Conrad Anker, renowned climber and author of The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Mount Everest, will present a talk by the same title on Tuesday, Sept. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in K-J Auditorium. The talk is free and open to the public.
Anker has made a specialty of climbing the most technically challenging terrain, including peaks in Alaska, Antarctica, Yosemite, Patagonia and the Himalayas. Anker's Himalayan climb in 1997 with Alex Lowe and Jon Krakauer (author of Into Thin Air) was covered by the National Geographic Society in both the magazine and in a documentary film. He also holds the speed records for ascents of several of the world's most challenging climbs.
In May 1999, as a member of the Mallory and Irvine research expedition, Anker discovered the body of George Mallory, the preeminent Everest explorer of the 1920s. The disappearance of Mallory and Irvine on their summit bid of June 1924 is one of climbing's greatest mysteries. Anker's discovery and analysis of the find has shed new light onto the pioneering climbs of the early expeditions. In conjunction with a feature film about the disappearance of Mallory to be released in spring 2008, Anker again reached the summit of Everest in June 2007.
Anker will also be meeting with the Outing Club and Maurice Isserman's Adventure Writing class. Anker graduated from the University of Utah and lives in Bozeman, Montana. This program is sponsored by the Hamilton College Dean of Students Office.
Anker has made a specialty of climbing the most technically challenging terrain, including peaks in Alaska, Antarctica, Yosemite, Patagonia and the Himalayas. Anker's Himalayan climb in 1997 with Alex Lowe and Jon Krakauer (author of Into Thin Air) was covered by the National Geographic Society in both the magazine and in a documentary film. He also holds the speed records for ascents of several of the world's most challenging climbs.
In May 1999, as a member of the Mallory and Irvine research expedition, Anker discovered the body of George Mallory, the preeminent Everest explorer of the 1920s. The disappearance of Mallory and Irvine on their summit bid of June 1924 is one of climbing's greatest mysteries. Anker's discovery and analysis of the find has shed new light onto the pioneering climbs of the early expeditions. In conjunction with a feature film about the disappearance of Mallory to be released in spring 2008, Anker again reached the summit of Everest in June 2007.
Anker will also be meeting with the Outing Club and Maurice Isserman's Adventure Writing class. Anker graduated from the University of Utah and lives in Bozeman, Montana. This program is sponsored by the Hamilton College Dean of Students Office.
