Climbing Mount McKinley
David Lien

When: Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Where: Grand Rapids Area Library Community Room
Cost: Free and open to the Public

Adventurer and Grand Rapids native, David Lien, will present a program at the Grand Rapids Library, Tuesday, December 29 at 12:00 noon. Lien will recount his experiences of climbing Mt. McKinley in Alaska, one of the "coldest mountains on Earth." He will share photos and hair-raising tales of the exhilarating climb up one of the most deadly mountains in North America. The program is open to the public free of charge.

On July 2, 2004, Lien stood on the summit of North America's highest peak at 20,320-foot, often referred to by its Native American name, Denali, meaning "great one." To get there and back, he endured over two weeks of carrying 60-pound packs and pulling 40-pound sleds full of food, fuel, tents, and climbing gear up and down crevasse-strewn glaciers.