National Geographic Speaker Series

This year, Clint and I bought season tickets to the National Geographic Speaker Series at Benaroya Hall. But, Clint signed up for classes at Seattle Central (painting and woodworking, he's quite the artist and carpenter...), so he had to miss this first one. Lucky for me, Colleen was free!

We met for happy hour at Von's, and then made our way over to the theater. Taylor and Sarah also have tickets, so we got to visit with them for a bit before heading in.

being cultured

The speaker du jour was Hilaree O'Neill, a mountaineer sponsored by North Face who has gone on some crazy climbing expeditions. The story she told us was about her and a team of six who went to Southeast Asia to climb its highest peak. Just the part of how they got to the base of the mountain (buses, scary train rides, a hike through the jungle) was ridiculous. If you have 25 minutes, you should watch this video that National Geographic filmed of the whole thing.

It was a really cool talk, and I'm looking forward to the rest of the series now!