Free shipping! Get free ground shipping on orders over $99 to the lower 48 states. Enter code FREE99 at checkout.
Select Site:
En-Us
Search Account Cart
1
Select Site:
En-Us
Account
Skier in mid flip
camera icon


Photo:

Jackson Yip

Jackson Yip

Climb

Pronouns:

Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts

Current Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

Favorite Zone: High Sierra, California; Mount Washington, New Hampshire; Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah

Proudest Achievement: Split between being accepted to grad school and climbing the Tuolumne Triple Crown link up

Favorite Advocacy Org: American Alpine Club

Biography

blue underline

As a kid, I absolutely loved winter (I still do), playing in the snow, and New England winter storms. Growing up, I spent more and more time exploring the notches of New Hampshire and falling in love with climbing and skiing, yet seemingly always being caught in some nor’easter blowing in. Probably as a result, I studied meteorology in college and went on to study polar climate dynamics and cloud physics in grad school. I see that my love for both mountain sports and science are from these earliest experiences. Namely, these experiences catalyzed the larger questions I began to and continue to ask to understand myself and the world around me. Spending time in the mountains has given me the qualitative means to understand nature, as my research has allowed me to do so quantitatively; both as parts of the same whole. Looking around now, I feel just so thankful to take part in both the outdoors and climate research as I do now. I hope that through my work and sport, I can inspire others to ask the same sorts of questions I did as a New England kid staring upwards at the mountains and clouds in awe.

Instagram Facebook Website

ATHLETE MENTORSHIP INITATIVE

blue underline

The SCARPA Athlete Mentorship Initiative presented by Mountain Hardwear has been created to connect and engage the SCARPA and Mountain Hardwear Athlete teams with accomplished athletes from historically marginalized communities aspiring to take their sport or career to the next level. The mission of this program is to connect mentors with mentees focused on the sports we serve to provide participants with opportunities for personal, athletic and career development with the goal of helping to create a more inclusive and diverse community of athletes.

LEARN MORE

Q & A

blue underline
  1. Who is your mentor?: Graham Zimmerman
  2. How did you get involved with your respective sport?: I started climbing at the Boston Rock Gym as a kiddo, eventually working there and being taken out to climb rock and ice all around New England.
  3. Who were your influences early in life?: My earliest influences were probably my parents who first took me to the rock gym and the friends and mentors I found once I started spending all my time there.
  4. What draws you to the outdoors?: I love the outdoors because there's just so much to see and do, everything is so fascinating and you can share it with others there!
  5. What’s your dream trip or expedition?: I would love to spend a season living in El Chalten to alpine climb in the torres down there, would also love to go climb in the Ruth Gorge in Alaska.
  6. What makes a good skiing/climbing/running/hiking partner?: The best partner is someone who brings good conversation and their beacon, shovel, and probe.
  7. How are you going to pass on what you learn in the mentorship program to others?: I want to be able to mentor others in the outdoor and scientific communities to explore the intersectionality between both areas as well as improve diversity in both where it is much needed.