Jim Swaney

Program Title:

1.  “Classic Hikes and Climbs in Rocky Mountain, Grand Teton, Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks”    

2. Hiking and Climbing Colorado’s Fifty-Four “Fourteeners”

Description:
1. Less difficult routes to the highest peaks in each of these four parks, and other hiking and scrambling adventures to spectacular summits and vistas

2. Over three decades, Jim Swaney hiked and climbed all of Colorado’s 54 mountains with elevations at least 14,000 feet above sea level. Some of the toughest climbs are well-known, including the Maroon Bells and Pyramid and Capitol Peaks near Aspen, but others are equally spectacular and challenging. This program is a slide show of Jim’s adventures on most of these mountains.

Biography:

From his first visit at age 9, Jim has aspired to summit peaks, usually by easier routes. While an Econ professor at WSU for nearly 30 years annual late-summer escapes to the Rockies were essential therapy to maintain sanity