Teton Family Magazine - Winter 2015/16

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While outwardly these men are defined by their careers, they reap their greatest satisfaction from being fathers. One of the most fulfilling moments for Jackson was seeing his daughter’s “switch flip” when she discovered her passion for climbing. “It happened on Denali,” Jackson says. “I invited Jane to go on a park service patrol, and we were hanging out at the 14,000-foot camp with a bunch of my friends. … She saw what unique, passionate, special people they were.” And that was all it took. Jane describes it differently: “I was going through a rough time and had taken time off from college to figure things out. On Denali, I had success every day—skiing uphill to the next camp and then eventually reaching the summit.” She says the feeling of those daily successes contributed to her desire to climb full-time.

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dad all the time.” (As I was Above: Renny and Jane Jackson scale the Middle Teton in 1999. interviewing Jane, Jackson was embarking on an expedition to Opposite page: The father-daughter attempt an unclimbed peak in pair kicks back at the top of Castleton the Himalayas.) Tower in 2013. A big part of Fisher’s risk assessment involves his family’s experiences while he’s gone. “Almost every time I leave, there’s a mishap,” he says. While away on past assignments, his son had surgery, his daughter was hospitalized with RSV (respiratory syncytial virus), and three friends died in a plane crash. “When [bad] things happen while you’re away, you’re helpless. What can you do?” he asks.

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