"ABOVE ALL." David Wilson Slideshow: Sept. 1st, Santa Rosa

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Jerry Dodrill

climber

Sebastopol, CA

Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 31, 2009 - 08:02pm PT

September 1, 2009
David Wilson: Above all--Mt Whitney and California's Highest Peaks
David Stark Wilson will make a presentation on his and Steve Roper’s new book, Above All, published by Heyday Books in Berkeley. Wilson’s fascination since childhood with the High Sierra has found expression in this remarkable book. Wilson will discuss the origins and methods of the project and his personal experiences in the highest peaks of California. These include driving pins into the Royal Arches in Yosemite at the age of 11 with his father, summiting peaks in Bolivia by age 17, first ascents in the high Sierra from 1981 to 2007, 7 El Cap ascents over the years, and free ascents of the Steck Salathe, Astroman, and the west face of El Cap.

David Stark Wilson, born in Berkeley, California, has been a building designer for over twenty years and a photographer since the age of seventeen. His buildings have won awards from the Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association, Sunset, and Metropolitan Home Magazine. His interests in design and photography converged during his back-road encounters with the austere agricultural buildings of California’s Central Valley and resulted in his first book, Structures of Utility, published by Heyday Books in 2003. An avid mountaineer, David began to photograph mountain landscapes at an early age. With his newest book, Above All, David brings his unique vision to his photographs of the highest peaks of California.
http://www.davidstarkwilson.com/

WHERE AND WHEN

Meetings are the first Tuesday of every month at 7:30 PM at the Round Table Pizza at 2065 Occidental Road, Santa Rosa, Ca.

For members only! Social hour and set-up begins at 6:30 with free beer for members only. If you haven't signed up yet, join up when you get here.

Directions:
From Highway 101 at Santa Rosa go west on Highway 12 to Stony Point Road Exit. Go straight from the middle lane at the light onto Occidental Road. The Round Table Pizza is on the right just down the road.

MEMBERSHIP

Membership in the Rock Ice and Mountain Club is $20 annually (or $25 for a family membership). Please bring check or cash to the show next week.

The Rock Ice and Mountain Club is the North Bay's premiere climbing and back country club. Founded in 1994, we provide climbing opportunities and networking to the North San Francisco Bay community through frequent outings and monthly gatherings. Our free monthly meetings on the first Tuesday of each month have featured lecture and slide presentations by members and world class climbers like: Glenn Denny, The Benegas Brothers, Tom Cole, R.D. Coran, Jerry Dodrill, Armin Fisher, Hans Florine, Jacqueline Florine, Tom Shore, John Hart, Josh Helling, Bob Hoffman, Kevin Jorgensen, Robert Link, Doug Robinson, Tom McMillan, Chris McNamara, Royal Robbins, Ron Kauk, Chris Jones, Doug Stoup, Corey Rich, and Ed Cooper.

Recent shows have included accounts of climbing in Nepal, Tibet, Russia, the Sierra Nevada, Europe and Bhutan. The club organizes trips in Sonoma County, the Cascades, the Sierra, climbing areas like Red Rocks, Smith Rock and Tuolumne Meadows.

Email List Contact Info: Elaine Newman at elaine.mcdonald@sbcglobal.net

Jerry Dodrill

climber

Sebastopol, CA

Topic Author's Reply - Aug 31, 2009 - 08:30pm PT

Other upcoming FREE* slide-shows we're preparing at the Rock, Ice & Mountain Club:

October: Ed Drummond
November: Ammon McNeely
December: Alex Honnold
January: Trevor Clark

*Your $20 per year membership is appreciated, not required, no pressure. Thats cheaper than one movie night out!

Ed Hartouni

Trad climber

Livermore, CA

Aug 31, 2009 - 10:00pm PT

If you can find your way up to Santa Rosa during any of these I'd recommend you go... I had a blast presenting a slide show there, great people!

neebee

Social climber

calif/texas

Aug 31, 2009 - 11:26pm PT

hey there say, bump...

sept 1st is only 1/2 hour away....

*well, in this neck of the woods, anyway...

:)
bump for tomorrow.... :)

Peter Haan

Trad climber

San Francisco, CA

Aug 31, 2009 - 11:31pm PT

Wish we heard about this earlier; I would have been able to plan for it. David and his dad, Les Wilson are amazing guys. I have known Les for 46 years and am still profoundly grateful for his guidance from when I was 14 years old. David is very cool and very successful. In his youth, a tremendous boulderer as well. He designed and built Galen Rowell's house by the way.

have a great time, ph.

Jerry Dodrill

climber

Sebastopol, CA

Topic Author's Reply - Aug 31, 2009 - 11:41pm PT

Hey Peter,
I meant to post this earlier. Hope you can make it to Santa Rosa sometime.

Cheers,
Jerry

Doug Robinson

Trad climber

Santa Cruz

Aug 31, 2009 - 11:55pm PT

David's book is exceptional. Not just the 140-degree wraparound camera either. Knowing that backcountry as he does, he managed to perch the hardware, and before dawn, at some places that made me look back two or three times in disbelief at how encompassing the shot became.