A Guide in Life

Our first guest is IFMGA Mountain Guide Evan Stephens, owner of Zenith Mountain Guides in Squamish, BC, and a passionate climber and skier. From avalanche forecasting to owning a ski lodge and, now, running a successful guiding business, it's been a life and a career built on passion for the mountains.

Today's guest is Mountain Guide Tom Grant, a long-time friend of Charlie's, and one of the most accomplished ski mountaineers on the planet. We talk about Tom's life in the mountains and how he got here from East Sussex! It's been an amazing journey so far, and as you'll come to understand when you hear the psyche he has for climbing and skiing, he's not stopping anytime soon.

On today's episode of A Guide In Life I'm talking to guide and professor (that's not a combination you often hear) Jerry Isaak. Jerry is an ACMG/AMGA ski guide and has overseen more than 135 student-led expeditions across 26 countries. His passions include backcountry skiing, avalanche studies, expedition planning, and exploring how culture and decision-making intersect in extreme environments. We talk about Jerry's career, and get into why the "why" matters most!

In this episode we dive into Project Sisu with Pyry Hyppölä — a backcountry skier and adventurer who’s got BIG plans in Norway this season. Pyry’s Project Sisu isn’t about chasing aesthetic lines or accumulating vertical meters (though there’s plenty of that in Lyngen) — it’s a mindset rooted in ethics, perseverance, resilience, and the kind of determination the Finns call sisu.