Contact: Bob Ratliff
The man who organized a 1991 climb of the world's highest mountain will relive the adventure in a Feb. 14 public program at Mississippi State University.
Rick Wilcox will discuss the New England Everest Expedition at a 7 p.m. free public program in the Simrall Hall auditorium. His remarks will be accompanied by a slide presentation.
From a base camp in Nepal, Wilcox and three other team members reached the summit of the 29,028 foot Himalayan peak in May of that year. His eight-person group was the first Everest expedition to be organized in the Eastern United States.
A University of Massachusetts graduate and president of North Conway, N.H.-based Mountain Rescue Service Inc., Wilcox currently is preparing for a March climb in the Himalayas of the world's sixth-highest mountain. His target, Cho-oyu, is located on the Nepal-Tibet border.
His Mississippi State presentation is sponsored by the geosciences department, with additional support from Army ROTC, University Honors Program and the offices of International Services, International Programs, Recreational Sports, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.
For additional information, telephone Louis Wasson at (662) 325-9434.