Time & Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2015 @ 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.
Alex had been longing to travel to Nepal since his late friend Jim had been there in the 80s and planted the notion of climbing a 6,000 meter peak named Imja Tse. Although he has traveled the world since the age of two and volunteered for the American Himalayan Foundation for the last fifteen years, Asia remained but a dream. By last summer, Alex could no longer resist the calling and decided to retire from his career as a civil engineer and took off for a months-long solo sojourn through Nepal.
His timing would prove spot-on. Dodging October’s lethal blizzard by three days, and returning home before the pair of devastating earthquakes, Alex managed to complete two extensive treks. One in the Annapurna Conservation Area, the second in the Solu-Khumbu separated by a quick detour into India. Alex arranged ahead of time to meet fellow climber Ryan McCarthy at 4,730 meters in the village of Chukhung before continuing to base camp. He did his friend proud having carried his ashes to the summit of 6,189 meter Imja Tse. Alex’s passion for the wilderness and world travel began as a child and he has carried his camera to every continent save Antartica. His love of photography started at the age of twelve on a 2-month trip to East Africa.
Alex is passionate about anything dealing with mountains, mountain craft or mountain culture. If you have dreamed of climbing a Himalayan peak but thought it was out of your reach, please join us to enjoy Alex’s images and stories and leave inspired to plan your own trip to a this amazing mountain paradise. Leave with a packet of useful trip planning information and contacts.
The evening will include a silent auction featuring photographs of Nepal as Alex continues his fund raising for aid to friends who lost their homes in Nepal.
