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The Ledge

  • Date
    February 29, 2012
  • Time 7:30 p.m.
  • Location Washington, D.C.
  • Price NG Member: $18; General Public: $20 3-Part Series: $51/$57

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Photo: Jim Davidson
Jim Davidson

Photograph courtesy Jim Davidson

Descending from the summit of Mount Rainier one day in June 1992, Jim Davidson fell through a snow bridge, dragging his climbing partner with him into a hidden 80-foot deep crevasse. Davidson’s new book The Ledge, named one of Amazon.com’s Best Outdoor & Nature Books for 2011, tells the dramatic story of how he witnessed his partner’s death and survived the fall, making an impossible climb up a sheer ice wall.

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  • Photo: Ed Viesturs
    The Will to Climb
    SpeakersMonday, April 16, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.Washington, D.C.

    Climbing legend Ed Viesturs shares the story of his setbacks and eventual triumph on Annapurna-his most difficult summit of all.

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Speakers for Today, May 16, 2012 in Washington, D.C.

UPCOMING SPEAKERS

The Statues That Walked, Washington, D.C.
June 21, 2012

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