Meet the Team

Tim Williams – Director of Walkabout/Eastern Religions teacher
Walkabout Guide Focus – kayaking, rock climbing, foreign travel

  • Sixteen years experience guiding for Walkabout
  • Over twenty-eight years paddling experience
  • Kayaking guiding experience in Costa Rica, Ecuador, India, and Chile
  • Seventeen years experience as a rock climbing guide including ascents in Yosemite, Squamish, Shawangunks, Looking Glass, and Devil's Tower
  • Certified as a Wilderness First Responder from WMA (Wilderness Medical Associates)
  • Whitewater Rescue Technician certification from Rescue Three International
  • Guided religious/cultural study and treks in the Himalayas of north India - Sikkim and Ladakh
  • travel and study in China, Korea, and Japan on a Freeman Foundation teachers grant

Perry Key – Science teacher/football coach/dorm parent, Baylor graduate '81
Walkabout Guide Focus – rock climbing

  • Thirteen years experience guiding for Walkabout
  • Over ten years guiding experience as a rock climbing guide
  • Seventeen years rock climbing experience including ascents in Red Rocks, Zion, Squamish, Looking Glass, Devil's Tower, and the Shawangunks
  • Director of Walkabout 1994–1998
  • One of the creators of the Jim Pearce Leadership Trip
  • National Outdoor Leadership School Outdoor Educators Course - Tetons 1998
  • Certified as a Wilderness First Responder from WMA (Wilderness Medical Associates)
  • Historical and climbing guide for Hueco Tanks State Park, El Paso Texas

Brad Cooke - English teacher
Walkabout Guide Focus - kayaking, rock climbing

  • Thirteen years rock climbing experience
  • Director of outdoor program for Fork Union Military Academy
  • Colorado Outward Bound Mountaineering course
  • Rock Climbing and mountaineering instructor -- Mondamin, North Carolina
  • Whitewater Rescue Technician certification from Rescue Three International
  • Certified Wilderness First Aid from WMA (Wilderness Medical Associates)
  • Twelve years mountain biking experience

Kurt Emmanuele – Math teacher/volleyball coach/dorm parent
Walkabout Guide Focus – backpacking, photography

  • Eighteen years experience guiding backpacking for Walkabout
  • Multi–day Walkabout backpacking adventures in Arizona, Utah, and Texas
  • Skilled photographer whose images have been used by Baylor, Backpacker Magazine, The Sierra Club, Appalachian Trail Conference calendar and magazine cover, and the Tennessee Plant Society book of wildflowers
  • Guided wildflower trips for The Tennessee Aquarium, The Tennessee Plant Society, and the Georgia Botanical Society
  • Certified as a Wilderness First Responder from SOLO

Heather Biebel – History teacher/cross country coach
Walkabout Guide Focus – mountain biking, backpacking

  • Six years experience guiding a variety of trips for Walkabout
  • Guide and group leader for Cottonwood Gulch (trekking in Utah/Colorado)
  • Four years of mountain bike experience including trips in Utah and California
  • Experienced marathon runner – Boston, San Francisco, Portland, and San Diego
  • Certified as a Wilderness First Responder from WMA (Wilderness Medical Associates)
  • Climbed Mt. Kilamanjaro in summer 2002 - chapel presentation to Baylor students 2004–05

Brad Holroyd – Spanish teacher
Walkabout Guide Focus – rock climbing, middle school program

  • Guided week-long backpacking trips in Pisgah National Forest 91-94
  • River trips on Nantahala, Bryson City NC 91-94
  • Director of climbing program at Camp Highlander, Horseshoe NC 93-94
  • Guided extensive backpacking and canoe trips in Shanendoah National Park 99-2004
  • Seneca Rocks School: instructor for multi-day courses ranging from beginner level to small party self rescue. This is the oldest AMGA accredited guide service in the country. 95-2000
  • guided in New River George, Looking Glass, and Joshua Tree
  • Climbing experience in Red Rocks, Linville George Area, Seneca, Nelson Rocks, Gallatin Pass Montana, Fontainbleau, Chamonix, Lake District, Peak District, Croatia
  • 15 years of rock climbing experience
  • 14 years experience with outdoor education programs

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