Deb Simon RN

Deb, originally from Ontario, Canada, is a registered nurse and avid climber and mountaineer having summited peaks on five continents. She is an AMGA Certified Single Pitch Instructor (SPI), a Fellow in the Academy of Wilderness Medicine (WMS), holds a Diploma in Mountain Medicine (DiMM) through the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (UIAA), and has a master’s degree in Mountain Medicine through the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom.

Deb was named as the "Best Climbing Guide" in the Southeast US for 2017 by the magazine, Blue Ridge Outdoors for her work as a medical and climbing guide. She is a member of the American Alpine Club, Medical Expeditions, and Wilderness Medical Society. She is also a certified personal trainer and trainer-in-chief at Vertical Medicine Resources (www.vertical-medicine.com) with a focus on high altitude fitness and nutrition. Her writing on altitude illness and other wilderness medicine subjects has been featured in multiple peer-reviewed medical and nursing journals.