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Living History Presentation at Valhalla Tahoe
Boathouse Theatre at Valhalla
1 Valhalla Rd., South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150August 20
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
August 20 @ 6:46 pm
Thursday, August 20, 2026, 7:30 pm, Boathouse Theater at Valhalla Tahoe. A Chautauqua Performance of the Sierra Nevada’s Legendary Mountaineer-Norman Clyde. Free and open to the public.
Live historical character reenactment in costume and in the first person Presented by David and Gayle Woodruff. There is probably no one more intimately tied to the Sierra Nevada Mountains than Norman Clyde. Yet to this day, he remains virtually unknown outside the world of alpine climbing. Freelance writer, nature photographer, self-trained naturalist and extraordinary mountaineer, Norman Clyde achieved over 130 first ascents of some the Sierra Nevada’s (and West’s) most challenging peaks. Carrying a pack that often weighed over 80 lbs., the “crusty” Clyde participated in over a hundred search and rescues missions during his 60 years of scrambling and exploring through the Range of Light. Local historian and author David Woodruff assumes the character of this larger-than-life paragon in an entertaining and amusing 75-minute living history performance.
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