Adrian Ballinger is an IFMGA/AMGA fully certified guide and the founder of Alpenglow Expeditions. Adrian has been guiding full-time for the past 15 years, and focuses on high-altitude mountaineering, big mountain skiing, and rock and ice climbing. He has summited 8,000 meter peaks ten times, including five summits of Mt. Everest, and recently completed the first complete ski descent of Manaslu, all while guiding. Adrian is based in his trilogy of "hometowns" - Squaw Valley, Chamonix, and a tent in the Himalaya.