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Know Exploring: Mt. Hood: Oregon's Perilous Peak

Event Type: Adult Program
Age Group(s): Adult, High School Age
Date: 11/6/2014
Start Time: 12:00 PM
End Time: 1:15 PM
Description:
 Perhaps Oregon’s greatest mountain, Mt. Hood has shaped the very land of the Northwest. The mountain itself helps create the notorious Oregon rains and deep alpine snows, it draws millions to its textbook beauty every year; it paved the way for snowboarding in the mid 1980s, its forests provide some of the purest drinking water in the world, and its snowy peak captures the attention of the nation almost every time it wreaks fatal havoc upon climbers seeking the summit. Roughly 10,000 people attempt to climb Mount Hood each year, but more than 130 people have died climbing Mount Hood since records have been kept.

Jon Bell is the author of "On Mt. Hood: A Biography of Oregon's Perilous Peak." He will talk about the countless climbers, scientists, historians and overall characters who have explored Mt. Hood and helped make it the lively feature that it is.


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Library: La Pine Public Library
Location: Community Room
Contact: Tina Walker Davis
Contact Number: 541-312-1034
Presenter: Jon Bell
Link: Jon Bell's Website