Bruce Normand from Paul Scherrer Institute is visiting OSU Physics to present a Quantum Matter Seminar Wednesday, February 27 at 10 am titled "What's the Fuss about RuCI3?" Physics is not the only interest of Dr. Normand. He is an adventurer, in fact, a mountaineer. He will make a special presentation on Thursday, February 28 at 10 am in the Smith Seminar Room (1080 Physics Research Building) about his adventures.
Photo is of the helicopter rescue in June 2018 following an avalanche.
To his credit, Bruce has climbed K2 (8,611-meter (28,261 feet)) which is part of the Karakoram Range, the eastern tip of the Himalayan Range, on the border between Pakistan and China, the second highest and one of the most dangerous of the 14 peaks on Earth in the 8,000-meter range. To put this in perspective, Mount Everest, the tallest mountain at 8,848 meters (29,028 feet), had been attempted ~11,000 times, and 3,000 climbers had reached its summit (by 2007). Although thousands had tried K2, by 2006 only 249 climbers had reached the summit of K2.
This event is open to the public.
