Join us for a very special evening as we discuss the 2021 mountaineering season in the Himalayan Range, the history of women in mountaineering and the new book, Edge of the Map: The Mountain Life of Christine Boskoff by author Johanna Garton. Joining Johanna will be Vanessa O'Brien, a British-American mountaineer and business executive who was the first British/American woman to summit K2.
"Edge of the Map" encapsulates a dramatic and inspiring adventure story based on the life of trailblazing mountaineer Christine Boskoff and her partner Charlie Fowler. Taking place in locations from the Midwest to the South to the Rockies to the Pacific Northwest, Nepal, Pakistan and Tibet, readers follow Chris’s rise in the sport as she climbs alongside a cast of legendary alpinists and Sherpas. Carving her own path, Chris’s journey through a life in the mountains is one full of both elation and hardship, but ultimately triumph. The evening will kick off with a cocktail hour and book sales, followed by an entertaining presentation and panel discussion, raffle with proceeds benefiting US Nepal Climbing Association, and a book signing.
Book trailer and sneak "peak": http://bit.ly/EdgeOfTheMapOfficialBookTrailer
Monday November 8th
7:00-9:00 PM
Food / Drinks / Book Signing / Raffle
Johanna Garton is a mother, proud Wisconsin girl, writer and cross country coach. Before the publication of her first book, she dabbled in nonprofit consulting, college teaching and had a brief but quickly extinguished career as a lawyer. She's moved her family to China, been charged by an elephant, run 20-plus marathons and is addicted to sweaty, 6:00 AM yoga classes. Among the things she's trying to do better are knitting, volunteering for school functions, baking the perfect apple pie and being on time for anything, anywhere. She and her husband share their home in Denver with two bright children who are much wiser than she is and the inspiration for all her storytelling.
Arc’teryx Soho Community Ambassador, Vanessa O’Brien, is an American/British mountaineer, explorer, and author. She became the first woman to reach Earth’s highest (Mt. Everest) and deepest (Challenger Deep) points in 2020 and the first British or American woman to summit K2 in 2017. Her memoir, To the Greatest Heights, by Simon & Schuster was released in 2021. In October 2021, Vanessa and US Nepal Climbers Association were recognized by New York Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar for their efforts to petition New York State to adopt May 29th as Mt. Everest Day. “Mt. Everest Day represents the great things we can achieve in our lives, while also calling attention to what we stand to lose through environmental degradation, pollution and climate change, if we are not careful.”