Leadership

Christian Santelices has been a professional mountain guide for seventeen years, twelve of those spent in the wilds of Patagonia. He holds a degree in Anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Master of Arts in Environment and Community from Antioch University Seattle. He is also an American Mountain Guides Association certified rock climbing and ski mountaineering guide, as well as extensive first-aid and rescue training (Wilderness First Responder). Christian specializes in outdoor education and community solutions to social and environmental challenges. He believes in communal leadership, where each person in an organization has an important role to play in decision making. Christian has done major first climbing ascents in Patagonia and elsewhere. Christian’s family are the owners of Estancia Rio Verde, where we will spend some time on this trip. He has a local’s knowledge of the people and places around Torres del Paine National Park.