AN AMAZING MIX OF FILM, LECTURES, ART, PHOTOGRAPHY & WORKSHOPS
GREAT SOCIAL GATHERING - LATE BARS, PARTIES & FOOD
THE GREAT -
Yvon Chouinard - greatest American climber & environmentalist - first and only lecture in the UK
Heinz Zak - many regard him as the best climbing photographer - another UK first with lecture and photo exhibition.
Kurt Diemberger - without doubt one of the most important mountaineers of all time
Jeff Lowe - revolutionized the world of ice and mixed climbing
THE BEST
Films to blow your mind - you will never get another chance to se over 70 of the worlds best mountain films - deep water soloing, unprotected slack lining, base jumping with falcons, desert sandstone, big wall multi days, solo to the North Pole, cave exploration in Wales, Himalayan mountaineering, Tibetan monks & kayaking through Canada to Mexico.
Mountain Books A great new addition to the Festival - Readings, discussions and debates.
THE BOLD
Al Powell, Jon Bracey, Nick Bullock & John Porter - Fast and committed big mountain small team in the DMM lectures.
Bransby, Little, Lowther, Chinnery & Satya Dam - at the Cutting Edge of British Mountaineering with the BMC and MEF
THE ART
John Dugger - international renowned banner maker
Andy Parkin - Sculptor, painter and mountaineer
Alastair Lee - crazy Imagery
Rowan Huntley - beautiful landscapes
AND MORE & MORE
"How to Make an Adventure Film" & "Extreme Film School" all day workshops.
White Water & Mountain Bike plus Ski and Board Evenings.
Lectures by Alan Hinkes, Jim Curran, Dr Charles Houston in the First Ascent K2 lectures plus Rob Collister, Maria Coffey, Dag Goering, Dr Charles Clarke and David Hamilton.
Well, I'm still coming Tom, but I can't tell you how unimpressed I was with being thrown out of the Riverside Hotel to make way for your 'block booking'. This despite having booked back in August, having had my booking confirmed in writing and having paid in advance.
We've been farmed out to the Castle Green, which I'm sure will be very nice, but that's hardly the point, is it?