Italian Alpinist Simone Moro Speaks Tonight

Simone Moro to Speak at Tahoe City Art Haus

Alpenglow Sports Presents An Evening with Italian Alpinist Simone Moro
Tuesday, October 21st at 6pm
Tahoe Art Haus & Cinema 475 North Lake Blvd., Tahoe City, CA 96145
FREE Admission. All ages are welcome.

Alpenglow Sports presents a unique evening with Simone Moro, the celebrated Italian alpinist renowned for his daring winter ascents of some of the tallest mountains on earth. The recipient of numerous awards and honors for his climbing achievements, Simone is a popular speaker at the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival.

Born in 1967, Simone Moro has been climbing since the age of thirteen. He is the only alpinist to have reached the summit of three 8000-meter peaks entirely in winter. Simone also pilots helicopters as part of a high-altitude charter and rescue service in Nepal. On Tuesday, October 21st he will share his adventurous mountain tales with the Lake Tahoe community.  

His first major climb was a speed ascent of Aconcagua in winter (1993). He next made a speed ascent of Lhotse in 1994. He has since gone on to reach the summits of Shishapangma, Makalu, and Gasherbrum II, all in winter. He has climbed in the Himalayas, Karakorum, Tian Shan, Pamir, Andes, Patagonia, and Antarctica, as well as in major ranges in Europe and North America.

According to Ed Viesturs, the only American to have climbed all fourteen of the world’s 8000-meter peaks, “Climbing 8000-meter peaks is one of the most physically difficult and mentally challenging endeavors that humans have ever attempted. Steep terrain. Hurricane-force winds. Subzero temperatures. Blinding snowstorms. Near impossibility of rescue. Constant discomfort…then there is Simone…he climbs these peaks in winter.”

More information about Moro can be found here: http://www.simonemoro.com/en.

While the show is free, attendees are encouraged to arrive early for good seating. After the show, Simone will sign copies of his new book “The Call of the Ice,” his third book and the first to be translated into English by Mountaineers Books.

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