I met Shuwen Wang when I hiked on mountain baker on Sept. 29, 2023. I was told to look up her name on facebook.com. I like to learn more about her.
Spokane Mountaineers Newsletter
Shuwen grew up in China and came to the States to pursue her Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences, which she received from Dartmouth Medical School. Next, Shuwen completed postdoctoral work at UCSF, followed by working as a researcher at Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, PA.
In early 2014, Shuwen moved to the Spokane area and works at the WSU College of Pharmacy as an Associate Professor, teaching both Ph.D. and PharmD students. Shuwen currently lives in Liberty Lake with her husband, while her other family members live in California.
Before she got into enjoying outdoor activities, Shuwen liked singing Karaoke once in a while and occasionally doing some contradance in her limited spare time. Now that she is so consumed with the outdoor stuff, she doesn’t sing or dance much. Instead, Shuwen enjoys reading, often finishing an average of 50+ books per year.
Shuwen actually joined the Spokane Mountaineers "by accident" in the spring of 2014 because she wanted to climb Mount Rainier, since one of her PA friends had achieved that goal using an RMI guide. However, Shuwen quickly realized she was not qualified to take Mountain School due to lack of any previous hiking, climbing or backpacking experience. Therefore, Shuwen began her outdoor (and Spokane Mountaineer) experience by taking Backpack School, through which she completed her very first real hike with the club. Shuwen followed that up by taking Mountain School in 2015 and climbed Shasta and Rainier through the club with Brian Hoots as the leader.
Besides those big climbs, Shuwen has completed numerous adventurous hiking trips in a number of our western states, including WA, ID, MT, OR, UT, WY, etc. Her all time favorite is the Wind River Range South to North Traverse. Nearly all of these adventures were completed with her amazing hiking buddy Tyler Nyman, another Spokane Mountaineer and prior board member. For those of you who follow the Spokane Mountaineer Facebook page or look on the website, you probably have seen numerous photos from many of those adventures.
Shuwen says joining the club truly changed her life and transformed her into a real adventurer. To give back to the club and share her passion with others, she has been quite active with the club in the following activities:
- Helping out backpack school each spring as an assistant instructor since 2015
- Successfully co-directing the 2018 Backpack School with Tyler Nyman
- Serving as a member of the Hiking Committee
- Leading group hikes and backpacking trips
- Serving on the SMI Board for 2 years
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