Don Bowie

When Don isn’t bagging peaks on Baffin Island or the Himalayas, he can be found wrestling mountain lions with his bare hands for California’s Fish and Game Department. Impressed? To add to his resume of manliness, Canada-born, Bishop-transplant Don Bowie has returned from expeditions to Broad Peak, Cho Oyu, and the South Face and East Ridge of Annapurna, and has over three season’s worth of experience in the Himalayan Range. In 2006 Don, along with the K2 Shared Summits Expedition, summited the 28,253-foot peak without supplemental oxygen, sherpas, or fixed camps, and in March of 2008 Don has his sights set on Annapurna and Kangchenjunga in Nepal. Looking for alpine inspiration? Look no further.