Major LAM
Activities and
Positions Held:
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Climbing School Director, 2009 Board
Bill Geist has
been mountain climbing for the last 10 years. He graduated
from the LAM climbing school in 1998 and has since done many
technical rock, snow, and ice climbs of varying degrees of
difficulty. Bill grew up in New York where he climbed many
of the high peaks in the Adirondacks. He went to graduate
school at the University of North Carolina getting a PhD in
nuclear physics. Immediately after graduate school he
moved to Los Alamos and has been working at Los Alamos National
Laboratory in the field of nuclear nonproliferation.
Climbing History:
Bill has climbed
numerous multi pitch alpine routes throughout the Western United
States in such areas Wyoming’s Grand Tetons, Wind River Range,
and Devils Tower, Red Rocks of Nevada, Rocky Mountain National
Park, and the Sierra Nevada Range of California. Bill also
enjoys snow climbs and has climbed technical routes up Mount
Rainer, Mount Hood, and Denali the highest point in North
America.
Other Hobbies:
Bill enjoys
participating in endurance events. He has completed
multiple 50 mile and 100 mile trail races including the Hardrock
100, considered by many as one of the most difficult 100 mile
endurance races. Recently he has taken up triathlons and
has just completed the Silverman (Ironman distance triathlon)
which is considered the hardest triathlon by "The Man" himself
Dave Scott. Bill also enjoys hiking and has climbed all of
the Colorado 14ers. Other activities that occupy his time
include snowboarding, road biking, and technical canyoneering.
