Whether it is a pair of skis or crampons, I am on a continual search for aesthetic climbs and descents in our Rocky Mountains, continually shaping my mountain ethic to instill pedagogical values of environmental justice, equity, and cultural relevance. In this mentorship program I am hoping to build relationships with other professionals in our industry and learn as much as I can from some really talented athletes that first inspired me to connect to the world through skiing.

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ATHLETE MENTORSHIP INITATIVE

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The SCARPA Athlete Mentorship Initiative presented by Mountain Hardwear has been created to connect and engage the SCARPA and Mountain Hardwear Athlete teams with accomplished athletes from historically marginalized communities aspiring to take their sport or career to the next level. The mission of this program is to connect mentors with mentees focused on the sports we serve to provide participants with opportunities for personal, athletic and career development with the goal of helping to create a more inclusive and diverse community of athletes.

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Q & A

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  1. Who is your mentor?: Chris Davenport
  2. How did you get involved with your respective sport?: Backcountry skiing represents the elegant union of many different parts of my life. I came to the sport with an interest in science, climbing, downhill skiing, running, and long slogs of endurance. Backcountry skiing has a little bit of everything, it engages many different parts of your body and mind at the same time and takes you to beautiful places.
  3. Who were your influences early in life?: I have to give a tremendous amount of credit to my parents and our childhood dog, Tachi. My father taught me how to be kind, how to make time to be in the outdoors, and introduced me to skiing. My Mom who taught me to take chances to follow your passions and take enjoyment of the little things in life. My dog taught be how to explore aimlessly off trails, stop to observe interesting things, and the secret to a good belly flop.
  4. What draws you to the outdoors?: I have a professional background in ecology and that came from an interest in the interconnected ways the natural world works. Being a well-rounded mountain athlete forces you to be present and intimately connected to the environment around you.
  5. What’s your dream trip or expedition?: My dream expedition is to ski the tall Andean mountains in Chile. It has been years since I have returned to my birth country and would like to reconnect with that space through the lens of skiing, something that has shaped by sense of place for many years.
  6. What makes a good skiing/climbing/running/hiking partner?: I think a good skiing partner is someone who can both complement your best traits and fill in some of your gaps. I am not great about eating on the skintrack so a partner who brings good snacks is always valued. Like myself, I like a partner who is willing to plan a ski trip or expedition months ahead of time. I like a partner who is humble and can identify room for growth as a mountain athlete and human. In backcountry skiing I see this as an ability to identify marginalized identities and ensuring that all voices are heard and honored.
  7. How are you going to pass on what you learn in the mentorship program to others?: I would like to combine two separate parts of my life into one, skiing and education. I see a gap in providing equitable and student-centered experiences in avalanche education in order to make this word more accessible and equitable to all.