AMBER TAXIERA presents:
Climb Asia: A 17 month climbing adventure through Asia.
Tuesday, June 7th, 7:30 PM
Amber will present a slideshow of her travels from Thailand to China to India as a backpacker and as a climber. The slide show will focus on major sport climbing and bouldering destinations throughout Asia. She will also show slides from two major International climbing competitions held in Southern China: The Luo Cheng Climbing Competition and the Yangshuo Climbing Festival, both from the fall of 2010. Amber has worked as a guide and instructor for an Adventure Education company called ChinaClimb in Yangshuo, Guangxi and will share her experiences working as a foreigner in China. Yangshuo is the most well known and the most developed climbing area in China to date. Join Amber for a slideshow and great conversation at Round Table Pizza on Tuesday June 7th.
Amber Taxiera is originally from Davis, CA, where she grew up climbing at Rocknasium. She began climbing more seriously when she attended college at Sonoma State University and began working at Vertex Climbing Center in 2006. In Decemeber 2009, Amber departed on a 17 month tour of Asia hitting 8 different countries and climbing as much as possible along the way. She placed in International Climbing competitions and worked for an international guiding company in Southern China. Amber has a degree in Environmental Studies and City Planning from SSU and has guided for people of all ages and abilities in wilderness rafting, climbing, and trekking. She hopes to inspire more people to climb and visit climbing destinations throughout Asia and beyond.
FREE FOR THE PUBLIC + MONTHLY CLIMBING GEAR RAFFLE
Location: Round Table Pizza, 2065 Occidental Road, Santa Rosa
Time & Date: Tuesday, June 7th, 7:30 PM (Social hours and free beer for members at 6:30)
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.
Membership benefits include organized climbing and mountaineering trip, and miscellaneous coupons (varies over time) from places like Hood Mountain Adventures and Vertex Indoor Climbing Gym. Current members also get a pro-deal with Mountainsmith.
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: David Wilson, 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, Ed Cooper and special events with Conrad Anker, Galen Rowell and Andy Selters.
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.
