Beyond the Summit
Outdoor education, adventure, mindset, and experience from a life in the mountains.
Through education and lived experience in the mountains, Jacque shares expertise in outdoor safety, resilience, mindset, mountain environments, and human performance.
Jacque Tietjen is a Utah-based mountain athlete and educator with a background in mountaineering, skiing, endurance sports, wilderness and sports medicine, health education, movement disciplines, photography, and outdoor instruction.
From high-altitude expeditions to wilderness education and mindset development, her work reflects a lived understanding of the transformative power of the mountains —not through conquering summits, but through conquering ourselves.
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Education-led athletic coaching for outdoor, endurance, and mountain athletes. Build strength, capability, and confidence through structured training, education, and real-world experience.
Talks and conversations focused on mountain environments, outdoor safety, resilience, mindset, and personal growth through challenge.
Trip reports, outdoor education, mountain mindset, and field experiences from time spent in the mountains.
Educational and adventure-based video content exploring mountain life, outdoor safety, training, and real-world experiences.
Capturing the adventure through fine art landscapes, expedition imagery, and action photography from outdoor environments.
“It’s not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves”
-Sir Edmund Hillary
Jacque’s work is guided by a simple truth that challenge, movement, and mountain experiences can shape resilience, self-awareness, and deeper connection—to both nature and ourselves.
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Jacque Tietjen is a proud member of the Nature First Alliance
Nature First is built on a set of core principles that help communicate how each of us can enjoy nature photography responsibly. The Nature First Principles were developed to help educate and guide both professional and recreational photographers in sustainable, minimal impact practices that will help preserve nature’s beautiful locations.
- Prioritize the well-being of nature over photography.
- Educate yourself about the places you photograph.
- Reflect on the possible impact of your actions.
- Use discretion if sharing locations.
- Know and follow rules and regulations.
- Always follow Leave No Trace principles and strive to leave places better than you found them.
- Actively promote and educate others about these principles
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