Friday Evening Urban Hike & Optional Mt Everest Climb - 29,028 feet! (via IMAX Film)

Please join us for this fun & enjoyable evening urban hike around Druid Hills Golf Club, followed by an optional climb to the top of Mount Everest! (via the IMAX movie, Everest)

We meet in front of the Fernpark Museum (767 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA … GPS coordinates: 33.774173 -84.328003) at 7:30 pm where we begin and end our 3.3 miles walk around the Druid Hills Golf Club.

The Druid Hills Golf Club is an enclave characterized by an abundance of stately oaks, magnificent maples, and wooded landscape that includes five linear parks designed by world famous landscape designer Frederick Law Olmsted.  The club is prominently situated in the heart of this neighborhood and it resonates with a historical beauty reminiscent of yesteryear. The club was founded in 1912, and its history is intertwined with the history of Atlanta.

After our hike around the golf course,  you will have the option to join us at  Martinis & IMAX® to hang out, socialize, listen to music, snack, and begin our virtual summit climb up to Mt Everest @ 10pm (Run time:44 minutes).  Diamox or oxygen not required :)

Notes: 

1.  If you choose to attend the optional IMAX film, it is strongly recommended to immediately purchase your ticket in advance for the 10 PM showing  (Tickets are limited and availability not guaranteed, so please don't wait until the day of the event to purchase your ticket).  To review ticket prices and purchase a ticket,  please go to:

http://www.museumtix.com/ticket/ord_eventcat.aspx?vid=794&pid=9093885&eid=15962427&evd=5/10/2013&evt=22:00:00

or call: 404.929.6400

- Each member is responsible for the cost of his/her ticket purchase, food, snacks, drinks, etc.

- All monies will be paid directly to Fernbank. 

- Pre-paid tickets cannot be refunded.  

- AOC is not liable for your purchase of pre-paid tickets.

- If it rains, we will just do the IMAX portion and meet between 7:30 and 9:00 PM.

Optional Virtual Trip Description (Martinis & IMAX®):

Join the expedition team as they soar 29,028 feet to the top of Mt. Everest and celebrate the view from Earth’s highest peak in the most acclaimed large-format film ever produced, Everest.

As scores of thrill-seeking climbers face an uncertain future in a quest to reach the summit, this spectacular film documents the heroic rescue of imperiled climbers caught in a deadly May 1996 storm, which remains the mountain’s most infamous tragedy.

Everest takes audiences across creaking icefalls and gaping chasms, up dangerous, towering cliffs, through a harrowing rescue, and into the danger zone of oxygen-thin altitude. The 40-minute film also reveals how this tallest mountain was formed and continues to evolve, how high altitude challenges a climber's physical and mental capabilities, and how Sherpa culture permeates the Mount Everest experience.   

Fernbank Museum of Natural History 767 Clifton Road, NE Atlanta, GA 30307

Fernbank Museum is conveniently located at east of Midtown, near Emory University at the corner of Ponce de Leon Avenue and Clifton Road. For up-to-date traffic information and roadwork information, click here.

Free parking is available. Directions by Car From North Atlanta: Go south on I-75/I-85/GA400 to downtown Atlanta. Take exit 248C Freedom Parkway (GA 10 East). Go 1.7 miles to Ponce de Leon Avenue and turn right. Go 1.7 miles to Clifton Road and turn left. Go 1/10 mile to the Museum entrance and turn right.

From South Atlanta: Go north on I-75/I-85 to downtown Atlanta. Take exit 248C Freedom Parkway (GA 10 East). Go 1.7 miles to Ponce de Leon Avenue and turn right. Go 1.7 miles to Clifton Road and turn left. Go 1/10 mile to the Museum entrance and turn right.

From East Atlanta: Go I-20 west to exit 57 (I-75/I-85 North). Take exit 248C Freedom Parkway (GA 10 East). Go 1.7 miles to Ponce de Leon Avenue and turn right. Go 1.7 miles to Clifton Road and turn left. Go 1/10 mile to the Museum entrance and turn right.

From West Atlanta: Go I-20 east to exit 57 (I-75/I-85 North). Take exit 248C Freedom Parkway (GA 10 East). Go 1.7 miles to Ponce de Leon Avenue and turn right. Go 1.7 miles to Clifton Road and turn left. Go 1/10 mile to the Museum entrance and turn right.

From Downtown: Go north on Peachtree Street to Ponce de Leon Avenue and turn right. Go 3.3 miles to Clifton Road and turn left. Go 1/10 mile to the Museum entrance and turn right.

From Buckhead: Go south on Peachtree Street to Ponce de Leon Avenue and turn left. Go 3.3 miles to Clifton Road and turn left. Go 1/10 mile to the Museum entrance and turn right.

From Stone Mountain: Go west on Highway 78 and merge onto Lawrenceville Highway (GA 29). Note: This road changes names several times and will eventually become Ponce de Leon Avenue. Once you reach an arched stone overpass go 1 mile to Clifton Road and turn right. Go 1/10 mile to the Museum entrance and turn right.

Directions by Marta From the northern suburbs, southern suburbs and downtown, take the North/South Rail line to the North Avenue station. Board bus #2, designated as Ponce de Leon Avenue. Ask the driver to drop you at the corner of Clifton Road. Walk to your left down Clifton Road, and Fernbank will be the first drive on your right. From east Atlanta, take the East/West (blue-line) MARTA train to the Decatur Station; then board Bus #2 (Ponce de Leon). Exit at the intersection of Ponce De Leon/Clifton Road. Walk to the right on Clifton Road and Fernbank will be the first driveway on your right. Using the Marta bus system only, board Bus #2, which runs east to west on Ponce de Leon Avenue, and ask the driver to drop you at the corner of Clifton Road. Walk north on Clifton Road, and Fernbank Museum will be the first drive on your right. For more complete details on the Marta Transportation system, call the Marta customer information line at 404.848.4711.

***Each member is responsible for the cost of his/her ticket purchase, food, snacks, drinks, etc.***