NextThreeDays: Event Display

Pat Goodman Slide Show: Tales of High Adventure: Pakistan, Canada, and Venezuela
Venue: Crimper's Climbing Gym, Christiansburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Thursday, April 18, 2013
Time: 9:00 - 10:00 PM
Event Types: Sports, Arts & Theatre
Cost: Free
Description:
Crimper's Climbing Gym presents a free slide show from international climber Pat Goodman titled "Tales of High Adventure: Pakistan, Canada, and Venezuela" on Thursday, April 18th.

Pat Goodman, originally from New Mexico, has spent a lot of time in just about every corner of the world, ticking off some of the most arduous and proud FA's and repeat ascents. Goodman has also raised the bar in the southeast putting up 'brick-hard, borderline-too-dangerous trad climbs, including Fitzcarraldo (5.13R), and Jade Rabbit *5.13d/5.14a R)'. His slightly abrasive attitude and sheer psyche, have led Pat to the far corners of the earth, leaving a wake of rad FA's in wild and dangerous enviornements.

Pat takes us on a whirlwind tour of his travels and climbing expeditions to Pakistan, Canada, and Venezuela. In his first trip to Pakistan, Pat tasted just enough adventure to make him want to return. Pat and his team of Matt McCormick and Jean-Pierre Oullet will travel back to Pakistan, after receiving the American Alpine Club's 2013 Lyman Spitzer Cutting Edge Award. The team will try to put up a new route on the east face of Uli Biaho Tower in Trango Valley, Pakistan later in 2013.

This harrowing route was first climbed in 1979 by and American team comprised of John Roskelley, Bill Forrest, and Ron Kauk. This year, Pat and his team will take a different approach up the wall to avoid the 'death gully' used on previous expeditions. Read more about this grant here: http://americanalpineclub.org/p/2013-spitzer-grant-winners.

No stranger to suffering, Pat and his team Jeff Achey, Jeremy Collins and James Martin snagged the FA of the "Phoenix" in the Vampire Spires of the Northwest Territories, Canada in late 2012. Read more about their trip here: http://www.climbing.com/news/huge-new-route-in-canadas-vampire-peaks/.

Pat will be fresh off the trail from Venezuela for this slide show series, and with the trips mounting both in the past and future, Pat will showcase his explorations from Canada, Pakistan, and Venezuela in a one hour multi-media presentation.

Admission to this event is free however donations will be collected to benefit the American Alpine Club's Live Your Dream Grant.

For more information on the grant, visit: http://www.americanalpineclub.org/grants/g/17/Live-Your-Dream-Grants

For more information about this event, visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/166541213500530/ or call Crimper's at 540-251-3040.