A Life Dedicated to Medicine, Service, and the Mountains
Hunter Stutz is a physician-in-training, Air Force medical officer, and lifelong climber who uses the mountains as a platform for service.
From organizing rural medical clinics to fundraising climbs like Climb for Casen and international wilderness medicine treks, Hunter has spent years combining clinical training with humanitarian impact.
A graduate of BYU–Idaho and Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine, and a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force Medical Corps, he is now preparing to begin residency at The Ohio State University.
Trek for Hope makes these efforts official—supporting medical training, global health initiatives, and charitable climbs that turn passion into action.
Medical Degree Candidate, Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine
Second Lieutenant, United States Air Force Medical Corps
Incoming Resident Physician, The Ohio State University
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Certified
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Certified
Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS) Certified
President, Wilderness Medicine Club
Eagle Scout,
Scouting America
Organizer, Advanced Wilderness Life Support Training for Medical Students
Current Trek:
Supporting Children Entering Emergency Foster Care
This year, Trek for Hope heads to Nepal as Hunter travels to the Himalayas for a wilderness medicine elective and trek to Everest Base Camp, focused on high-altitude and remote medical training. As part of the journey, he’s partnering with the Susan Cox Powell Foundation, an outreach program created in cooperation with the Cox family following the tragic loss of their daughter Susan Cox, and their grandsons, Charlie and Braden.
Charlie’s Dinosaur provides backpacks filled with essential care items—bedding, clothing, toiletries, school supplies, and toys—for children who are suddenly placed into emergency foster care due to unsafe or abusive living conditions. Through the campaign “Where in the World Is Charlie’s Dinosaur?”, Hunter will carry Charlie’s Dinosaur throughout Nepal to help raise awareness and encourage donations that support these backpacks, which are distributed by law enforcement officers to children during moments of crisis.
Past Treks & Projects
Hunter’s service work began as a teenager, long before medical school or formal programs. What started as a high school charity climb grew into a series of hands-on projects shaped by real needs and real follow-through—organizing fundraisers that raised thousands for pediatric medical care, leading community-supported climbs, and later helping bring free medical, dental, and vision care to rural communities through a Remote Area Medical clinic he helped organize from the ground up.
50+ Volunteers Coordinated Across Medical Outreach Projects
100 Rural Patients Served Through Free Medical Clinic
$12,000+ Raised for Pediatric Medical Care
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."
—Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. President, Conservationist, and Mountaineer