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Pangaea Adventures hires to the highest standards and focuses on guides with a great balance of experience, safety, friendly personality, and education. Our guides care about the overall experience of every guest and strive to balance recreation and education. Each guide practices "leave no trace" ethics and creates a comfortable atmosphere for all levels of kayakers. Each head guide is trained in advanced wilderness medicine and rescue. Their backgrounds are all in guiding and teaching. We hire adults who are personable, friendly, knowledgeable, helpful, patient, responsible, clean cut, and safe.
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Tim Duffy (aka 'Duff'): Tim has several years of experience guiding paddling, backpacking and ski-mountaineering trips throughout Alaska. Originally a Maine-ah, Duff ski patrols winters in Utah, explores the world on vacation and is currently the resident Pangaea guru when it comes to glacier hikes and climbs. He also owns and runs the company. |
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Aaron Chesky: Truly a “Renaissance Man”, Aaron is our full-time captain who also doubles as a guide. Residing in Michigan, Aaron brings many years of experience on the water. He’s been kayaking for years and has worked a number of summers in Alaska, most recently as a Fishing Charter Captain in Seward. Lucky for us he decided to come to gorgeous Valdez. Make sure to come by and see his wonderful dog Cali.
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Luke Salvato: One of a handful of “Mainers”, Luke attends Maine’s Bowdoin College where he is an avid member of the running team. Still testing the waters in terms of a future career, he is ready for anything! Luke has been nothing but impressed with the splendor of Alaska, and is always eager to learn more and share his knowledge with others. |
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Hannah McGowan: Watch out Valdez…Hannah’s back! When she’s not dominating on the waters of Prince William Sound, she goes to school at Prescott College in Arizona where she is pursuing a degree in Environmental Studies and Adventure Education. However, her real calling in life is creating and drawing monsters. Her energy and constant enthusiasm keeps everyone entertained!
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Pete Cueno: New to Alaska and first year guide Pete Cueno has been a wonderful new addition to Pangaea. Hailing from the Midwest, Pete's wide range of wilderness experience ranges from alpine climbing expeditions in Patagonia to backcountry snowboard trips throughout the Western United States. Always giving one hundred and ten percent in everything he does, Pete's humor, wit, and hard work is second to none. While he's not guiding, Pete is employed as a toxicolgy scientist for a contract research company. When looking for a well rounded, experienced guide, Pete "the Dream" Cueno is your man. |
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Andy McMurray: Does not use his degree, but slings a pretty good time. |
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Jay Nielson: Martha Stewart meets MacGiver. |
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Laura Hering: Born and raised in Wisconsin, after college Laura went a non-traditional route and travelled the world. She enjoyed the sites, wine and chocolate. She stopped only once to spend three years in the south of Spain embracing the laid back culture and perfecting the Spanish language. Laura came to Alaska this summer to watch otters, bask in Alaskan saunas and sea kayak the Prince William Sound as a guide for Pangaea. Don’t be fooled by her easy going nature and relaxed style, she takes sea kayaking seriously! |
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Camy Dengel: Valdez born and raised, she came back home this summer to intern at Pangaea. Camy Dengel is a sophomore at Humboldt State University in Arcata California. She studies hard and spreads her love for the enviroment as the Director of the Enviromental Education program on campus. She is an avid biker and has completed bike tours accross Canada and Alaska. With all this going on it's surprising she still has time to ski, run and pursue photography as a hobby. Always happy and smiling Camy will be sure to share some local goodness if you are lucky enough to go on a tour with her. |
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Joe Kazacos: Don’t let Joe’s photo intimidate you, he’s actually a really nice guy. Born in Athens, Greece Joe has been bopping around the world ever since. During the winter Joe studies creative writing and French at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. No stranger to Alaska, Joe went to High School in Anchorage and also spent a summer working at the Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park. After spending a semester in Madagascar, Joe came back to Alaska to guide for Pangaea. You’ll find him this summer Kayaking the Prince William Sound and hiking on the Worthington Glacier. |
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John Greene: Raised in Southwest Virginia and currently studying wilderness leadership at Brevard College in North Carolina, John joins the Pangaea team this year as our studly intern. John is truly at home in the outdoors, some of his hobbies include, whitewater kayaking, rock climbing, bouldering, wilderness travel and ice climbing. When John's not enjoying the great outdoors you might find him listening to records from his extensive Funk collection and eating on his favorite snack, Ice Cream! |
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