1. Ryan S. Davis
515 Adams Street SE #4 Olympia, WA 98501 907.440.5494 tweakair@hotmail.com
Skills/Certifications
● Excellent leadership and communication skills.
● Over 20 years of experience in mountain rescue,backcountry medicine and outdoor education.
● Held National Registry EMT Basic and Alaska EMT II for 7 years.
● Hazardous materials training with Anchorage Fire Department.
● SAG/AFTRA stuntman.
● Currently certified: Wilderness FirstResponder WMA and Avalanche Level II AAS.
Work Experience
Lead Alpine Guide,The Ascending Path, Girdwood, AK 2005-Present
● Manage apprentice guides in daily operations and instruction of modern climbing techniques.
● Provide an educational, fun and safe outdoor experience to children and adults in remote settings
and often technical mountainous terrain.
● Responsible for safety briefings and safe loading/unloading practices during helicopter operations
in remote locations, often landing on glacier ice and other hazardous terrain.
Helicopter Ski Guide,Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures (SEABA), Haines,Alaska Feb. 2008
– May 2015
● In charge of for pre-flight operations, flight manifest and briefing clients.
● Evaluate avalanche hazards and safely lead clients down glaciated and often extreme terrain.
● Proficient with air to ground radio communications, staging helicopter landing zones and
providing rescue and first aid as needed.
Safety Coordinator,Eagle Glacier Nordic Training Center, Girdwood, AK Summer 1996-1997
● Maintain electrical/water/power/communication systems, snow cat, and LZ’s at a remote two-
story complex at 5800 feet at the western edge of the Chugach Mtns.
● In charge of route finding/marking trail on/off the glacier for Olympic nordic athletes.
● Responsible for assisting with safe glacier travel techniques and keeping a medical and rescue
cache stocked/ready for use.
Rescue Team Patroller,Alaska Freeriding Federation Inc., Valdez, AK Spring 1996-1997
● Scouting and choosing the venues for the “King of the Hill” World Extreme Snowboarding
Championships.
● Snowpack analysis, slope stabilization, medical and rescue support.
● Staging helicopter LZ’s, ensuring safe loading and unloading practices in remote terrain.
Professional Ski Patroller, Stevens Pass SkiArea, Stevens Pass,WA 1990-1994
● Avalanche control, avalanche rescue,base area operations/security.
● Providing BLS to injured outdoor enthusiasts in a mountainous setting sometimes involving low
to high angle rescue.
● Lift operations and evacuation procedures,public relations and safe skiing education.

2. Volunteer Experience
USSA Freeride Coach/Official,Alyeska Ski Club, Girdwood, Alaska Nov. – Apr. 2005 – 2014
● Responsible for the supervision and safety of a group of skiers ages 7-12 in a steep,alpine
environment.
● Teach skills and skiing techniques focused on competitive skiing in various snow conditions and
terrain while encouraging rider etiquette and good sportsmanship.
● Maintain certification as a freestyle official with the USSA/USASA to officiate half pipe,
slopestyle and big mountain competitions.
Ski/Snowboard Instructor,Challenge Alaska, Girdwood, Alaska Nov. – Apr. 2004 – 2014
● Provide instruction to handicap children and adults as part of therapeutic recreation.
● Manage new instructors and lead clinics regarding snowsports progression and adaptive
instruction methods.
Volunteer In Parks High Altitude Mountaineering Search and Rescue Expedition Team Member,
Department of the Interior(NPS), Denali National Park,AK 2001-2004
● Patrolling the West buttress climbing route, communications, safety and rescue procedures.
● Helicopter short haul operations, incident management, monitoring of current national park
mountaineering policies and regulations.
● High altitude camp, logistics, rescue cache and climber management.
Medic EMT II, Girdwood Volunteer Fire Department, Girdwood, AK 1992-1994
● Response to 911 emergency calls , medic and fire in communities between mile 100 and 65 of the
Seward Highway on a 24hr, 7days a week on call basis.
● Transporting patients to all major hospitals in the anchorage area, interacting with ER staff and
restocking of ambulance at these facilities.
● As an EMT level II, I was required to spend time at the OR of the old ANMC working with the
OR staff practicing invasive procedures under the supervision of the nurse anesthetists and OR
physicians for continuing education.