Last week there was a buzz at SMA Rock Climbing Summer Camp's Donation Rock Climbing
Like many rock climbers Mark Synnott is an adventurer at heart. At age 42, he is renowned in the climbing world for his many big wall and alpine climbing adventures. His travels have taken him on more than 25 expeditions all over the world. When he's not in the mountains, Mark works with The North Face Research, Design and Development team and lectures frequently on his life of adventure. This is what initially brought him to central PA, to share his climbing stories and tales in words and photos at Appalachian Outdoors with otheroutdoor enthisuasts.
According to his bio on The North Face web site in 1993, like many young people before him, Mark found himself graduating Middlebury College unsure of what his future would hold –specifically his career path.
A few years later, a 39-day stint living on the side of the 4,700-foot north face of Polar Sun Spire, a rock tower rising from a frozen fjord in Canada’s Baffin Island, changed his life forever. Thus in 1996, he began his quest to climb some of the biggest walls on the planet. He bid farewell to his days as a carpenter and never looked back.
Innumerable big wall and alpine climbing adventures have transpired since, taking Mark on adventures to places like Pakistan, Nepal, India, China, Tibet, Oman, Alaska, Newfoundland, Baffin Island, Greenland, Iceland, Guyana, Venezuela, Patagonia, Chad, Cameroon, Borneo and Pitcairn Island.
When he’s not in the mountains, Mark works with The North Face’s research, design and development teams. He’s also a successful freelance photojournalist and the author of Baffin Island: Climbing, Trekking and Skiing. His articles and photos have appeared in numerous publications in the United States and abroad, including National Geographic, Men’s Journal, Photo Courtesy Of Ken Hull
Outside, Climbing, Rock & Ice, Skiing and New York magazine. Mark is an AMGA certified guide and the owner of Synnott Mountain Guides (www.synnottmountainguides.com), a climbing school based in his hometown of Jackson, New Hampshire.
Stone Mountain Adventures is a co-ed, teen rock climbing summer camp located in PA where
If rock climbing is something you have interest in or something you are passionate about, Stone Mountain Adventures is the rock climbing summer camp for you!
Highlights of the SMA Rock Climbing S8ummer Camp Program:
Stone Mountain Adventures(SMA) is a co-ed overnight teen summer camp for 60 teenagers ages 12-16 located in the mountains of centralPennsylvania. We specialize in getting teens excited about life through:
Our teen campers learn new skills, gain self confidence, make strong friendships and become members of our strong, value centered summer community. Things that our camp unique are we: