Twelve years ago, Zoe Hart only hiked as a means of arriving at the route she was climbing. The arrival of her first, Matthias, she began to spend time in the lower mountains on trails.

Like a father handing his teenage daughter the keys to the family car for the first time, JT worrisomely handed me Gypsy’s keys. Gypsy was the newest addition to our family, a big white 2010 Mercedes Benz Sprinter Van. I gently grabbed the keys while simultaneously executing the extremely athletic lunge required to get myself into the driver’s seat of the big rig.

As we barreled down I-70 headed for Moab, I suggested we try Ziji on King of Pain tower, which is part of the Bridger Jack formation at Indian Creek. I handed her the Mountain Project topo and her eyes lit up.

“Four pitches long and only two pitches of 5.12!” She seemed relieved—it wasn’t nearly the amount of climbing as Moonlight, which meant we wouldn’t be as rushed and the route wasn’t going to be as continuous.

Guide de haute montagne à Chamonix, l’Américaine Zoe Hart s’implique également localement au travers de l’association Mont-Blanc 2.0. Objectif : mettre en place un système de production d’énergie alternative baptisé « énergie citoyenne ».

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Zoe Hart is a Patagonia ambassador and the fourth American woman to earn her International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations status. When she’s not guiding or climbing in her backyard, Chamonix, France, Zoe’s on international expeditions or climbing trips throughout North America. Read her Patagonia Blog posts here: