Richard Blum: Reaching to the Himalayas

Recorded Live: Sunday, September 7, 2003, 9:30 am PST

G U E S T : Richard Blum
Founder, American Himalayan Foundation &
Chairman, Blum Capital Partners, L.P.

Moderated by : The Very Rev. Alan Jones
Dean of Grace Cathedral

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About the Program:

Richard Blum's career has been marked with many business and financial successes, but his longtime passion for mountain climbing that started in the Sierras has made him a key ambassador to the Himalayas through his American Himalayan Foundation. His commitment to the East has funded projects in health care, education, cultural preservation and environmental conservation in Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan and India. Hear Richard Blum's true stories about the people and landscape of the Himalayas and why this cause has become so popular in the Bay Area.

 
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