Emily Harrington's Winter Speaker Series

📆 December 5th, 2025

👩 Emily Harrington

🏫 Olympic Village Events Center

🕕 Doors at 6PM. Show starts at 7PM

📺 Streaming Live

💵 $15,000+ in Prizes

🎁 Two Giveaways: Online & In-person

💛 100% for the Truckee Dirt Union

🍗 Food from MOGROG

🍺 NA, Wine, and Beer

Meet Emily Harrington


Emily is one of the strongest and most well-rounded climbers in the world. From competition climbing, to legendary big walls, to the highest peaks around the world, Emily continues to make her mark on the sport and inspire a new generation.



emily harrington smiling at a belay station

Emily's Accomplishments

Originally from Boulder, Colorado, she has been putting in the hard work it takes since she was 10 years old. Emily mastered indoor competition sport climbing and is a seven-time US National Champion. She has led the way in the sport by being the first woman to free climb the Golden Gate route on Yosemite’s El Capitan in under 24 hours. She was the second American woman to sport climb 5.14b outdoors.


And she has summited Mt. Everest and has climbed other high-altitude peaks in Nepal, China, Myanmar, Crimea and Morocco. After a Himalayan expedition with Conrad Anker in 2011, she has had her goals set on climbing and skiing big mountains.

About Emily


With a drive to experience more of the world, Emily joined The North Face athlete team in 2008 to expand her climbing from the indoor walls of comp climbing to rock and summits around the world. She is insatiable when it comes to life, adventure, fitness, and sharing it all with others–especially with her husband, Adrian Ballinger. An IFMGA guide and professional big mountain skier himself, the power house couple takes on all adventures as a solid team. They live in Lake Tahoe, California, with their son Arro and dog named Cat. 

"Yosemite and Beyond"

"Girl Climber wasn’t the end of my climbing life - only the end of a chapter in my story. From Baffin Island to the Himalaya, I continue my journey of learning how to adventure and find challenge amongst the backdrop of motherhood." 


- Emily Harrington

Emily's Nonprofit Beneficiary: Truckee Dirt Union

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