Rob Rachowiecki

Rob Rachowiecki was raised in London and climbed his first mountain by accident, while on a school biology field course in Scotland. After a day of dissecting newts, he walked to the top of a windswept hill behind the outdoor studies center, looked around at miles of startling wilderness and had an "I'm the King of the World!" revelation. After crossing the pond in 1974, planning on traveling around the world, he ended up living and traveling throughout the Americas from Alaska to Argentina. He has authored hiking and climbing guides to Central America, the Central Andes, and Tucson, as well as travel guides to Peru, Ecuador, Costa Rica, and the American Southwest for publishers ranging from Lonely Planet to National Geographic. He has been an active member of the Society of American Travel Writers since 1997. From 1983 to 2008, Rob worked as an adventure travel guide, leading treks in the Andes and adventures on the Amazon. He has been based in Tucson since 1990 where he earned a Masters degree and where he enjoys the varied ethnic restaurants, theatres, and outdoor music festivals that this great city is home to, and which he describes in his app "Tucson & the Old Southwest" published by Sutro Media. He is often found hiking the many desert, canyon, and mountain trails surrounding Tucson, following the seasonal changes and usually doing a spot of bird watching, as Brits are wont to do.