Mark Tucker

Mark grew up hiking and backpacking with his family in California’s High Sierras. As a member of the Boy Scouts and his high school’s Mountain Ecology Club, Mark spent much of his youth in the outdoors.

At age fourteen Mark climbed the highest mountain in the lower forty-eight states, Mt. Whitney. On the day of his high school graduation, he was standing on top of the largest single standing mountain on the earth, Mauna Loa (13,679') on the island of Hawaii. As Mark puts it, he graduated literally “at the top of his class.”

Since then, Mark has worked as a hunting guide in Alaska, a senior guide for Rainier Mountaineering, Inc. and has been a senior guide for SUMMITS Adventure Travel since 1987. He has a great passion for guiding, teaching people the essentials of mountain travel, and helping our guests achieve their goals. He loves to meet the diverse range of clients, as well as the rarely visited cultures and places he encounters on SUMMITS trips. Mark has been climbing for 25 years.

• 11 Expedition to “The Roof of Africa” Kilimanjaro (19,340')
• 2 Expeditions to the Ecuador Volcanoes: Chimborazo (20,703') and Cotopaxi (19,348')
• 8 Expeditions to Argentina: Aconcagua (22,841')
• 4 Expeditions to the Mexican Volcanoes: Pico de Orizaba, Popocatepetl, Iztaccihuatl
• 12 Expeditions to Bolivia: Huayna Potosi (19,870') and Illimani (21,201')
• 1 Expedition to France: Mt. Blanc (15,770')
• 1 Expedition to Gunnjornsfjeld, Greenland: Tallest peak in the Arctic Circle (12,168')
• 4 Expeditions to Russia: Mt. Elbrus (18,481')
• 1 Expedition to Antarctica Mt. Vinson (16,067')
• 100+ Programs on Mt. Rainier, Washington State (14,411')
• 3 Expeditions to Mt. McKinley, Alaska (20,320')
• Summited Mt. Everest (29,108'), 1990

“My trip to Mt. Elbrus was spectacular. What made it so special was the quality of the guides. Mark Tucker was superb...” -  Mary Anne Regan