Tuesday Night Talks
Periodically we run hiking, climbing and cycling-themed talks as part of the Tuesday night Bacon Arms meets. The talks start at 8pm and then the usual members / new members catch-up can continue.
Dates for your diaries in 2011:
February 1st
Climbing and Treking in Afganistan and Tajikistan
Spike Reid recently led an independent climbing and trekking expedition to Afghanistan and Tajikistan. The
expedition climbed new peaks and set out to pave the way for more travellers to visit the Wakhan Corridor
in north east Afghanistan. With two friends in 2008 he won the first ever Land Rover/RGS-IBG 'Go Beyond'
bursary and spent seven months circumnavigating the globe along the line of 50 north, investigating the
human impact of climate change. He was President of Northumbria Students’ Union for two years prior to
this. He is a keen photographer and cyclist. Spike currently works as an Events Coordinator for the Royal
Geographical Society (with IBG) in London.
There is no charge for this but charity donations on the night would be welcome.
For more about Spike, see www.spikereid.net
December 6th (postponed from November 22nd)
Denali National Park
Lee Farmer has had many other adventures and would like to present a talk about Denali National Park. Denali Park is in Alaska and includes the very hard to summit Mt McKinley so this will be an interesting talk. It will be at the Bacon Arms as a normal Tuesday night pub night 6th December.
For more information, see www.2011denali.com