UKC

Thursday 19 April at 7.00 pm

BONINGTON: MOUNTAINEER - MY LIFE STORY

Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR

Introduction by Keith Partridge, filmmaker, with Q&A following the screening. 

In Bonington: Mountaineer Keith Partridge and Brian Hall have created a moving visual memoir on one of the world's most celebrated mountaineers and adventurers, Sir Chris Bonington. With a discerning eye that can only come from filmmakers with a lifetime of experience in the mountain film industry, this feature length documentary expertly tackles the sensitive subjects of loss, love and legacy climbing the world's most challenging peaks - The Eiger North Face - Annapurna - Everest - K2 - Central Tower of Paine - Ogre - Freney Pillar, Mont Blanc - Kongur - Nuptse.   'Bonington Mountaineer is a deep, personal and emotional reflection on a lifetime spent pursuing one's own ambitions on the hardest and highest mountains. To summarise Chris's prolific climbing career in a single film is no mean feat. Add to the mix the rich ensemble of colourful characters with whom he partnered on his dozens of expeditions along side a complex family story and this film could easily have been a series. In 80 captivating minutes we are taken on an eighty year journey through many triumphs and more than one's fair share of tragedy. The film instills an incredibly positive outlook, reflecting Chris's own, and inspires one to get out in the hills and chase our own adventures. It made me laugh and made me cry' Leo Houlding, Climber and Adventurer

This film event will support the work of Community Action Nepal, a UK based charity whose aim is to help some of the poorest people on the planet - the mountain people of Nepal. CAN's Patron is  Sir Chris Bonington. www.canepal.org.uk

Date and times: Thurs 19 April 7 - 10 pm (Exhibition Road doors and cash bar in the Map Room open 6 pm)

Venue: Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR

Tickets: £20 (plus booking fee) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bonington-mountaineer-my-life-story-tickets-... 

More information / book direct, contact: Denise Prior deniseprior@canepal.org.uk or telephone 07986 372558. 

sir Bonington is one of the world's greatest mountaineers he's very humble despite of his achievements! His story is very inspiring!

Sir Chris Bonington is one of the greatest mountaineers of all time and a person who simply loves the mountains. His passion for mountaineering is something which doesn't easily come to many and he has conquered some of the tallest peaks of the world which is a dream for many.