A New Zealander living in Utah, Anna Keeling is an internationally certified UIAGM mountain guide. From ski racing and sailing teenage years, Anna moved into endurance sports (now known as adventure racing) in her early 20's while a student. She won many NZ long distance kayak-cycle-run-ski races, including the inaugural Raid Gauloises Adventure Race in 1989. Anna has also worked on and raced in three Eco Challenges.
Endurance sports led naturally to mountaineering and rock climbing. Mountain and ski guiding and climbing have taken Anna all over the world but she finds herself most often in the NZ Alps, the Canadian Rockies and the Indian Himalaya.
Anna completed a degree in Parks and Recreation Management in 1990 and quit her masters degree in 1991 after a fit of realisation that she wanted to be outside full time. She can also be found painting the mountains, desert and ocean.