Time & Date: Tuesday, November 5, 2013 @ 7:30 PM (Social hours and free beer for members at 6:30)
Directions: From Highway 101 at Santa Rosa go west on Highway 12 to Stony Point Road Exit. Go straight from the middle lane at the light onto Occidental Road. The Round Table Pizza is on the right just down the road.
Andy Selters has been a leading figure in both the artistic and technical aspects of mountaineering for many years. As a guide and climber he has climbed from Alaska to the Cascades, Sierra and Bolivia. In particular, he has spent many seasons trekking and climbing in Asia and he has pioneered new routes in the Himalaya and Karakoram.
As a photographer, Selters images have won international acclaim and he has authored important books including Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue and the award-winning Ways to the Sky, A Historical Guide to North American Mountaineering. His recent focus has been on the people and geography of Ladakh, the Tibet-like area at the northern tip of India.
Mountains of the Blue Sheep is Andy’s latest presentation from his expedition last year as a member of the first team ever to explore the easternmost Karakoram. The team climbed and named four 6000-meter peaks, discovered unknown passes and found a haven for wildlife and fascinating clues of long-ago humans. After climbing, Andy stayed and befriended the inhabitants of a previously off-limits village that had not hosted a foreigner before, documenting their way of life and their nascent opening to the modern world. Mountains of the Blue Sheep pulls together Andy’s photography, recorded audio, and live narration to tell the story of one of the most impressive, and yet, least known mountain areas of the world.
In 2014, Andy plans to guide a trip back to this area and will introduce this trip to potential participants.
