David Roberts, mountaineer and author of On the Ridge Between Life and Death, will lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Red Pit at Kirner-Johnson. The lecture, titled "Writing About Adventure – Including Your Own," will include slides of his Alaskan mountaineering expeditions. The first lecture in this year's Writers on Writing Series, the event is free and open to the public.
During the 1960s and 1970s David Roberts led or co-led 13 climbing expeditions to Alaska and the Yukon, making many first ascents, including the west face of Mount Huntington. He is the author of 19 books, including most recently On The Ridge Between Life and Death: A Climbing Life Reexamined (2005), and the just-published book, co-authored with Ed Viesturs, No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks." Among his other notable works are The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Mount Everest (1999), co-authored with Conrad Anker, and True Summit: What Really Happened on the Legendary Ascent of Annapurna (2000). His articles have appeared in such publications as National Geographic Adventure, Outside, Smithsonian, and The Atlantic Monthly. His books and articles have won many prizes, and in 2001 National Geographic Adventure listed his climbing memoirs The Mountain of My Fear (1968) and Deborah: A Wilderness Adventure (1970) as among the 100 best adventure books ever written.
The lecture is co-sponsored by the Writing Center and the Hamilton Outing Club.
