Natalie Afonina is a sponsored athlete specializing in technical ice climbing, alpine ascents and remote expeditions. When not in the mountains, she develops autonomous systems technologies for the robotics industry.

She enjoys teaching newcomers how to ice climb, and supports citizen science projects combining remote exploration with scientific inquiry.

In her professional life, she gets excited by robots, cartography, quantum computers, emerging tech and any good mix of R&D and challenging real-world problems.