Northern Heights: Climbing North America’s Highest Peaks with Gerry Roach

Join La Sportiva and Gerry Roach on an exciting presentation on his multi decade quest to climb every major North American peak over 16,000 feet: Denali, Logan, Orizaba, Saint Elias, Popo, Foraker, Izta, Lucania, King, Steele, Bona, Blackburn, and Sanford.

Gerry was the first person to summit this list of peaks.

Whether you're a serious mountaineer, recreational mountaineer, or armchair mountaineers, clip in and join us for this exciting night of adventure!

Gerry Roach will have his latest book available for sale at the event.

About Gerry Roach:
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Gerry Roach moved to Boulder Colorado as a lad in 1954, and started climbing rocks and mountains shortly thereafter. Over six decades later, he continues pursuing his mountaineering passion with all the energy he can muster.
In the intervening years, Gerry became a world-class mountaineer. After climbing Mount Everest in 1983, he went on to become the second person to climb the highest peak on each of the seven continents in 1985. In over 60 years of mountaineering that span 7 different calendar decades, Gerry has climbed in dozens of states and countries. He has been on 29 Alaskan expeditions, 10 Andean expeditions and 7 Himalayan expeditions, including first ascents in the kingdom of Bhutan. In 1997, he summited 26,360-foot Gasherbrum II in the Karakorum without supplemental oxygen. In 2000, Gerry became the first person to climb the ten highest peaks in North America. After this climb, he was the subject of a Fast and Light article in Rock and Ice. In 2003, Gerry became the first person to climb every major peak over 16,000 feet in North America. Gerry is a member of the Colorado Mountain Club, the Highpointers Club, the Sierra Club, and the American Alpine Club.
Closer to home, Gerry has climbed more than 2,000 peaks in Colorado, including all the Fourteeners, which he completed for the first time in 1975. He finished climbing every ranked Thirteener in Colorado in 2010. He finished climbing every named and ranked peak in the Indian Peaks Wilderness and Rocky Mountain National Park in 2001. He has also climbed every peak in the Colorado counties of Boulder, Gilpin and Clear Creek, and every named peak in Jefferson County. He completed visits to all 64 Colorado counties in 2001, and became the tenth person to achieve this feat. He is also a member of the coveted Highpointers’ Double Century Club for visiting more than 250 county summits nationwide, and he has done all 50 of the US State Summits. In 2004, Gerry completed the 99 classic desert peaks on the Sierra Club’s fabled Desert Peaks List. Pursuing another venue, Gerry has visited the highpoints of 55 of the 59 US National Parks.
Gerry is also an accomplished rock climber. His first book, , is a guide to the trails and easier rock climbs in the Flatirons above Boulder. His second book, , is a guide to the classic hikes and climbs in the park. His guide , now in its second edition, remains the definitive mountaineering guide to that special area. In his guide , Gerry conveys his intimate knowledge of, and love for Colorado’s high peaks. In , Gerry expanded the scope of his guidebooks, and continued to convey his love for Colorado’s mountains. His most recent guidebook is , which he co-authored with Jennifer. After returning from his numerous expeditions, Gerry climbs in Colorado’s mountains to re-hone his skills, and write about his experiences. His first three narratives are , , and . Mountaineering in his rugged and beautiful home state forms the foundation for his successful expeditions to Earth’s great peaks. In 2005, the Sierra Club gave Gerry the coveted Francis P. Farquhar Mountaineering Award for a lifetime of mountaineering achievement. In 2006, the Colorado Mountain Club gave Gerry the rare Ellingwood Ice Ax Award, and in 2010, the Highpointers Club gave Gerry the Frank Ashley Award. Gerry lives with his wife Jennifer in Montrose, Colorado USA.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

La Sportiva Retail Store, 2100 Broadway, Boulder, United States