Kasha Rigby
Catherine "Kasha" Rigby (born 1970) is a competitive skier who calls Utah home. She is most noted for her many achievements and first descents as "the pioneer of extreme telemark skiing." Early life. Kasha has skied since she could walk and began telemark skiing as a teenager. Her passion for skiing and traveling has been the driving force behind most of her adult life. She began traveling at age 19, leaving college to explore Africa. She then headed to Colorado, where she became involved in telemark racing and extreme-skiing competitions. Kasha joined The North Face Ski Team  in 1995 and has since brought her skis all over the U.S., Canada, South America, New Zealand, Russia, Asia, Europe, India and even the Middle East, skiing first descents of some of the world's most revered peaks, including the Five Holy Peaks in Mongolia. "Outside" magazine credited her as being: "the best female telemark skier in the known universe", when she appeared on the cover of "Women Outside" in Fall 1998