Savannah Cummins

Born and raised in the suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio, Savannah only knew of mountains from books. She fell in love with the idea of big mountains while endlessly thumbing through National Geographic magazines as a kid, and set her mind to move west as soon as she turned 18. She did just that, and soon discovered rock and ice climbing and never looked back. A shoulder injury within her first year climbing set her back a bit, but it was while being injured that she first picked up a camera, to document her friends on their climbs while she recovered. Photography quickly became Savannah’s other passion, providing a bridge between her desire to explore the mountains, and her need to express herself creatively and tell stories.

Recently she has added filmmaker and director to her resume, aiming to keep her skill-set diverse and always wanting to learn new things. Savannah is an accomplished climber and alpinist herself — having summited an 8,000 meter peak, climbed 5.13 sport, 5.12 trad, and WI5 — helping her to keep up with the world’s best mountain athletes and document their record-breaking first ascents and expeditions. Savannah has been a part of numerous first ascents in remote places around the world, from the Zanskar Range in India, to Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. She has documented speed records on Denali and first female ascents on Pico Cão Grande in Sao Tomé, a small island off the coast of Western Africa.

When she is not behind her camera in the mountains, you will probably find Savannah DJing for her friends or hanging out with her cat, Lime.
 

Accomplishments

• Summited Broad Peak [26,401 ft] while documenting Dawa Yangzum’s ascent
• People's Choice Award at Squamish Exposed Photo competition
• First Ascent of "The Gem" with Anna Pfaff and Lindsay Fixmer in India's Zanskar Range.
• Multiple first ascents and repeats in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica
• Support crew for the women's speed record on Denali