Kasha Rigby

Catherine "Kasha" Rigby (born 1970) is a competitive skier who calls Utah home.The North Face – Athletes – Kasha Rigby
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Early life

Kasha has skied since she could walk and began telemark skiing as a teenager. Her passion for skiing and traveling has been the driving force behind most of her adult life. She began traveling at age 19, leaving college to explore Africa. She then headed to Colorado, where she became involved in telemark racing and extreme-skiing competitions.

Kasha joined The North Face Ski Team in 1995 and has since brought her skis all over the U.S., Canada, South America, New Zealand, Russia, Asia, Europe, India and even the Middle East, skiing first descents of some of the world's most revered peaks, including the Five Holy Peaks in Mongolia.

''Outside'' magazine credited her as being: "the best female telemark skier in the known universe", when she appeared on the cover of ''Women Outside'' in Fall 1998

Career highlights

* Climb and ski descent of Choy Oyu 26,907 ft (8201m) (credited as the first telemark descent)
* Mongolia Women's Ski Expedition: first ski descents of the Five Holy Peaks in Tavan Bogd (including Kuitan, the highest peak in Mongolia)
* Mt. Waddington Ski Expedition: descent of Mt. Waddington and Combatant Couloir, British ColumbiaMark Synnott :: Expeditions : Mt. Waddington
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* Yukon Territories to Dry Bay, Alaska, ski exploration, accessed from the Tatshenshini River
* Hanuman Tibba Women’s Expedition: first ski descent of RFHP, a 2500m couloir in the Himachal Pradesh region of India
* Kamchatka Women's Ski Expedition: First ski descent of Mt. Udina & Mt. Zimina, as well as the first female ski descent of Mt. Tolbachik (all telemarked)
* Lebanon Ski Expedition: ski descent of Qornet as-Sawda, 3090m, traverse of the Mt. Lebanon Range
* Mt. Belukha: ski exploration and descent of the highest peaks in Siberia (photos)
* Cotopaxi (5897m) and Chimborazo (6310m) Volcanoes of Ecuador: ski descent of world’s highest active volcano
* Multiple First Descents along Gibb's Fjord, Baffin Island
* Ski and kite Greenland
* 21 peaks in 21 days Bolivia
* Trek of Frozen Zanskar River – Ladahk, India

Films/Videos

* 1997 Scott Gaffney's ''Breathe''
* 1999 ''Higher on the Mountain''
* 2001 Warren Miller's ''Cold Fusion''
* 2001 Transworld Television: ''Ski Nomads: A Traverse of Lebanon''
* 2001 OLN Adventure Series ''Mystery Mountain''
* 2004 Incognito: ''Total Telemark 4''
* 2006 ''Shelter from the Storm''
* 2009 Edge of Never
* 2015 Ultimate Survival Alaska, Season 3 National Geographic
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References

External links

Personal Website

Inside Outside Magazine Interview



Ultimate Survival Alaska, Season 3

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Living people
Sportspeople from Utah
1970 births