Joe Lentini has been a professional climbing guide since 1976, instructing and guiding rock climbing all spring, summer and fall, ice climbing and mountaineering all winter. His passion for climbing has taken him from the Bandiagara Escarpment of Mali in West Africa to the Karakoram in Pakistan. Rock or ice, it doesn’t matter - any climbing is good climbing. He owns his own guiding business, Ascent Services Worldwide LLC. Joe is a past Vice President (1987-2009) of and is currently a team leader for the New Hampshire Mountain Rescue Service, and is also an EMT.