The Brown Bag Lunch Speaker's Forum presents Matt Johanson. He will discuss Yosemite Epics: Tales of Adventure from America's Greatest Playground. The book features tales of harrowing experiences and close calls from well-known outdoor figures including Royal Robbins, John Bachur, Hans Florine and many others.
Matt Johanson teaches history and advises an award winning newspaper at Castro Valley High School. He also writes stories about the outdoors, sports, travel and opinion for California newspapers and magazines. Matt enjoys climbing, skiing and backpacking in the Sierra Nevada mountains. He's authored three books including Yosemite Epics and Game of My Life: San Francisco Giants.
The forum is co-sponsored by the Albany YMCA and the Albany Library.