Ben Lim

Ben grew up in Southern California where he started rock climbing in 2012. He’s dedicated nearly half of his life to mountain craft, ​and now has the honor of helping others achieve their goals in the mountains. He has worked in the mountains of ​California, Alaska, New Hampshire, Maine, Washington, and now calls Oregon home.

Ben is an AMGA Certified Rock Guide, Assistant Ski Guide and Apprentice Alpine Guide, and is ​proud to be working toward the International Federation of Mountain Guides Association certification. He has ​completed his Pro 2 Avalanche training and is a wilderness first responder.

Additionally, he earned a BS in Civil Engineering from UCLA and an MS in Civil Engineering from ​Stanford University. He is a licensed professional engineer in the states of Oregon and ​Massachusetts and worked in the heavy civil construction industry for nearly a decade before ​pursuing a career as a guide.

Credentials

  • AMGA Certified Rock Guide

  • AMGA Assistant Ski Guide

  • AMGA Apprentice Alpine Guide

  • Professional Level 2 Avalanche Certification

  • AIARE Instructor

  • Wilderness First Responder

Highlighted Climbs and Descents

  • Sport climbs up to 5.12+, including:

    • Top Feeder, 5.12c; Butterfly Effect, 5.12c, Right El Sapper, 5.12b; Keep Your Powder Dry, 5.12b.

    • Several 5.12/5.11 climbs at Rifle, Red Rock, Ten Sleep, Smith Rock, Rumney, Lander, Indian Creek, RMNP, Yosemite, the Sierra, Red River Gorge, New River Gorge, and beyond.

  • Traditional climbs to 5.11, including:

    • Winter Heat, 5.11b; Yin and Yang, 5.11a; Cloud Tower, 5.11d, C1; Mountain Beast, 5.11-; Only the Good Die Young, 5.11; Inti Watana to Resolution Arete, 5.10 Grade V; Gift of the Wind Gods, 5.10 Grade IV; Epinephrine, 5.9 Grade IV; Norepinephrine, 5.10 Grade IV - Red Rock, NV and many more!

    • The Grand Wall, 5.11a; Werewolves of London, 5.11a; Sole Proprietorship, 5.11b; and much more - Squamish, BC

  • Mountain Climbs to Grade VI, including:

    • More than 15 ascents on Mt. Hood, having brought over 30 guests to the summit

    • Eight ascents of Mount Shasta, having brought over 20 guests to the summit

    • Beckey-Chouinard on South Howser Tower, 5.10 - Grade VI; Cirque of the Towers Traverse, 5.9 - Grade VI; Liberty Bell Group Traverse, 5.9 - Grade V; Touchstone Wall, 5.10 - Grade V

    • Mount Jefferson via the Jefferson Park Glacier (5.3, AI2) and the West Rib (5.4, Steep Snow)

  • Ski Descents, including:

    • Odyssey, Girls, Ooh Lah Lah, Stairway, Karat Chutes, Key to Lisa in Valdez, AK.

    • Suicide Chute and South Face, Mount Superior; God’s Lawnmower, Kessler Peak; Whipple Couloir, Wasatch.

    • North and Zebra Couloir, Mount Emerson; S. Face, Dunderberg Peak; Heart Chute, Donner Peak; The Cross, Mt. Tallac; The Skillet, Mount Moran; Mount Yotei, Hokkaido; and countless more ski days in the mountains.