Walkabout Faculty

Perry Key –  Science teacher/ Baylor graduate '81
Walkabout Guide Focus – rock climbing

•Thirteen years experience guiding for Walkabout

•Over ten years guiding experience as a rock climbing guide

•Seventeen years rock climbing experience including ascents in Red Rocks, Zion, Squamish, Looking Glass, Devil's Tower, and the Shawangunks

•Director of Walkabout 1994–1998

•One of the creators of the Jim Pearce Leadership Trip

•National Outdoor Leadership School Outdoor Educators Course Ð Tetons 1998

•Certified as a Wilderness First Responder from WMA(Wilderness Medical Associates)

•Historical and climbing guide for Hueco Tanks State Park, El Paso Texas

Kurt Emmanuele –  Math teacher/volleyball coach/dorm parent

Walkabout Guide Focus – backpacking, photography

•Eighteen years experience guiding backpacking for Walkabout

•Multi–day Walkabout backpacking adventures in Arizona, Utah, and Texas

•Skilled photographer whose images have been used by Baylor, Backpacker Magazine, The Sierra Club, Appalachian Trail Conference calendar and magazine cover, and the Tennessee Plant Society book of wildflowers

•Guided wildflower trips for The Tennessee Aquarium, The Tennessee Plant Society, and the Georgia Botanical Society

•certified as a Wilderness First Responder from SOLO

Brad Holroyd – Spanish teacher
Walkabout Guide Focus – rock climbing, lower school program

•Guided week-long backpacking trips in Pisgah National Forest 91-94

•River trips on Nantahala, Bryson City NC 91-94

•Director of climbing program at Camp Highlander, Horseshoe NC 93-94

•Guided extensive backpacking and canoe trips in Shanendoah National Park 99-2004

•Seneca Rocks School: instructor for multi-day courses ranging from beginner level to small party self rescue. This is the oldest AMGA accredited guide service in the country. 95-2000

•guided in New River George, Looking Glass, and Joshua Tree

•Climbing experience in Red Rocks, Linville George Area, Seneca, Nelson Rocks, Gallatin Pass Montana, Fontainbleau, Chamonix, Lake District, Peak District, Croatia

•15 years of rock climbing experience

•14 years experience with outdoor education programs

Reverend (only in California) Tim Laramore –  English teacher/ Baylor graduate '99

Walkabout Guide Focus – kayaking and foreign travel

•Eleven years of whitewater kayaking experience. Rivers in Chile, Costa Rica, and India.

•Five years of surfing experience. Surfed in Panama, South Africa, Oregon, California and Baja Mexico.

•Experience trekking in the Rocky Mountains, Morrocco, and India.

•Completed a Wilderness First Resonder course from the Aerie School of Backcountry Medicine in 2002.

•Experienced in raft-supported river trips on the Snake River and the Grand Canyon.

•Well-traveled in Baja Mexico and Panama.

Tim Williams – Director of Walkabout/Eastern Religions teacher

Walkabout Guide Focus – kayaking, rock climbing, foreign travel

•Seventeen years experience guiding for Walkabout

•Thirty years kayaking experience

•Kayaking guide experience in Costa Rica, Ecuador, India, and Chile.

•Eighteen years experience as a rock climbing guide including ascents in Yosemite, Squamish, Shawangunks, Looking Glass, and Devil's Tower

•Certified as a Wilderness First Responder from WMA(Wilderness Medical Associates)

•Whitewater Rescue Technician certification from Rescue Three International

•Guide for religious/cultural study and treks  in the Himalayas of north India - Sikkim and Ladakh

•travel and study in China, Korea, and Japan on a Freeman Foundation teachers grant

Ashlee Osteen - graduate

Walkabout Guide Focus – kayaking, afternoon Walkabout, India Hippo guide

1. • Ten years of kayaking experience in USA, Costa Rica, India, and Ecuador.
   

2. •Happiest human being on the planet
   

3. •experienced raft guide/manager

Stephen Jackson - Associate Director of College Counseling

Walkabout Guide Focus – afternoon Walkabout

1. •experienced marathoner and trail runner
   

2. •16 years experience rock climbing in the USA and Wales
   

3. •rock climbing guide/instructor for Camp Wayfarer, Saluda, NC
   

4. •Yoga enthusiast and father of three!
   

Heather Biebel History teacher/cross country coach
Walkabout Guide Focus – backpacking, ski/snowboarding trips

• Nine years experience guiding a variety of trips     for Walkabout

• Guide and group leader for Cottonwood Gulch (trekking in Utah/Colorado)

• Experienced marathon runner – Boston, San Francisco, Portland, San Diego, NYC

• Certified as a Wilderness First Responder from WMA (Wilderness Medical Associates)

•Mountaineering and trekking in Africa, Ecuador, Wyoming, California and Colorado

• 8 years of experience guiding ski and snowboarding trips to Austria, Utah, Colorado and West Virginia