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For those who haven't noticed on the UAC site:
Jill Fredston (former director of the Alaska Avalanche Forecast Center, author of "Snowstruck", co-author of "Snow Sense") is giving a lecture/slideshow at the SLC REI this Friday (1/26) at 7pm. She will also be speaking at the Skintrack Curch at Alta Saturday night.
Skintrack Church - nice :fmicon:
Your avitar is disturbing, that is all.
Don't hate me because I'm beautiful!:D
Allison Gannet is also speaking at, uh..."skintrack church", heh on Saturday night with/before/after (whatever it is) Jill Fredston. Both presentations sound pretty awesome.
here's the blurbs:
Alison's Gannett's Global Cooling Adventure Show is a multi media presentation. Share in Alison's ski adventure film clips from around the world – India, Bhutan, Alaska, France, and South Africa. Learn how this World Champion Extreme skier devotes much of her life to making this world a better place. Along with her inspirational adventures, learn about her Global Cooling Tour, and how you can calculate your carbon emissions, decrease and offset your carbon footprint - all while saving money in your home or business.
Jill Fredston, Author of Snowstruck, Slide show and Talk
Having spent decades trying to keep avalanches and people apart, Jill Fredston brings them together unforgettably in her new book, Snowstruck: In the Grip of Avalanches. She brings to life the forces of nature that can turn the mountains deadly—and the equally inexorable forces of human nature that lure us time and again into treacherous terrain. Fredston, one of North America's leading avalanche experts, is co-author of the well-known Snow Sense: A Guide to Evaluating Snow Avalanche Hazard and winner of the 2002 National Outdoor Book Award for Rowing to Latitude: Journeys along the Arctic's Edge. An impressive speaker, she will give a slide show and talk at OLS.
I've never heard Alison speak. But Fredston is a pretty good story teller and an empasioned speaker - sould be a great presentation
Tell her to come out to Colorado. Acutally, both ladies.
Jill is a great speaker and probably knows more about avies than anyone with the exception of her husband.
On a side note, her book Snowstruck is a very good read as is her book about called "Rowing to Latitude" or something like that about her rowing expeditions around the globe.
I think Jill is coming to CO via UT...Sun/Mon presentations.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phatstix
• Colorado Mountain Club: 7 p.m. Sunday at Foss Auditorium, 710 10th St., Golden, 303-279-3080, ext. 2.
• REI Flagship, Denver: 7 p.m. Monday at 1416 Platte St., Denver, 303-756-3100.
I think Ill check out the one on monday at REI
Alison will be in Aspen Feb. 2nd and Crested Butte Feb. 3rd: Link.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phatstix
oh yeah, also a stop in Park City Sunday.
AFW will be in the house Sat. at Alta (to watch the show, not to be a part of it), anyone else going for sure?
i will be there for sure (heh, if it wasn't obvious already)
PM sent re: meet-up.Quote:
Originally Posted by HikeforTurns
I think I'll start a thread in the "main" forum, perhaps generate a bit more visibility.
for the record, both lectures were fantastic and most definitely worth going to!