A very special talk and musical collaboration with world record holding mountain climber, Vern Tejas.

Vern Tejas will talk about his extraordinary mountaineering career. Vern currently holds the world record for the amount of time taken to summit all seven summits consecutively. He is the first person to solo summit several of the world’s tallest peaks. In 2002, Sports Illustrated named Tejas as one of the top 50 Alaskan athletes of the 20th century.

When asked about his passion for climbing Vern’s response was fascinating: “I like being active in the physical world and doing something that is challenging and something that also might cross new barriers or new horizons, but it is metaphorical when you look into it deeply; it’s really yourself that you are exploring, you really are discovering your own limits and finding your own uncharted waters. It plays back and forth between the real world and your internal world and for me it’s been a trip of discovery.”

Vern also happens to play a travel size Martin guitar, made at the nearby Nazareth, Pa. Martin Guitar Factory. He has taken this superb instrument all around the world, and played it on the summit of many of North America’s tallest mountains.

After his lecture Vern will join Little Sparrow and friends for a light hearted musical collaboration!
Shake the winter Blues at the Sullivan County Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY. All events are free – donations are welcome! Call 845 434-8044 or visit frederickcookpolar.org