📆 December 5th, 2025 |
👩 Emily Harrington |
🏫 Olympic Village Events Center |
🕕 Doors at 6PM. Show starts at 7PM |
📺 Streaming Live |
💵 $20,000+ 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, including her own son. As she shared with the team at Alpenglow Sports, “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 challenges amongst the backdrop of motherhood”.
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.
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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"
To kick off the 20th season of the Winter Speaker Series, Emily Harrington will present “Yosemite and Beyond”. Through her show she will provide an exclusive, behind the scenes look into the themes highlighted in her newly released, IMAX feature film, *Girl Climber, while also going one step further to ask, or maybe even answer, “what comes next?” Her film chronicles her career-defining journey to become the first female to free climb the Golden Gate route on El Capitan, in under 24 hours. But even more, it chronicles her pushing up against the male dominated climbing culture in Yosemite to cement herself as one of the best climbers, period.
Emily's Nonprofit Beneficiary: Truckee Dirt Union
Truckee Dirt Union is creating positive outcomes for mountain biking in Tahoe, Truckee, and beyond. With sustainability, community involvement, and economic vitality at its core, Truckee Dirt Union (TDU) is a group of passionate outdoor community members working voluntarily to help cultivate responsible [and RAD] mountain bike recreation.
TDU is focused on creating a sustainable future for the mountain bike experience through a three-tiered collaborative approach involving: community activation and cultivation, stewardship and education, and access and outreach advocacy.
The best way to support the Truckee Dirt Union today is by buying online giveaway tickets above.
