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1. 1. The Mountain Fund. One strong, clear voice.

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   Published on: 11/29/2007   Last Visited: 11/29/2007

   Greg Crouch
   
   In 1988, Gregory Crouch graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, with a degree in military history. He completed US Army Airborne and Ranger Schools and led an infantry platoon in the invasion of Panama, where he earned the Combat Infantryman's Badge. Crouch left the Army in the post-Gulf War downsizing in order to pursue more adventurous interests, most notably in the realm of high-stakes international alpine climbing, and he developed a particular fascination with the terrible and majestic peaks of Patagonia. Along the way he became a writer. His work has appeared in National Geographic ("Stone Cold Ascent," March of 2000, and "The Caves of Oman," April of 2003), National Geographic Adventure, American History, Outside, Climbing (where he is a senior contributing editor), Mother Jones, and many others. Crouch's book, Enduring Patagonia (Random House, 2001) was selected for the Barnes and Noble "Discover Great New Writers" program. He is currently working on a book about the madcap flying adventures of the China National Aviation Corporation, a Sino-American civil aviation partnership that flew - and fought - in the Far East during the crux years of the 20th Century, 1929-1949. Crouch is also the Field Director of Conservacion Patagonica (formerly The Patagonia Land Trust), a 501(3)c non-profit organization that acquires, restores, and maintains Patagonian wildlands with the ultimate goal of returning those landholdings to the public domain for permanent protection as national parks, reserves, and sanctuaries. When he's not playing with his son, reading, writing, climbing, running, or surfing, Crouch tutors for the 826 Valencia children's literacy program in San Francisco. He lives in the Bay Area.

2. 2. National Geographic Expeditions

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   Published on: 7/1/2005   Last Visited: 1/26/2007

   Gregory Crouch Writer Gregory Crouch is the author of Enduring Patagonia, an account of his mountaineering expeditions and horizontal explorations in the beautiful mountains of Patagonia. An accomplished climber, Crouch has written for National Geographic magazine describing his experience on the first-ever winter ascent of Cerro Torre's remote and mysterious west face. Greg also serves as field director for Conservacion Patagonica, a nonprofit organization dedicated to large-scale land conservation and national park creation in Patagonia. Gregory will accompany the expedition shown below. Exploring Patagonia

3. 3. Lombardi Sports - Group Run

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   Published on: 7/26/2003   Last Visited: 12/31/2004

   With Gregory Crouch, Field Director, Conservacion Patagonica
   
   Gregory Crouch, celebrated alpine climber and writer, will chronicle his climb of the remote and treacherous West Face of Cerro Torre, a spindly monolith in Patagonia's dramatic Fitz Roy Range. Cerro Torre's West Face is one of the most coveted modern climbs, holding a position similar to that once occupied by the North Face of the Eiger. Crouch and his three Swiss climbing partners were the first to make the climb in winter, battling extreme cold, ferocious gales, and dangerously ice-crusted vertical rock. National Geographic published Crouch's account of the climb.
   
   Greg recently made this stunning visual presentation to a sold-out house at the Grosvenor Auditorium in Washington D.C., as part of the National Geographic Society's prestigious "Quest for Adventure" series. The show was so well received that a second presentation was added. You won't want to miss Enduring Patagonia: The Winter West Face.
   
   About The Presenter Gregory Crouch graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point with a degree in military history, completed Airborne and Ranger Schools, and served as a light infantry platoon leader before leaving the Army to pursue more adventurous interests, most notably in the arena of international alpine climbing. He developed a particular obsession with the storm-swept peaks of Patagonia, and has made seven expeditions to those remote mountains.
   
   Along the way he became a writer, and his work has appeared in National Geographic, Outside, National Geographic Adventure, American History, Climbing, and many other magazines. He is a senior contributing editor at Climbing. His book, Enduring Patagonia (Random House), was recently selected for the Barnes & Noble "Discover Great New Writers" program.
   
   In addition to climbing, writing, and speaking, Greg serves as Field Director for Conservacion Patagonica (formerly Patagonia Land Trust), a non-profit foundation dedicated to the maintenance and restoration of wildland ecosystems and biodiversity in Patagonia.