Arrive early to enjoy a bite and/or beverage at the Mineshaft. The presentation starts at 7:30pm and will run approximately one hour.
Required Items to Bring:
The presentation is free but you will need to purchase your food and beverage at the Mineshaft
How to Get There:
Event Directions:
Arrive early to join guests for a bite and a beverage at the Mineshaft. The presentation will start at 7:30pm sharp.
Geoff Powter is an experienced climber, writer and adventurer from Canmore. He served as editor of the Canadian Alpine Journal for 13 years and has won 13 National Magazine Awards. Powter has authored several books.
The questions ofwhy a climber pursues the life he or she does, orhow a climber makes that life work, are always more interesting thanwhat a climber climbs, and Geoff Powter’s exploration of the climbing life of American climber Jim Donini, in his new book,Survival is not Assured, offers a masterful look at the joys, complexities and challenges of the choices of adventure. Donini has long been at the forefront of extreme alpinism, putting benchmark climbs up around the world for decades, but the shadows of his life back in the valleys — especially in his family — have been as tragic as any get, and this multi award-nominated book takes a clear-eyed look at both halves of this climber’s story.
Join Geoff — former Editor of the CAJ, award-winning author of Strange and Dangerous Dreams and Inner Ranges — for an intimate exploration of the story behind the book, and what it took to tell it.
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presented for completion at the start of the Activity.
Registration for this event closed on Thursday, September 12, 2024 at 05:00 PM.