High and Hallowed: Everest 1963

To celebrate 75 years of sharing stories, Whatcom County Library System created Read & Share, a countywide book group. Our selection: My Old Man and the Mountain by Leif Whittaker. Events include the showing of High and Hallowed: Everest 1963. This film is the deeper story of the greatest Himalayan climb in American mountaineering history. Film introduction and Q&A with Leif Whittaker, son of the legendary Jim Whittaker, first American to summit Mount Everest.