Given the dreary weather this week it's a great time to be an armchair adventurer and take in two "indoor" events that'll get you stoked for the outdoors.

Wednesday evening April 4th join yours truly for the monthly meeting of MOAC - the Maine Outdoor Adventure Club in Portland. I'll be presenting the slide program: "Trekking the GR20 Route across Corsica," a hike I did with another local friend last summer.

The Haute Corse was a difficult walk over some impossibly steep terrain. But the beauty of this rugged island, the magnificent mountain scenery, the lovely Corsican people, and the sheer delight of two weeks of simple trail living a long way from home made the struggle more than worthwhile.

Thursday evening April 5th, join Yarmouth-ite Tom Armstrong for a photographic journey to Mount Everest as he recounts the 1990 Mount Everest Peace Climb, an expedition largely sponsored by L.L. Bean.

The Everest program will be held at the Town Hall Community Room in Yarmouth. Call 846-6242 for more info.

Both programs begin at 7 PM on their respective nights, and are free and open to the public.

Scaling the walls of the fabled Cirque de la Solitude, GR20 Route, Haute Corse.
Photo courtesy Carey Kish