Live Talk with Famed Colorado Mountaineer Gerry Roach

Join me at BookBar for an evening with one of Colorado's greatest mountaineers, Gerry Roach! This event is free and open to the public.

If you've ever hiked a Colorado 14er, there's a high chance you've at least heard of Gerry Roach. His famous guidebook "Colorado Fourteeners: From Hikes to Climbs" is the undisputed 14ers bible, and just last month he republished new editions of his other essential guidebooks: "Colorado's Indian Peaks: Classic Hikes and Climbs" and "Colorado's Thirteeners: 13,800' to 13,999'."

I'll be doing a live talk with Gerry, picking his brain on all things mountaineering. The talk will run from 4-5 PM, followed by a Q&A session and book signing. (Copies of Gerry's books will be available for purchase at the event.)

Whether you're a seasoned mountaineer or just considering your first alpine hike, this is a can't-miss event. Gerry is a foremost expert on Colorado's high country and has no shortage of knowledge and stories to share. I hope to see you there!

More on Gerry: After climbing Mount Everest in 1983, Gerry Roach went on to become the second person to climb the highest peak on each of the seven continents in 1985. In over 60 years of mountaineering that span 7 different calendar decades, Gerry has climbed in dozens of states and countries. He has been on 29 Alaskan expeditions, 10 Andean expeditions and 7 Himalayan expeditions, including first ascents in the kingdom of Bhutan. In 1997, he summited 26,360-foot Gasherbrum II in the Karakorum without supplemental oxygen. In 2000, Gerry became the first person to climb the ten highest peaks in North America. After this climb, he was the subject of a Fast and Light article in Rock and Ice. In 2003, Gerry became the first person to climb every major peak over 16,000 feet in North America. Gerry is a member of the Colorado Mountain Club, the Highpointers Club, the Sierra Club, and the American Alpine Club. Closer to home, Gerry has climbed more than 2,000 peaks in Colorado, including all the Fourteeners, which he completed for the first time in 1975. He finished climbing every ranked Thirteener in Colorado in 2010. He finished climbing every named and ranked peak in the Indian Peaks Wilderness and Rocky Mountain National Park in 2001. He has also climbed every peak in the Colorado counties of Boulder, Gilpin and Clear Creek, and every named peak in Jefferson County.

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Gerry's website: http://www.climb.mountains.com/About_GJ_files/About_Gerry.shtml