Key Staff

Gary Pinnegar

Gary Pinnegar

Founder
Gary is one of the founders of Beijing Hikers. He is British, and lived in China for more than ten years. During his stay in China Gary became a very well known hairdresser and opened several popular salons. In 1991 Gary, Huilin, and two other friends travelled from Beijing to England by bicycle, following the northern Silk Road through the west of China, Pakistan, and Turkey. It took them just over a year to get to London, with many adventures along the way. After the cycle trip Gary and Huilin came back to Beijing, and started to explore the mountain trails of Beijing by bicycle and on foot, finding many interesting places to go hiking.

 
Huilin Pinnegar

Huilin Pinnegar

Founder
Huilin is one of the founders of Beijing Hikers. She was born in China, and she met Gary in Beijing in 1989. Huilin used to be a art designer. After she came back from the tough bicycle journey from London she became a Chinese teacher at the International School of Beijing (ISB). With Gary, she explored the mountains of Beijing during the weekends, finding more and more interesting trails, and very friendly local people. After hearing about the trails and the stories from the mountains some of the ISB staff started joining the weekend expeditions, and that was the beginning of the Beijing Hikers club.

 
Sun Huijie

Sun Huijie

Organiser / Hike Leader
Huijie is the current organiser and hike leader. Huijie is a born and bred Beijing native. Prior to taking over the operation of the hiking club she was a 3D designer, and graduated from the Art and Design Academy of Qinghua University, specialising in fine-art and photography. Huijie has been the main organiser of Beijing Hikers since 2003, and has become a very experienced hiking guide after a tough training from Gary and Huilin. In 2006 Huijie organised a successful photo exhibition, featuring her own photography alongside contributions from members of the hiking club, and she plans to continue to organise exhibitions of photography of the countryside and culture of China. 

 
Paul White

Paul White

Hiking Consultant
Paul is a consultant for Beijing Hikers. Paul has been living in China for 22 years, and is a translator for the Beijing Foreign Language Publishing House. He has been hiking for a long time, and has very rich experience and knowledge of hiking around Beijing, as well as a good knowledge of Chinese culture. Paul started joining the hiking group in 2001 and he comes along on just about every weekend trip. He helped Huilin publish the book "Hiking around Beijing" in 2003. 

 
Zach Chen

Zach Chen

Hiking Guide / Business Development
When Zach isn’t in the office working on business development, he likes to get outside and experience life. Outdoors-y from a young age, Zach has done a lot of work in the outdoors—besides his work as a hiking guide for Beijing Hikers, he’s worked in trail crews on the Appalachian Trail, and as a Wildland Firefighter in Idaho. Zach is fluent in Chinese, and his enthusiasm and friendliness makes him very popular amongst our hikers.

 
Hayden Opie

Hayden Opie

Website Manager
Hayden is the website manager for Beijing Hikers. He is from New Zealand, and has lived in Beijing since 2004. He loves hiking around Beijing with Beijing Hikers, and sometimes, at last resort, is allowed to be the leader or tail-person on the hikes.

 
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