Chic Scott has been a climber and guide for over 35 years and a backcountry skier for 50 years. He is the founder of the Canadian Himalayan Foundation and was one of the founders of the John Lauchlan Memorial Award. Chic is also the author of Ski Trails in the Canadian Rockies, Powder Pioneers: Ski Stories from the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains, Pushing the Limits: The Story of Canadian Mountaineering and The Yam: 50 Years of Climbing on Yamnuska (co-author). Chic lives in Banff, Alberta.

Darren Farley grew up cross-country ski racing before getting into backcountry skiing. He spends his summers helping run the Nordic ski facilities at the Haig Glacier. In the winter he guides for various ski lodges. In between ski trips he has found time for many excursions to the Himalaya and Andes. In his travels he has spent several weeks following Tibetan pilgrims, has been an extra in a Bollywood film and was once held up at knifepoint by a gang of little kids.