Experience

Ascendigo Autism Services

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sports Specialist

  • Jun 2023 - Present



Powder magazine

• Basalt, Colorado, United States

• Powder Magazine

  • Apr 2023 - Present



Roaring Fork School District

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Guest Teacher

  • Apr 2023 - Apr 2023

  Teaching and loving it. Teaching and loving it.



Cameron M. Burns, author

• Basalt, CO

• Author

  • Aug 1991 - Apr 2023

  Author, coauthor, editor, coeditor, contributor (1991– ) to more than 28 books on climbing, adventure, the outdoors, travel, sustainable design, green architecture, and other topics. These books have collectively sold more than 100,000 copies. • Utah’s West Desert (illustrator); Xlibris, 2011 • Climb: On Boulder, Crag, Peak, and Wall (coeditor); Globe Pequot Press, 2011 • The Essential Amory Lovins (editor); Earthscan, 2011 • Walking the World’s Natural Wonders (3 chapters and photography); New Holland, 2009 (UK); Abbeville, 2009 (US) • Jemez Rock (contributor); Sharp End Publishing, 2006 • Kilimanjaro & East Africa (author); The Mountaineers Books, 2006 • Postcards from the Trailer Park: The Secret Lives of Climbers (author); Lyons Press, 2004 • California Fourteeners: 183 Routes to the 15 Highest Peaks (2e) (author); The Mountaineers Books, 1998 • The Shoes of Kilimanjaro (author); Hard-Pressed Books, 2002 • Selected Climbs in the Desert Southwest (author); The Mountaineers Books, 2000 • Kilimanjaro & Mount Kenya (author); The Mountaineers Books, 1998 • I Really Should Have Stayed Home: The Worst Journeys from Harare to Eternity (contributor); RDR Books, 2001 • The Walker Within (contributor); Lyons Press, 2001 • I Should Have Just Stayed Home: Award-Winning Tales of Travel Fiascoes (contributor); RDR Books, 2003 • California Fourteeners: 183 Routes to the 15 Highest Peaks (author); The Mountaineers Books, 1998 • California’s Fourteeners (2e) (coauthor); Chockstone Press, 1996, 1998 • How to Get a Job in the Film Industry (author); Hard-Pressed Books, 1998 • Colorado Ice Climber’s Guide (author); Chockstone Press, 1996 • California’s Fourteeners (coauthor); Palisades Press, 1991 Show less



World Expeditions

• Australia
• Travel Arrangements
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Editorial Manager

  • Jul 2022 - Mar 2023

  Australia's oldest and biggest adventure travel company. Australia's oldest and biggest adventure travel company.



https://muckrack.com/cameron-m-burns/articles

• Writer

  • Jan 2022 - Mar 2023



Corporate and Editorial Communications

• Various

• Writer, Editor

  • Jun 1986 - Dec 2022

  • Aspen Daily News, sustainability columnist (2004–2007) • Nikkei Ecology Magazine (Japan), sustainability columnist (2002–2007) • Mountain Gazette, gear columnist (2004–2006); contributor (2000–2005) • Hard-Pressed (Basalt, Colo.) Books; Founder/Owner (1997–present) Responsible for production of books, from conception to research, writing, design, printing, marketing, and fulfillment. Small press being run as part-time operation. • Aspen.com, (Aspen, Colo.); Production Manager (temporary assignment) (Fall 2000) Responsible for daily production of one-page “street sheet” newspaper. Additional responsibilities include photography and editing. • Roaring Fork Sunday (Basalt, Colo.); Production Manager, Staff Writer (1999–2000) Responsible for weekly production of 48–72-page newspaper, including graphics and photography. Additional responsibilities include writing and editing of major business features, proofreading, and updating of the paper’s website, on a weekly basis. • Climber magazine (Glasgow, Scotland); Columnist (1998–2007) • The Aspen Times, (Aspen Colo.); Correspondent (1992–1997) Responsible for daily coverage of news in a two-town region, and weekly news feature writing. • Rocky Mountain News, (Denver, Colo.); Correspondent (1992–1997) • The Aspen Times, (Aspen, Colo.); Environment Reporter/Staff Writer (1992–1996) Responsible for daily and weekly coverage of environmental, business, and political news. Additional responsibilities include major weekly news features. • Sangre De Cristo Chronicle, (Angel Fire, NM); Staff Writer/Photographer (1991–1992) • High magazine, (Sheffield, U.K.); Correspondent/Contributor (1992–1997) • Mountain Review, (Buxton, UK); American Editor (1993–1995) • Mountain magazine, (Sheffield, UK); Contributing Editor/American Editor (1991–1993) • Rock & Ice magazine, (Boulder, Colo.); Correspondent/Contributing Editor (1989–1998) • Albuquerque Journal North; (Santa Fe, NM) Correspondent (1989–1990) Show less



Cameron M. Burns Communications, LLC (6/00–present)

• Basalt, CO

• President

  • Jun 2000 - Jul 2022

  Corporate and editorial communications for several firms in the outdoor industry, including 8kpeak.com, Adventure Journal, the American Alpine Journal, Alpinist magazine, Alpinist.com, Basalt Education Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, etc. (also as an art appraiser for Habitat), Men’s Journal, Mountain Gazette, Rowman & Littlefield, Simon & Schuster UK Corporate and editorial communications for several firms in the outdoor industry, including 8kpeak.com, Adventure Journal, the American Alpine Journal, Alpinist magazine, Alpinist.com, Basalt Education Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, etc. (also as an art appraiser for Habitat), Men’s Journal, Mountain Gazette, Rowman & Littlefield, Simon & Schuster UK



CLEER (Clean Energy Economy for the Region)

• Carbondale, CO

• Communications Director

  • Apr 2011 - Jun 2014

  Responsible for all external communications, including websites, publications, PR, earned media, marketing programs, and events. Responsible for all external communications, including websites, publications, PR, earned media, marketing programs, and events.



RMI

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Senior Editor

  • 2000 - Apr 2011

  Manage the writing, editing, design, and publication of various Institute materials including the company's corporate magazine, donor appeals, event materials, and content for other publishers/broadcasters. I was responsible for everything from creating an in-house style guide to press checks. I also ghost wrote material for various C-level folks at the Insitute. Manage the writing, editing, design, and publication of various Institute materials including the company's corporate magazine, donor appeals, event materials, and content for other publishers/broadcasters. I was responsible for everything from creating an in-house style guide to press checks. I also ghost wrote material for various C-level folks at the Insitute.



World Green Building Council

• United Kingdom
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Corporate Communications Manager

  • Jan 2004 - Jan 2005

  Responsible for production of regular publications on Council’s activities and media relations. Responsible for production of regular publications on Council’s activities and media relations.