U.S.A. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Famer Dick Dorworth will present the film “Mountain of Storms,” a documentary of a trip from California to Argentina and historic climb of Fitz Roy in Patagonia. This show will take place on Thursday, April 11, at Mount Shasta Sisson Museum. Doors open at 6:30pm, program begins at 7:00. Donations of $8-10 will benefit the Siskiyou Land Trust.
Before they were magnates of the outdoors, Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard and North Face founder Doug Tompkins were “true dirt bags.” In 1968, they and three friends – author and climber Chris Jones, Dick Dorworth, and Mountain of Storms photographer Lito Tejada-Flores – set off on what became a legendary road trip. The fated quintet set off from Ventura in an old van with a then-obscure destination: the eponymous Patagonia region. Along the way, these five friends stopped only to eat, sleep, ski, climb, and surf. To cap off the journey, the men put up a first ascent on Argentina’s Cerro Fitz Roy Southwest Buttress. Today, climbers know it as the “California Route.” Best of all, they chronicled the entire adventure on a 16mm Bolex camera. “Mountain of Storms” has inspired and maintained a faithful fan base in the decades since.
Presenter Dick Dorworth has skied and climbed in Europe, Asia, Alaska and South America, but he spent most of his life in the mountains of the West. He ski raced extensively from 1950 through 1965 and set the world record for speed on skis in Portillo, Chile in 1963. Dick taught and coached skiing for years, served as coach of the U.S. Ski Men’s Team, and later Director of the Aspen Mountain Ski School. Dorworth’s writing has appeared in Ski, Skiing, Powder, Snow Country, Mountain Gazette, Men’s Journal, Climbing, New West, Mariah, Wild Duck Review, Summit, and Backpacker. Today he lives in Ketchum, Idaho in winter where he skis on his favorite mountain, Baldy, or in the backcountry. In summer he lives in Bozeman, Montana and climbs on the many local crags. He writes all year.
Come join the Land Trust and friends for a very special evening of “Mountain of Storms” film showing and a few humorous stories by presenter Dick Dorworth. Call 530-926-2259 for more information.
