What’s new at LLL this year?
Big changes are in store for LifeLong Learning this coming season as online class and trip registrations and ticket purchasing will be available on the website www.lifelonglearningatpc.org on October 1.
Now there are several ways to buy up to four tickets for a Premier Lecture or to reserve your space on a trip or in a class beginning October 1.
* Online, with a credit card or a PayPal account
* At the Eagle’s Nest Kiosk with a check or cash
* By mail with a check. As classes and trips will be filled on a first-paid basis, spaces may be filled by the time a check arrives.
* Before any Monday Morning Lecture
And what’s the best way to stay up to date on LifeLong Learning activities? Subscribe to the LLL weekly enewsletter by sending your name and email address to [email protected].
FBI returns for first Monday Morning Lecture of season
When FBI agents came to PebbleCreek last season, many residents were disappointed that the Renaissance Theatre was filled to capacity.
Fortunately, the FBI has agreed to return for the first Monday Morning Lecture of the season at 10:00 a.m. October 19 to discuss the realities of undercover work in the FBI and how true undercover work differs from the perception.
Periodically a headline about the FBI grabs our attention, such as the time FBI agents arrested seven people in a securities kickback scheme or the sting operation in which agents posed as repairmen.
But do we ever know what undercover agents are actually doing in the pursuit of white collar crimes, public corruption, terrorism and other crimes?
Fortunately, we’ll have the chance to learn just what is happening in undercover work when FBI Special Agent Adam L. Angst delivers the first Monday Morning Lecture of the season.
Angst has served with the FBI in Phoenix for more than 20 years after nine years of service as a police officer in Riley County, Kansas. He has worked all types of crimes, from violent crime to terrorism. Since 1998 he has been an active undercover agent and since 2010 has served full-time as the undercover coordinator for the FBI in Arizona.
Tickets to all Monday Morning Lectures are $3 at the door of the Renaissance Theatre.
Haley Ercanbrack
Season opens with compelling story: Surviving Mt. Everest avalanche
Nancy Love
You may have watched her on Dateline or on AZ Central news sharing her story of climbing Mount Everest in April 2015, and surviving the earthquake and avalanche. What would cause this 32 year old Arizonan, the owner of hair salons in Mesa and Scottsdale, to risk her life and pay approximately a $70,000 climbing fee to reach the top of the world?
The 2015-16 LifeLong Learning at PebbleCreek opens with its first Premier lecture at 7:00 p.m. Friday, October 16 with a compelling story you won’t want to miss.
On April 1, 2015, Haley Ercanbrack and her father and climbing partner Randall arrived in Nepal with the Seattle based Madison Mountaineering team before the ascent. The climbers and guides moved into Base Camp (17,000 feet), acclimatizing and training for the anticipated challenges. But how can one prepare for an earthquake, even in a high risk region?
The climbers left Base Camp, arrived and departed from Camp One (20,000 feet) but Haley’s father, affected by the altitude, began coughing up blood and falling behind.
Then, on the morning of April 25, a 7.8 earthquake struck. Four members of the Madison Mountaineering team had remained at Everest Base Camp which was leveled by the avalanche; the inhabitants were injured and the supplies were damaged or destroyed. Those up on the trail, including Haley and her father, were isolated with the route down destroyed and the weather too unpredictable for a helicopter rescue. Haley’s father was desperately ill and unable to hike in any direction.
One helicopter pilot braved snow and wind to make a helicopter rescue of Randall. Then, when the weather cleared, Haley and 200 others were airlifted from the mountain. In all, 19 died on Everest that day.
The toll below the mountain was even more devastating. The earthquake flattened entire villages, killing at least 8,200 people and injuring as many as 19,000 more. More than two weeks later, on May 12, a second earthquake struck Nepal killing 117 more people. On that same day a U.S. Marine helicopter on a humanitarian aid mission crashed in the mountains northeast of Katmandu killing all eight people on board.
How did Haley’s experience change her?
She returned to Scottsdale determined to help the Sherpa’s and the people left behind and now devotes part of her time to raising money for disaster relief.
Tickets to the lecture are $15 each and may be purchased beginning October 1 online at www.lifelonglearningatpc.org or at the Eagle’s Nest Kiosk.
For more information see http://haleyclimbs.com/news/.