July 3, 2012
Travis Lombardo – West Sonoma County Bouldering
Travis is a local climber who has been climbing, developing and re-discovering great bouldering in west Sonoma County and the beautiful and rugged Sonoma coast. Travis will present photos and videos of some of his more memorable boulder problems. Notable boulder problems include first ascents of Blockhead (V3) at Salt Point State Park, several problems including Cave Spider (V3) at the Dutch Bill Boulder in Occidental, and re-establishing some of the old school problems from local climbers like Chris Summit, Richie Esquible, Charlie Barrett, Marcos Nunez and Ryan Tolintino.
photo credit: Mike Shoys Photography
Scott Holder – Denali
After reading Jon Krakauer’s book on the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, rather than being turned off by the adventures of high altitude mountaineering, for Scott, it lit a fire! Scott’s first objective was Mount Shasta. The result, TERRIBLE! “I had no idea what climbing in the alpine environment was all about! When I turned around just below the “Heart” on Mount Shasta, I vowed to come back stronger”.
The next year, after a lot more training and experience, Mount Shasta was a dream climb and one Scott has repeated almost annually. With additional experience, Scott climbed the Grand Teton’s Upper Exum Route, Mount Rainier, Mount Whitney’s East Face, and El Pico de Orizaba among others. It was after a climb of Orizaba (18,491′) that he began to hatch a plan to scale the highest peak on SIX continents. Next up, Denali, the high one!
After getting sick high on Denali in 2010, Scott decided to take a year off Denali and head south to climb Aconcagua, the highest peak outside of Asia. Further training on Mount Shasta, Mount Hood and many Sierra winters ascents later, Denali was next. Scott will present pictures and tell his story of summiting Mount Denali on May 27, 2012.
Location: Round Table Pizza, 2065 Occidental Road, Santa Rosa
Time & Date: Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012 @ 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.
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