Majka Burhardt is an author, professional climber and filmmaker with an uncanny knack for blending vertical exploration with multi-stage international ventures focused on current issues of cultural and global significance. She is the author of Coffee Story: Ethiopia (Ninety Plus Press, 2011) and Vertical Ethiopia: Climbing Toward Possibility in the Horn of Africa (Shama, 2008). Ms. Burhardt is a frequent lecturer on “Additive Adventure”—when adventure goes beyond exploration to cultural and environmental connections that create a larger conversation of singular and collective human meaning. www.majkaburhardt.com