Nathaniel Curtisbrown

Nathaniel is a veteran outdoor guide and adventurer. When not coaching skiing professionally in the winter he can be found guiding hikes in the summers. His niche growing up was freestyle skiing, and as he evolves as a mountain professional he has begun touring in the backcountry; for the sake of his knees.

Mont Blanc is one of the most beautiful climbs that any mountaineer can embark on, and one of the deadliest. This past September I had the opportunity to make a solo ascent up what is one of the most heralded mountains in the sport. It was a very challenging ascent, but also one of the …

My Solo Ascent of Mont Blanc from Les Bettieres