The Rocky Mt. chapter invited Mike Kaplan (left), a thought leader in multiple space domains with extensive experience in government and the aerospace industry, to provide an update on the James Webb Space Telescope, launched in 2021, and how it compares to the Hubble Space Telescope launched in 1990 – a night and day difference […] Continue reading>>
Chapter chair Jeff Blumenfeld will describe the work of The Explorers Club and his projects with Norman D. Vaughan, Will Steger, Barry Clifford, and other explorers and adventurers during a presentation to the Boulder Newcomers Club. He’ll then explain his own two-year expedition searching for a living kidney donor. Chapter members and guests are invited. […] Continue reading>>
Join us for our third bimonthly Flash Talk session in CU Boulder’s Gamow Tower top floor Reading Room. The format is simple: bring an item from a past expedition and tell us about the project’s goals and results. You’ll have five minutes. Members and their invited guests only; this will not be open to the […] Continue reading>>
One of our fellow TEC members is coming to Boulder Tuesday night and chapter members are invited. Steven is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a Fellow and East and South Asia Chapter Chair of The Explorers Club, and founded SinoScuba, Beijing’s first professional scuba diving operator. In 2007, he led the first-ever scientific […] Continue reading>>
The United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941), also known as Richard Byrd’s Third Antarctic Expedition, is often left out of timelines and history books. While the expedition was cut short by World War II, it made compelling discoveries of huge swaths of the continent. Byrd was one of the most important figures of twentieth century […] Continue reading>>
Presented by Joshua Lively, Ph.D., Curator of Paleontology, Prehistoric Museum, Utah State University Eastern Prehistoric Museum The Prehistoric Museum at Utah State University Eastern in Price, Utah, is within less than two hours – in every direction – of some of the most important fossiliferous rocks in the United States. These are rocks that span […] Continue reading>>
Event Report Sept. 26, 2024 – Modern Outdoor Gear Makes Today’s Exploration Possible Rachel S. Gross, historian and author based at the University of Colorado Denver addressed the Rocky Mt. chapter on Sept. 25, 2024 at the Fjallraven Boulder store, to review how the development of outdoor gear and equipment led to modern-day exploration. Gross […] Continue reading>>
The recent Titan tragedy appeared in media worldwide and mesmerized the nation, perhaps because the Titan represented a collection of humankind’s greatest fears (drowning, claustrophobia, darkness, cold, a ticking countdown clock, etc.) all wrapped up in a carbon fiber cocoon. By one account, CNN alone had over 100 people interviewed on their network during the week, including Captain McLaren. Coverage spawned […] Continue reading>>
The Rocky Mountain Chapter of The Explorers Club broke a five-year dinner attendance record when it changed up the format of its typical bi-monthly dinners. Instead of one speaker, the evening featured nine speakers – all members – presenting their most recent projects with no more than a five-year look-back of previous projects. Each speaker […] Continue reading>>
The Andes crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 happened exactly 50 years ago on October 13, 1972. A rugby team heading to Chile crashed straight into an Andean peak at 14,200 feet. Sixteen of the 45 passengers survived 72 days trapped on a glacier, isolated from civilization and having to resort to eating the bodies […] Continue reading>>
Congratulations to chapter member Peter W. Van Arsdale on the publication of his book: Encounters: 50 Fascinating Strangers From My Life on the Road(Amity Bridge, 2022). While neither memoir nor autobiography per se, this book nonetheless covers half a century of personal encounters – most of them unexpected – across the globe. In these 50 […] Continue reading>>
Frustrated as we all are about Covid restrictions, the Rocky Mountain chapter requested that Club archivist and curator Lacey Flint conduct a live, virtual tour of the Research Collections. As the mid-September event came together, we naturally thought to open it to all 3,600 of us worldwide. The 60-minute event offered insight into some of […] Continue reading>>
Rocky Mt. chapter members spent the better part of a September Saturday “exploring” a large historic lead and silver mine dating to the late 19th century in the hills above Boulder. The White Raven Mine, owned by Club member Markus Raschke, a physics professor at the University of Colorado-Boulder, has been part of the Captain Jack […] Continue reading>>
The chapter traveled to Montrose on Oct. 11-13 to tour the Shavano Valley Petroglyph Park, learn the history of Black Canyon, and enjoy a fascinating talk by Kelvin Kent, a member of Chris Bonington’s British teams for Annapurna (1970) and Everest (1972), and gain some insight on expedition fundraising. Kent considers the 1970 Annapurna climb, “the […] Continue reading>>
Flower Power – Congratulations to Jim Pisarowicz and Mary Menz on publication of Common Wildflowers of the San Juan Mountains (2019). All the wildflowers in the book are found in the San Juan Mountains and specifically in Ouray, Hinsdale, San Juan and San Miguel counties – from the montane zone of 8,000 – 10,000 feet to the subalpine […] Continue reading>>
TEC national fellow Dr. Ulyana Horodyskyj traveled with Alpine Expeditions (Ricardo Peña) in January 2018 to the crash site of Uruguayan Air Force flight 571. The Fairchild 227 went down in the Andes on Friday, October 13, 1972 due to pilot error. 45 people were onboard the plane and only 16 survived. The survivors lived […] Continue reading>>
Chapter Chair Jeff Blumenfeld, FN’89, was director of communications for the Dooley Intermed International – Operation Restore Vision Gift of Sight 2017 expedition to Nepal’s Upper Gorkha region, epicenter of the 2015 earthquakes. Read his daily trip reports here: https://dooleyintermed.org/the-adventure-begins-off-to-qatar-then-nepal-for-the-2017-dooley-intermed-gift-of-sight-eye-care-medical-mission-led-by-scott-hamilton-of-dooley-intermed-flying-to-the-other-side-of-the-world-with View the 11-minute trip documentary produced by SkyShip Films here: Continue reading>>
On Nov. 8, 2023, we were honored to hear about the work and interests of four early career explorers: Cayte Bosler – Women of the Explorers Club Dr. Rebecca (Becky) Niemiec – Applying Social Science to Solve Conservation Challenges Around the World Alex Geldzahler – Excavating a 1st- Century BCE Villa in Malta Ryan A. Venturelli – Unveiling Subglacial […] Continue reading>>
Explorer, conservationist and educator, Mikki, a resident of Longmont, Colorado, was honored by the group recognizing women divers who have made outstanding contributions to the exploration, understanding, safety and enjoyment of the underwater world. The WDHOF also promotes opportunities in diving through grants, scholarships, internships and mentoring, as well as a worldwide network of industry […] Continue reading>>
Presented by Peter Van Arsdale, Ph.D. Fjallraven Denver Store, 1510 Platte Street 6:30 PM Free admission, guests welcome (no fee) From a historical exploration perspective, spanning the so-called Age of Discovery, first contacts with previously unknown people have proven fascinating, mystifying, and controversial. At times those discovered have been described as “the Other,” “savages,” or “aliens.” At […] Continue reading>>