JUNE RAY

June is a mother, adventurer & Co owner / operator of Gravity Adventures. June has been climbing passionately for the past 22 years. Originally from Australia, Ray now lives in the eclectic, mountain-blessed city of Nelson, British Columbia with her Family.

Throughout her climbing career, Ray has made numerous winter and summer ascents of 15,000 to 20,000 foot high mountain peaks, including Mt. Rainier, Mt Kilimanjaro, Mt. Logan, Mt. Cayambe, Mt. Chimborazo and Guided her First Himalayan Mtn- Island Peak. She has also climbed technical, multi-pitch rock routes in places like Red Rocks, NV, El Potrero Chico, Mexico and BC’s much-coveted Bugaboo Range. Ray is also an avid ice climber, having ascended numerous routes in the Canadian Rockies: Pilsner Pillar, Carlsberg, and Weeping Wall to name a few.

Ray has been an ACMG certified hiking guide and ACMG climbing instructor for the past eight years. She is a certified coach with the Coaching Association of Canada, and is one of the first people in the country to complete the National Coaching Certification Program as a climbing coach. Today, Ray teaches women’s climbing programs and clinics, while coaching a women’s competitive climbing team in her hometown of Nelson, BC.

Her travels around the world in search of adventure and climbing is a direct reflection of her love of people, culture, nature, and photography coupled with her caring touch and great sense of humour.