Kristen Ulmer

Kristen Ulmer (born September 8, 1966) is a former professional extreme skier who retired in 2003 to study and teach about Fear. Today she facilitates groups and individuals, and is author of the forthcoming book “The Art of Fear: Why Conquering Fear Won’t Work and What to do Instead.” She is also known for developing a facilitation tool called Shift, The Game of 10,000 Wisdoms, which Ulmer claims can “get a client unstuck from an unconscious pattern in a matter of hours, instead of a decade or more using therapy.” 2Early life and education Born and raised in the small ski town; Henniker, New Hampshire, she moved to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1985 to attend the University of Utah. In 1986 she started competing in mogul skiing and filming extreme ski movies, which led to her almost two decade long career as a professional skier. Since retiring in 2003 she has been studying with Zen Master Genpo Roshi, and credits him as being inspiration behind her teaching style and work on the subject of Fear. 2Professional athletics Ulmer was on the US Ski Team for moguls in 1991. She also starred in over 20 ski movies, and was called by the ski media the best woman big mountain extreme skier in the world from 1990-2001. In 1997 Ulmer was also voted in a Powder Magazine ski industry survey to be the best overall female skier in the world, beating even Olympic gold medalists. She was known for jumping off up to 70-foot cliffs, throwing flips, and for ski mountaineering feats such as the first female ski decent of Wyoming’s Grand Teton in 1997. An avid rock and ice climber, paraglider pilot, adventure cyclist, and kiteboarder, Ulmer was also voted by the outdoor industry in a 2000 Women’s Sports and Fitness Magazine poll to be the most extreme woman athlete in North America, beating women in all sports disciplines not just skiing. She retired from professional athletics in 200