Location: Round Table Pizza, 2065 Occidental Road, Santa Rosa
Time & Date: Tuesday, May 7, 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.
Dean Fleming started climbing in the small central Sierra town of Sonora, CA at the age of 10. “Growing up in Sonora has provided some pretty strange life events, but also a wealth of adventurous climbing opportunities”. Dean’s first real rock climb was an onsight, ground up first ascent of a 5.6 crack near the summit of Sonora Pass.
Since that time he have been involved in hundreds of first ascents including the recent development of the now-popular bouldering areas in the limestone labyrinths near Columbia Junior College, including authoring the guidebook for the area. Last year Dean launched California Climber Magazine, which highlights the bounty of climbing in California.
Dean’s presentation will highlight the strange experience of living and growing up around the Mother Lode town of Sonora, CA, and also present the great wealth of climbing and adventure that can be found in this region.
Visit his blog at http://deanfleming.wordpress.com
