Rainier Mountain Festival

Tap Richards

A native of New Mexico, Tapley Richards has been a professional mountain guide since 1991. He has reached the summit of Mount Rainier over 125 times. His guiding career has taken him to Nepal, Argentina, Mexico and Alaska. He has led successful expeditions on Cho Oyu, Mount McKinley and Aconcagua, just to name a few.

Climbing Resume
127 successful summits on Mount Rainier; via eight different routes
9 Mt. McKinley expeditions; reached summit 6 times
3 Mt. Everest expeditions; Summit 2006
6 Cho Oyu expeditions
3 Aconcagua expeditions
8 Mexico Volcanoes trips; reached summit of Ixta. and Orizaba seven times
2 Kilimanjaro trips
5 Mt. Whitney climbs; reached summit via east face and mountaineers routes
Peru expedition; reached 21,700' on Huascaran
3 Kokopelli mountain bike trips, Utah and Colorado
Trip coordinator for mtn. biking trips and Chamonix ski/climbing adventures
Contributions to the books Ghosts of Everest and Detectives on Everest