Come and hear a rundown of the CCA’s recent activities plus general climbing news and points of interest, followed by our guest speaker presentation.

CCA members and non-members are welcome.

Dinner is available from The Limestone Kitchen at the Ainslie Football Club, providing a great chance to relax and socialise with other CCA members before the meeting starts at 7.30pm. A table in the name of CCA is booked for 6pm.

Guest speakers:  Lakpa Sherpa and Chris Burke – climbing and trekking in the Himalaya

Lakpa Sherpa and Chris Burke

Lakpa Sherpa and Chris (Jensen) Burke have climbed many mountains in the Himalaya, including Mount Everest, K2, Kanchenjunga and Annapurna.

Between them, they have more than 25 x 8,000m summits, with Lakpa having multiple successful 8,000m ascents, with summits by both of them on 10 of the world’s highest peaks over 8,000m.

Lakpa is also well known for his successful 18-pitch ice climb of the 800m+ ice-fall known as ‘Losar in Kwangde near Namche Bazaar in Nepal (2006).

Lakpa has led mountaineering expeditions, treks and performed rescues throughout the Himalaya over many years, having commenced his technical training at the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute in Darjeeling (India). For many years, Lakpa had the most summits of Ama Dablam, the jewel of Nepal’s Khumbu region.

Chris has trekked and climbed throughout the Himalaya and around the world more broadly, having also completed the feat known as the ‘7 Summits’, to climb to the summit of the highest peak on each of the 7 continents. Over the years, she has also supported and raised funds for the education and refuge of women and girls in Nepal.

Chris and Lakpa are married and in the last year or so moved from their Sydney base to Canberra.