Kendal Mountain Festival programme 2012

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A big welcome to this year’s Kendal Mountain Festival – the largest and most diverse mountain film festival worldwide.

Mountain film lies at the heart of Kendal Mountain Festival and this year we have an outstanding line up which reflects the diverse and exciting work of some very talented filmmakers. We are convinced there are some future classics to see over the festival weekend.

Our lecture and live events programme remains the strongest and widest ranging of any outdoor festival – anywhere! But above all we are a mountain festival and this is reflected in our speaker list, which includes ground breaking mountaineers who have put their stamp on climbing history. For us a must see is Fred Beckey, who is still climbing at 89 – there must be a lesson here for all of us! The rest of the programme gives a diverse picture of contemporary adventure at the cutting edge. There’s a whole range of inspiring stories and we hope you enjoy them.

You may have noticed that there was another event in Britain this year – it’s a great pleasure to welcome four Olympians and Paralympians to ‘Kendal’. They bridge the world of competitive sport with that of adventure, endurance and wilderness.

This year marks the 30th Anniversary of the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature and so for this year – as well as the traditional Friday afternoon award ceremony – Kendal Mountain Festival is hosting a special gala event. Over the past thirty years the award has played a key role in encouraging mountaineering authors and we’re delighted to be able to celebrate this remarkable achievement and at the same time celebrate the lives of two great British mountaineers – Joe Tasker and Pete Boardman.

Kendal has always evolved and as with the increasingly diverse film programme we present, over the past few years we’ve seen a tremendous rise in interest in our Specialist Sessions – Snow Sport, Wild Water, Bike, Free Flight and Endurance. To fully encompass this demand we’ve established the Adventure Sport Village at the Dojo. This is new for 2012 and is where all of the Specialist Sessions will take place, along with a new marquee area full of exciting stands, displays and events.

Kendal Mountain Festival is defying the current economic gloom – and it should be obvious from reading this programme that this is an outstanding event. As Patrons we’d like to take this opportunity to recognise the hard work and dedication of the Festival Directors – pulling this together is a year round effort!

We’d also like to ask you to play your part as festival goers – please take a look at the ‘Supporting the Festival Page’ (Page 76) and then sign up and become a Friend of Kendal Mountain Festival.

But above all Kendal remains a gathering. It’s THE annual event for like minded people to get together and celebrate the wonder of wild places and adventure and just have a great time.

So enjoy the festival.

Sir Chris Bonington and Leo Houlding Festival Patrons

Kendal Mountain Festival’s vision is to inspire more people to explore,enjoy and represent mountains, wilderness and their cultures.

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Pushing as hard as his body will allow, Nick Bullock approaches the West ridge of Kyashar (6769m) Hinku Valley, Nepal Himalaya.

Go Easy on Kendal’s fresh air during this years’ Festival.

Save time queueing in traffic, fighting for car park spaces and money on fuel and parking!

Why not walk instead. The table below gives approximate walking times between our key venues.

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Find out more about the Go Easy campaign on Page 78

Need to drive? Postcodes for Sat Navs below:

Brewery Arts Centre LA9 4HEKendal Snowsports ClubLA9 7AL

Shakespeare CentreLA9 4HEThe Box LA9 6EL

Abbot Hall LA9 5ALASV @ Kendal DojoLA9 7EN

Kendal Town HallLA9 4DLCastle Green HotelLA9 6RG

Creating Memorable Experiences

The Grainstore

As a major supporter of the Festival, the Brewery Arts Centre is proud once again to offer all Festival-goers the chance to fuel up at our numerous venues.

The Grainstore is offering lunchtime sandwiches and hot snacks and in the evening sample our new Brewery Tapas or our famous Brewery Pizzas. Food available all day throughout the Festival. Come feast on a tasty lunch to keep your energy levels high…or maybe try a more substantial dinner in the Grainstore’s comfortable surroundings.

Open from 12 noon

The Vats Bar

The Vats Bar offers an ideal meeting and drinking place as well as light meals and refreshments throughout the Festival. By far the busiest bar in Britain over the KMF weekend, it also doubles as one of the best rest stops on the Festival circuit. Come in and try guest beers and one of our famous pizzas while you peruse the event programme.

