The July 28 Mountaineers meeting will feature a talk by Oliva Li entitled “Trekking in Western China: Tibet’s Kama Valley and Sichuan’s Holy Mountains.”

The May 26 Mountaineers meeting will feature a talk by Sarah Wright and Eric that shares their experiences summiting four of Ecuador's iconic (and highest) volcanoes - Cayambe, Cotopaxi, Antisana, and Chimborazo - across two very different but equally rewarding trips in 2025. Even the least of the peaks reaches almost 19,000 feet, while 20,560-foot Chimborazo is the point on the Earth’s surface farthest from the Earth’s center.

The March 24 Mountaineers meeting will feature a talk by Tanja Pietraß on adventuring in the far Aleutians. Two Alaska adventure buddies (Raz and Tanja) set out for Adak — a windswept Aleutian island closer to Russia than the continental U.S. Once home to a major naval base, Adak now stands as one of America’s most remote and hauntingly beautiful frontiers. Here, volcanoes rise through the clouds, rain falls horizontally, and the lush landscape feels alive under your feet.

The January 27 Mountaineers meeting will feature a talk by Jonathon Creel and Nell Larson on packrafting in far northern Alaska. One of the most remote and least-disturbed wilderness areas in North America, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a wild place unlike any other in the U.S. The Canning River runs from the Brooks Range through the wetlands and hummocks of the coastal plain to the Arctic Ocean.