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Sunny Stroeer

Owner of AWExpeditions, professional mountain athlete, multiple speed record holder

Sunny Stroeer led a career-oriented life as an international strategy consultant with a Harvard MBA until a formative adventure on Aconcagua made her drop everything and take on the outdoors full-time. Before long, her exploits on high-altitude hiking and climbing routes saw her breaking speed records worldwide. When she’s not traveling and setting FKTs left and right, Sunny organizes guided adventures, celebrates the sporting life and promotes female empowerment through her writing and photography.

Location Review

How to Climb Mount Baker: Beginner Mountaineers Start Here!

For beginner mountaineers, a climb of Mount Baker is often considered one of the best introductions to glacier terrain in the U.S. Find out what makes it great a launching point from a guide who is all about breaking barriers.

Sunny Stroeer

Owner of AWExpeditions, professional mountain athlete, multiple speed record holder

Climbing Mount Shasta Will Level Up Your Mountaineering

Rising 10,000 feet above its base and cloaked in snow and crevasses, climbing Mount Shasta is one of the best training grounds for developing your glacier travel skills in the U.S.

Sunny Stroeer

Owner of AWExpeditions, professional mountain athlete, multiple speed record holder

Trip Review

Why Choose An All-Female Backpacking Trip in Paria Canyon?

Some of the remotest wilderness in the American Southwest? Check. Go completely off-the-grid and see places hardly anyone else has? Check and mate. For the hard-charging adventurer (who treads lightly) Paria Canyon is an epic wilderness worthy of any backpacker’s bucket list.

Sunny Stroeer

Owner of AWExpeditions, professional mountain athlete, multiple speed record holder

Sunny Stroeer

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