Jesse Roskelly

Jess was born in Spokane, Washington in 1982. Throughout his years in junior high school and high school, he competed in a variety of sports, such as wrestling, cross-country, track and mountain biking. After graduating from Mt. Spokane High School in June 2001, Jess tested and was hired as an apprentice guide for Rainier Mountaineering Incorporated, Lou Whittaker’s prestigious mountain guide service on Mt. Rainier. In September 2001, he continued his education at Spokane Community College, working to fulfill standard requirements. Jess worked another summer guiding on Mt. Rainier in 2002, before transferring this past year to the University of Montana to study Recreational Management. While the Generations on Everest expedition will be Jess' first Himalayan climb, he has proven his technical experience on 35 ascents of 14,410 Mt. Rainier.

Jess loves mountaineering, waterfall ice climbing and rock climbing and looks forward to each new experience. Over the past several years, he’s had several opportunities to join his dad, John Roskelley, adventuring throughout the Himalayas. In 1997, he trekked in Ladakh, northwest India, and summited on 20,187-foot Stoke Kangri. In 1999, Jess assisted his dad on a trek into Gangor Punsuum base camp, located in north central Bhutan on the Tibet border. He thoroughly enjoys Asia–it’s people and customs–and plans to use his guiding experience to lead treks in the future.

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