This Autumn extreme athletes will be travelling the UK to reveal the secrets behind their varied and pioneering expeditions.
The exciting series of visual lectures will provide a stunning insight into some of the world?s most extreme sports and toughest environments. Sales & Marketing Manager for The North Face, Keith Byrne, says: ?The lectures will appeal to die-hard fans of the great outdoors as well as those who like to learn about new areas with gripping stories such as fighting off polar bears with pots and pans'! Each lecture is brought to life with a mixture of superb photography and films and we fully expect them all to be sold out! Ellis Brigham, Covent Garden & The North Face Store, Manchester will be hosting the following lectures:
Simone Moro ?8000m of Life? - ?7.00
Simone shares some epic photography and stories from many of his recent 8000m ascents.
17th October ? The North Face Store, 130 Deansgate, Manchester - 7pm
Tel: 0161 837 6140
e-mail: tnfmanchester@ellis-brigham.com
Simone Moro ?8000m of Life? - ?7.00
Simone shares some epic photography and stories from many of his recent 8000m ascents.
19th October ? Ellis Brigham Mountain Sports, Tower House, Covent Garden - 7.30pm
Tel: 0207 395 1010
e-mail: tower.house@ellis-brigham.com
Justine Curgenven ?Life on the High Seas? - ?7.00
The North Face sponsored Kayaker, shares her adventure after returning from a circumnavigation of Tasmania
9th November ? The North Face Store, Manchester - 7pm
Tel: 0161 837 6140
e-mail: tnfmanchester@ellis-brigham.com
Baz Roberts ?Lost in Greenland? - ?7.00
Covering his recent expedition to Greenland and the first successful winter ascent of the highest mountain above the Arctic Circle. Not to mention the team's frightening polar bear encounter ??
16th November ? The North Face store, Manchester - 7pm
Tel: 0161 837 6140
e-mail: tnfmanchester@ellis-brigham.com
The Lecturers
Justine Curgenven Leading kayaker and film-maker, Justine Curgenven, thrives on expeditions. Amongst other exploits, in December 2004 she led 2 other adventurers from North Wales to become the first all-female team to kayak 1,350km around Tasmania. She also led another woman and a novice Russian kayaker on a 400 mile wilderness journey along the Pacific coast of Kamchatka in Far East Russia, whilst contending with the world's largest population of brown bears, thundering surf and the Russian military.
Justine is also a highly successful adventure film maker with credits on the BBC, National Geographic, and Channel 4. Her sea kayaking footage has to be seen to be believed! A spell binding story teller, Justine will leave audiences in awe as she describes expeditions she has undertaken, complemented by incredible film footage from her trips.
Baz Roberts summited Everest in 2004 and has had a long career leading expeditions to all four corners of the earth. Lost in Greenland covers the first winter ascents of the highest peak in the Arctic, 3693m Gunnbjorns Fjeld I where he also paraglided solo from just below the summit 1100m vertical and 8km back to advanced base camp. On the team's last night in the mountains at base camp, 2000m above sea level and 60km from the sea, the camp was raided by a polar bear. Roberts fought it off as it ripped open the front of his tent.
In this multi-media lecture, Roberts recounts the tensions, successes and near tragedy of the expedition. He delivers a candid self assessment of his contribution to the team in contrast to achieving his personal ambitions and speculates on the future of the polar bear - ursus martitimus - and why he was lost in Greenland.
Simone Moro
Eight Thousand Metres of Life is the story of Simone Moro?s long journey through his mountaineering and life-defining experiences in diverse, remote corners of the earth, narrated with the help of stunning images and filmed sequences. The starting point is a tragic accident which occurred on Christmas Day 1997 when only he survived a horrific, 800-metre fall that claimed the lives of his fellow climbers, Anatoli Boukreev and Dimitri Sobolev.
His vertical pilgrimage has taken him to Kazakhstan for the first winter ascent of the 6400-metre Marble Wall, on to the Antarctic, Kilimanjaro, Pakistan and Nanga Parbat, Broad Peak, K2 and the Caucasus. This also includes the world?s first winter ascent of Shisha Pangma in Tibet, not to mention his most recent success, the long-dreamed of Everest-Lhotse crossing via the south peak bridging these two peaks.
Tickets available from outlets listed, all proceeds from sales will go to Scope www.scope.co.uk
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