I had the honor & pleasure of speaking on the opening night of the Teton County Library Mountain Story program on January 12, 2016. This library program is a signature event, as it opened the new year with tales of writers, film makers, adventurers, and those who live off the grid. Valerie Maginnis, library director, opened the event.
My program focused on the story experience of my record-breaking expedition from the Hercules Inlet to the South Pole, a record that will be very difficult to break. No one starts off planning an expedition of 81 days to ski this particular 720 mile distance.
The experience is recorded in my book, Antarctic Tears, available in:
I’m very excited to have the USB-MP3 audio book available and the upcoming CD box set audio book coming in about a month. If you prefer audio books instead of reading, either the CD box set or the MP3 book on USB stick are a great way to go.
Valerie Maginnis on Aaron as a speaker
I was able to catch Valerie Maginnis, Teton County Library director, after the event. I asked her to say a few words about the value of my program, what it meant to the library as well as to her. In this testimonial video, Valerie shares her thoughts and experiences of the Mountain Story Program event. She also talks about her personal thoughts of what a motivating speaker can do for large or small audiences.
Additional Mountain Story Presenters
Pete Mortimer & Nick Rosen of Sender Films presented the keynote of the event, talking about their incredible documentary, Valley Uprising, about the climbing culture of Yosemite in the golden years of climbing.
To cap off the event, the library had Mark Sundeen, author of The Man Who Quit Money, do a talk with the book’s subject, Daniel Suelo. Daniel has lived without money for 15+ years in the United States. He is not homeless but rather participates in a gift economy. It was an eye-opening discussion between the two about what can be done to better ourselves and our world.
You can download the website version of the Mountain Story program: Teton county library Mountain Story 2016 PDF.