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Dez Bartelt is the founder of Best of Both Adventures. She is considered one of America's leading alpinists and has spent more than 20 years conquering some of the world's most challenging mountains and cliffs as a professional climber. She is skilled in a wide range of outdoor sports including white water rafting, sea kayaking, ice climbing, skiing and is trained in and teaches wilderness survival. Dez has worked and trained with rescue units all over the US, as well as fire departments, policy departments. She has worked with the department of BLM to developed environmental plans to help preserve our public lands. She worked and developed outdoor programs for the physically disabled. Another claim to fame is that she developed the world's largest freestanding climbing wall which she co-designed and built in cooperation with Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks.
Dez's mission has always been and will continue to be to explore, study, and preserve while enjoying the natural beauty of the outdoors. She has been carrying around 75 pound back packs for 20 years and when she decided to start Best of Both Adventures her goal was to show people you don't have to be extreme to take an adventure. You can have an adventure with out the heavy back pack. Dez has given up the 75 pound back pack for a much lighter one, and now after long days hiking or climbing she comes back to amazing spas and gourmet food. If you ask her, she'll tell you how pleased she is with the life she created for herself and for others. "I've worked long and hard to live where I want to live, and have a job I am passionate about and I wanted to give all future adventures the same opportunity."
As an experienced entrepreneur and business operator, Dez has used her expertise to develop and implement programs such as the Rincon Surf and Board Guesthouse Rincon Surf School and Boca's Surf School to found the Best of Both Adventures Company
Debra's role as Director of Marketing leverages her experience and strength in brand building and partnerships to build the Best of BothAdventures business by women for women. Her extensive brand marketingexperience at companies including Kraft, Mattel and Crayola and onsome of the world's biggest brands Barbie, Winnie the Pooh, Planter's,to name a few, will create partnerships that provide our guests withthe highest quality products to ensure they have the best experienceon their trip.
In her spare time, Debra works closely with charitable organizations. She created Schramm Brain Trust and Tech for Tots organizations, two not for profit ventures to help a family in need and also to give kids in hospitals a way to be engaged and relax in the pediatric ward during their visit to the hospital.
Beyond running, hiking and traveling the world, Debra has her own personal adventure team at home with 3 boys (Andrew, age 11; Jack, age 8; and Dylan, age 7) that keep her active.
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