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Adventures, Growth, Discovery, Coaching

Kellie Okonek knows adventure. As an elite ski mountaineer, she’s skied first descents across AK, Antarctica, Chile, Argentina, and Eastern Europe and has skied from the summit of Denali (20,308′) via the Messner Couloir and Aconcagua (22,841′) via the Polish Glacier. She’s biked, kited, skied, hiked, and adventured through 29 countries and expressed her love of international chatting throughout. As a bush pilot in Alaska, she has landed across the remote grandeur of the state. And all that happened while she maintained a very successful career in the Energy Industry, culminating as the Operations Manager for the Rumaila oilfield in Iraq (the world’s second-biggest field!)

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A week in Jordan

20 Jan 2020July 8, 2020
Simply put: go to Jordan.  This trip was as fulfilling as any I've had with the combination of activity and exploration, history and culture, and meeting wonderful locals.  Everyday was…
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Oman: Adventure Guide

20 Jan 2020July 8, 2020
Adventuring in Oman is as good as it gets.  Natural beauty and exploration potential abounds, enhanced by a culture as beautiful as any I've encountered in my global travels.  Rent…
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Peru: Paracas Natural Reserve, Ica, Nazca, Huacachina

20 Jan 2020June 6, 2020
Exploring Paracas and the nature reserve, flying the Nazca lines, sandboarding Huacachina Oasis, indulging in vineyard life . . . being a tourist south of Lima is great! Offroading adventure…
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Peru: kiteboarding

20 Jan 2020May 5, 2020
           
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Mountain Biking Peru – Sacred Valley Day 1 – Moray Ruins, Lares Pass

19 Nov 2019December 24, 2020
Mountain biking in Peru's Sacred Valley started off with a pretty rad day of riding near the Moray ruins on super fun singletrack and then descending Lares Pass for nearly…
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Peru: trekking Cordillera Blanca – Santa Cruz trek

22 Jul 2019May 19, 2020
While on a kite trip to Peru, the call of the mountains was too much to ignore, so I made my way to Huaraz and completed the Santa Cruz trek…
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Scotland: mountain biking road trip

22 Sep 2016May 19, 2020
Simply put: every biker I know should do a Scotland mountain biking road trip!  Great bike parks, interspersed along the Whisky Trail with cute towns, lovely countryside, and castles!  A…
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Aniakchak: from the Bering Sea to the Gulf of Alaska . . . via the Aniakchak Volcano crater.

20 Jul 2013June 11, 2020
Fly into Port Heiden (Alaska Airlines miles on PenAir), hike into Aniakchak volcano and camp 3 nights in caldera exploring, packraft Aniakchak River to Aniakchak Bay, with a float plane…
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Backcountry skiing or ski mountaineering? Mt. Rumble N face and N face of E Kiliak

7 Jun 2012January 7, 2021
Backcountry skiing up Ram Valley means big peaks and long days . . . did a weekend trip to ski the North face of Mt. Rumble and the N face…
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Skiing Iliamna Volcano SW ridge – more Aleutian volcano love!!

29 May 2012October 3, 2020
Skiing Alaska's Mt. Iliamna volcano (10,016') from the Umbrella Glacier at 500' was a dream ski line.  Add to it ski exploration of the nearby Neacola Mountains and that's what…
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SOUTH AMERICA – Argentina – Skiing Aconcagua (6962m – 22,841 ft) via the Polish Glacier!

18 Dec 2009December 19, 2020
Skiing Aconcagua via the Polish Glacier is definitely a high point (both figuratively and literally) of my ski mountaineering career!  I hiked into Plaza Argentina and, after the snow was…
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SOUTH AMERICA – Phase 3 – Argentina – Vallecitos!

30 Jan 2010May 5, 2020
November 16th 2009. I am in the middle of the Southern Ocean on my way back from Antarctica on Ski Cruise. I have been in South America for almost a…
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McCarthy to the Lakina River – Sept 6-8 2009

10 Sep 2009May 31, 2020
It is an understatement to report that I am still smiling after the three days Sherrie and I spent travelling from Kennicott to the Lakina River bridge on the McCarthy…
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Divas Gone Arctic . . .

3 Sep 2008May 31, 2020
3 women, 2 toothbrushes, 1 pair of Crocs . . . Anaktuvuk to Wiseman. How does one encapsulate an experience? What words exist to embody the spirit, soul, and humanity…
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6.27 – 7.4.08 Donnelly to McKinley Village

14 Jul 2008May 31, 2020
Dylan Kentch and I decided to complete one of the old Alaska Wilderness Classic routes from Donnelly to McKinley Village. Our route (click to see a larger view) We left…

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