Our skilled and dedicated Instructors are our most important element in creating a safe, fun and positive experience. They genuinely enjoy working with young people and are committed to the safety and success of each expedition. Each trip travels with one male and one female instructor. They are competent leaders, mentors, friends and teachers. Our Instructors are not only skilled in backcountry travel but also have a sense of how to create a postive experience and inspire spontaneous fun with a group of teenagers . All instructors have Wilderness First Aid training and are certified Trip Leaders by the State of Maine. Their average age is 26. While not leading trips for Williwaw, they are graduate students, teachers, outdoor educators and professional sailors.

Raised in Northern Michigan camping and boating, Tim has spent the last five years in Alaska where he has been an Expedition Sea Kayak Guide and university instructor for such classes as: Kayak Rolling, Expedition Sea Kayaking, Ice Climbing, Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue. He is a Wilderness First Responder, a certified Maine Trip Leader and a Level 2 Avalanche technician, as well as a National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) alumnus.  In 2006, Tim participated in a NOLS Mountaineering course to the India Himalaya and has recently been a part of a 30-day expedition across the Wrangell Mountains of Alaska. Tim is equally at home on the ocean or in the mountains guiding and instructing. When not in the mountains or on the water, he can be found finishing his degree in Adventure Education and Wilderness Leadership. Tim is also an avid photographer – focusing on landscape, adventure sports and wildlife.