For Immediate Release
June 9, 2015
Contact: Matt Myerhoff, Media Information Officer
Email: mmyerhoff@malibucity.org [mailto:mmyerhoff@malibucity.org]
Phone: 818.293.8962
Extreme Athlete, Social Activist & Malibu Native Johnny Strange Featured at Next Malibu Library Speaker Series
(Malibu, CA) – The 2015 season of the Malibu Library Speaker Series continues with an exciting discussion with international extreme athlete, social activist and ?Malibu native Johnny Strange, Wednesday, June 17 at 7:00 PM at Malibu City Hall’s Civic Theater.
Strange will share his outrageous experiences of skydiving, wingsuit flying, base jumping, big-wave surfing, and climbing Mt. Everest. At age 12, he climbed his first world-class peak, Mt. Vinson Massif in Antarctica. This began his journey towards becoming the youngest person ever to climb all seven of the world’s highest peaks when he was only 17 years old.
Strange has base-jumped into the Grand Canyon, has flown in a wingsuit above the Swiss Alps, trekked to the North Pole, skydived into the South Pole, surfed 30-foot waves in Hawaii and Portugal, and once completed an ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) Ice Bucket Challenge in mid-freefall while skydiving. He was awarded the honor of "Young Champion" in 2010 at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.
Strange will also discuss his social activism, advocating for research and treatment of Parkinson's disease, and advocating to stop genocide in the world. The discussion will be followed by a Q&A with the speaker and free refreshments.
About the Series
The 2015 Malibu Library Speaker Series is a program of the County of Los Angeles Public Library, Malibu Branch, and the City of Malibu featuring experts in a wide range of subjects that will appeal to a broad section of the community. Speakers were selected based on categories, such as the Entertainment Industry, Literature, Science, Motivation, the Arts, Education, Sports, Travel, Food, and the Environment. The events are free and open to the public.
Past notable speakers in the Speaker Series include prolific comedy writer and director Tom Shadyac, author of best-selling novel "Eat, Pray, Love" Elizabeth Gilbert, Mayor of Sacramento and former NBA star Kevin Johnson, and performance painter David Garibaldi.
The event is free and open to all. Space is limited. Please RSVP to Melissa Stallings, Community Library Manager, County of Los Angeles Public Library at MStallings@library.lacounty.gov or call 310-456-6438. The Civic Theater is located at Malibu City Hall, 23825 Stuart Ranch Rd., Malibu. Map - https://goo.gl/maps/cE1ln [https://goo.gl/maps/cE1ln] . For more information, visit www.malibucity.org/libraryspeakers [/libraryspeakers] .
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