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Mountaineering expedition catastrophe on K2 in Pakistan

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Expedition goal: K2

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Trailblazing Talks Series Astonishing Tales of Adventures

“Open Window” by Michael Yamashita. Sony Ambassador Michael Yamashita has shot for National Geographic for more than 30 years, combining his passions of travel and photography with his love of history and culture.

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The Trailblazing Talks series presents astonishing tales of adventure, captured through the lens of featured award-winning photographers, explorers and intrepid documentarians. These storytellers share their insights about the world, giving audiences an inspirational and educational journey across the globe and bridging the distance between us. This engaging five-part speaker series takes place in the Muriel Kauffman Theatre and concludes with a live Q&A session.

Photographer Michael Yamashita, East Meets West: In the Footsteps of Marco Polo
Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.

Join National Geographic master photographer Michael Yamashita as he follows in the footsteps of Marco Polo, the greatest Western explorer of all time, reliving his 13th-century odyssey along the Silk Road to Asia, and back across the South China Sea, connecting the East and West for the first time.

Filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert, Wild Africa on the Brink
Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.

Dereck and Beverly

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Robert Kelso Smith (51) is a professional mountain guide, originally from County Tyrone who now lives in Fort William in Scotland. Robert has previously climbed Everest an astonishing 6 times, with last summit in May 2021 while guiding for Madison Mountaineering. He has the unique distinction of having climbed K2 and Everest in the same season in 2018 and climbing Everest and Lhotse within the same 24 hour period in 2019. Robert has climbed five of the fourteen 8000m peaks (Everest, K2, Manaslu, Cho Oyu and Lhotse) – the most of any Irish climber and has significant climbing and guiding experience including 8000m peaks, Snow Leopards and extensive Antarctic climbing and polar expeditions to name but a few. Robert has recently completed a trio of climbs in Antarctica, including Vinson Massif (4892m), Mount Tyree (4852m) and Mount Shinn (4661m) within the same week. This is likely a first ascent for an Irish climber on Tyree and Shinn, and the first time anyone has climbed all three of these Antarctic peaks in the same season since the 1966/67 season. Robert is guiding with the US-based Madison Mountaineering expedition team this season.

Michael ‘Miko’ Keane (69) is a sheep farmer from Corr na Móna in the beautiful Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking) region in County Gal