Amy Bauer
discovered rockclimbing and mountain climbing after she came to
Los Alamos as a graduate student in 2004. Her first hike
that summer was to the summit of Wheeler Peak (13,161') with
Scott Hsu. Through Scott,
that same summer she learned to rock climb, led her first trad
climb at El Rito, and climbed Mount Belford (14,197') her first
Colorado 14er. Her love for the mountains had
crystallized! Combining rock and mountain climbing, she
ventured into technical alpine rockclimbing, ticking off Wham
Ridge (5.4) on Vestal Peak (13,864') as her very next high
summit.
Amy leading a pitch of the Prow (5.8) on Kit Carson Peak
Photo taken
by Scott Hsu (Aug 07)
In 2005-06,
Amy learned to ski and in May 2007 she had her first CO 14er ski
descent off Missouri Mountain, Colorado. (14,067'). The
first of only one child, her mother has asked "Do you REALLY
have to do that?"
Amy at the trailhead of Missouri Mountain, Colorado
Photo taken
by Scott Hsu (May 07)
Amy joined
the Pajarito ski patrol and LAM in 2007, is NSP Avalanche II
certified, and is currently training as an Avalanche I
instructor. During the 2008-09 ski season, Amy dedicated
herself to learning telemark. When she's not skiing or
climbing, Amy is employed with the Theoretical Biology and
Biophysics Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory where her
main research interest is developing computational models and
performing simulations of tumor-induced blood vessel growth.
One of
several favorite quotes to live by: "Life should not be a
journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a
pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside,
thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW! WHAT A RIDE."- Hunter S Thompson
Amy skiing on Mt. Harvard's south slopes
Photo taken
by Scott Hsu (May 2008)
