Columbia Center for the Arts presents Switzerland by Bike, Paddle and Boots with author John Harlin and photographer Darryl Lloyd and his brother, Darvel.
The slideshow, video and lecture presentation will be Thursday, March 10, at 7 p.m.
Join in for wine and refreshments (cheese and chocolate) for a reception book signing at 6:30 p.m. and presentation at 7.
Cost is $5 at the door.
"Border Stories" -- Hood River author and adventurer Harlin set out on a three-month journey to follow the entire Swiss border under his own power, a 1,200-mile odyssey with nearly 600,000 vertical feet of climbing -- but disaster struck early.
Eleven days in, he broke both of his feet during a 50-foot climbing fall. Three months later, his bones partly healed, Harlin resumed his adventures in two installments.
In October, he paddled the Rhine and biked the crest of the Jura Mountains as the snows set in, thus completing the relatively flat northern borders.
In summer 2011, Harlin will return to the high Alps, this time travelling clockwise from eastern Switzerland to end near the site of his accident, the Mont Dolent, where the borders of Italy, France and Switzerland all come together and he can look down on the site of his accident.
"Hikes in the Swiss Alps" -- slides by Darryl and Darvel Lloyd, in the fall of 2010 the Lloyd brothers spent a month of day-hiking on some of the most spectacular trails in the Alps.
Their program features hikes in the Chamonix/Mont Blanc area, Valais Alps (Zermatt/Tasch area), Bernese Alps (Aletsch/Lotschental/Lauterbrunnen/Grindelwald) and Upper Engadine/Bernina Alps (eastern Switzerland).
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