ADK-GVC Chapter Meeting
This free and open to the public event at the RMSC Eisenhart Auditorium includes:
6:30 pm Workshop - ADK Winter Mountaineering School: Gary Diana will be providing info about a non-profit group that has been sponsored since 1954 by the Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK). The purpose of the program is to promote enjoyable and successful winter mountaineering and camping through a learn-by-doing approach.
7;30 pm Program - My Return to Nepal: Five Weeks, Two Treks and One Summit Attempt also by Gary Diana.
Gary kindly shared this info about himself: My passion for the mountains began back in 2011, when a high school friend finally talked me into hiking a 46er (Mt. Allen!). Two years later, I would finish my 46er journey on Whiteface mountain, with friends and family. Since then I’ve hiked the tallest mountains on the eastern side of the US, which led to seeking out the summits of Rainier, a few volcanoes in Mexico, and a summit in Argentina, which is the highest mountain outside of the Himalayas.
I recently celebrated his 44th wedding anniversary to my wife Sheryl, who has supported me through my hiking and mountaineering obsession. I am an instructor at the ADK’s Winter Mountaineering School, and am an avid deer hunter.
One year ago, I travelled to Nepal for a trek to Everest Base Camp, which included summits of two mountains, one over 18,000 feet, and the other over 20,000 feet. Most recently I again travelled to Nepal, for two treks and a summit attempt of Mera Peak (21,500 feet).
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