ABOUT ME:
Hailing from Boulder, CO, Annie is an all-around mountain athlete who has loved playing outside and competing in sports as long as she can remember. After making a miraculous recovery from a 200ft fall on Longs Peak in 2020, she transitioned from an athlete who is inspired to push the envelope in the mountains to one whose risk tolerance is a lot lower and prioritizes the relationships you can develop through them a lot more. She loves witnessing her relationship with the mountains evolve through the different phases of life. Depending on the season, you can usually find her skimo racing, crack climbing in the desert, backcountry skiing, sport climbing, or running up the steepest mountains she can find.
She is known by her friends as 'optimizing Annie' because she enjoys fixing broken gear and dialing in on the technical skills and logistics of race planning and adventuring. She loves La Sportiva gear because it is highly technical and 'optimized' for all her adventures. She also works full-time as a data engineer.
PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Winter 2024 | Winning the Tellurando Skimo Race
Winter 2024 | 2nd place in Colorado Cup Skimo series
Summer 2024 | Climbing my first 5.13, "Kyberspace" in Ten Sleep, WY
Fall 2020 / ongoing | Making a full recovery from a severe climbing accident on the Diamond and finding resilience as a safer, healthier athlete
Spring 2020 | FKT round trip on the first flatiron in Boulder, CO (since broken)
Q+A:
Who is your favorite climbing and/or running partner and why?
My SLAYDIES...doing adventures with my girlfriends is just the best!! I value our deep life conversations, ability to assess and talk about risk, openness to bail when it's just not it, and all the laughs we have
What is your go-to hype song?
"Mountain Annie" by Fruition
What was the first La Sportiva product you tried?
Mythos climbing shoes were my first around age 12....I kept them until college ;)
Which charity/advocacy organizations do you support or belong to?
• Bryan Mountain Nordic Ski Patrol - I backcountry ski patrol around the Indian Peaks trailheads and teach NSP Avalanche 1 with this multi-generational organization
• Boulder Climbing Community - Bolt replacer
RESTING HEART RATE:
49 BPM
PODCAST:
Banner photo: © Alyssa McBride | Bio photo: © David Parsons
