Date: February 7, 2025
Time: 9pm PT
On February 7th, join us for the fourth Winter Speaker Series show, presented by the North Tahoe Chamber, with climbing, mountaineering, and skiing AMGA guide, Angela Hawse. Doors open at 6pm for food, drinks, and raffle tickets, and the show starts at 7pm. The event is FREE and everyone is encouraged to enjoy it.
Angela Hawse, one of very few women excelling as a professional mountain guide, has been in the business of taking folks on trips of a lifetime throughout the world for over 35 years. In 2023, she received the AMGA Lifetime Achievement in Guiding Award for her work. Additionally, she was the 6th woman in the U.S. to become an IFMGA Mountain Guide, the 1st woman to join the AMGA Instructor Team 20 years ago, and is now the 1st woman and the 1st non-European person to serve on the IFMGA Technical Commission.
Angela has led over 30 high altitude mountaineering expeditions to the world’s Greater Ranges and guided remote trips from the Antarctic Peninsular to the Arctic. She skied from Sweden to Norway across Lapland, reached the South Summit of Mt. Everest (500’ higher than K2) and led numerous, technical all-women’s ascents that raised over 30K to support safe houses for young women in the Himalaya. Her most recent personal adventure was racing a 49-cc children’s motorcycle across Mongolia for 10-days alpine style.
Angela’s show, “Small, but Mighty” will bring you along on her path less traveled which has required grit, passion, determination, compromise and commitment to go the distance, come back and do it again. Her work pioneering and paving a rocky road for women in a male-dominated profession parallels many inspiring adventures she’s done with clients and partners throughout her career.
The nonprofit beneficiary of the event is Headwaters Science Institute! All bar and giveaway proceeds, in addition to anonymous donations from the Donor Party, benefit this group. Headwaters Science Institute aims to create informed citizens who not only pursue science careers, but blossom when faced with opportunities to positively impact society through engagement, curiosity, and applications of the scientific method. Learn more about this incredible organization here: https://headwatersscienceinstitute.org/
There will be TWO giveaways — one in-person raffle for everyone attending the event, and one online giveaway for everyone tuning in from afar. The prizes for each are different and you can enter both! In-person and online winners are announced at the show, with online winners also contacted afterwards.
Thank you to Angela’s sponsors, as well as our event sponsors for kicking in BIG prizes to make these giveaways happen. Shoutout to The North Face, Black Diamond, Osprey, Bubs Naturals, and so many more.
Check out our event page for details, and to register for the livestream! You will receive one free giveaway ticket with registration, and can purchase more if you’d like.