Fri & Sat: 12 noon – late (the next morning!)

Sun: Bar Open 12 noon – 10.30pm

The Warehouse Café

The Warehouse Café is a superchilled, relaxed lounge where you can slurp a cappuccino or quaff a pint of pilsner while munching on a locally-made cake or fresh scone. Whatever mood you’re in when you arrive, you can’t help but relax in the cosy atmosphere of The Warehouse Café.

The Warehouse Café will be open all weekend (although occasionally in use for functions and ticketed events).

The Intro Café

The Intro Café and Bar offers visitors another great stopover point for fast fuel and drink.

The Intro Café and Bar serves coffees, teas, sandwiches, chocolate, cakes, wines and beers throughout the day.

It is open whenever the Brewery is open during the festival...

Breakfast baps available 8 – 10am.

PLUS... THE SHACKLETON TENT: OPEN FRIDAY (7PM – 1AM) AND SATURDAY (5PM – 1AM); THE MALT ROOM CHILLOUT AREA: OPEN SATURDAY (12PM – 8PM) AND SUNDAY (12PM – 6PM)

NEW FOR 2012!

The Adventure Sports Village at the Kendal Dojo offers Festival-goers delicious grub, hot drink and booze around the clock – perfect to keep you going throughout an action packed weekend of adventure!

Adventure Sports Café

Early Riser? Head over to the Adventure Sports Café for all you breakfast needs: Porridge, Ski Special, Breakfast Rolls, Hot Drinks and more.

Later in the day a wide range of hot meals including steak sandwiches, veggie chilli, jacket potatoes and pasta dishes will keep you going through the exciting programme of events. Hot, cold and alcoholic drinks are available throughout. And local heroes, Hawkshead Brewery are supplying the beer –what more could you ask for?

Food and drink available all day throughout the Mountain Festival.

Taking part in the adidas Terrex Trail Run? All finishers get a discounted meal deal.

Other Fuelling Stations:

The Castle Dairy, Wildman St

Part of Kendal College's Arts & Media Campus and near THE BOX venue, Castle Dairy is a restaurant and art gallery: staffed by Kendal College apprentices, it is open for luncheon and dinner six days per week.

Other food and drink outlets:

The Haglöfs Ice Bar

Our Swedish friends at Haglofs are on hand with a Festival first – a vodka ice bar!

Craghoppers World Travellers’ Rest

Eat, drink, relax at this adventure Sports Village rest area – catch up with fellow travellers and prepare for the next session...

LIVE MUSIC

On Friday and Saturday nights, live music will be provided and bars will be opened – the perfect wind down to a day of adventure.

Kendal Town Hall

As always you will find coffees, teas, sandwiches, cakes and beers in the Town Hall – this year served from the back of the auditorium (Main Hall).

One Life (u18)

Film Club

In a new joint venture FILMCLUB is bringing a special free film screening of One Life to the Kendal Mountain Festival. Places are all free for schools and will be issued on a first come, first served basis.

This spectacular new documentary was made by the BBC but designed to be seen on cinema screens. They’re going for the big basics of nature here: how animals feed, breed and survive, from the small (frogs) to the big (elephants) and on land, sea and air. Daniel Craig takes over the narrating duties so often done by David Attenborough in the past, but of course it is the creatures themselves who are the stars: the seals, eagles, hippos and many more...

To book: email Daniel@filmclub.org with your full contact details and number of places required

Thurs 15th Nov 10:30 – 12:30

The Box | FREE event (for schools only)

Opening Ceremony

Kendal Mountain Festival 2012 –Outdoor Opening

Opened by Sir Chris Bonington

Come along and join us for the first Outdoor Opening of Kendal Mountain Festival as Festival Patron, Sir Chris Bonington opens things for 2012. Followed by a 60-minute selection of some of this year’s most exciting short films, shown on a giant outdoor screen outside Kendal’s Town Hall (weather permitting).

And enjoy a non-alcoholic glass of of Mulled Wine while you watch.

Thu 15th Nov 18:30 – 19:30

Outside Kendal Town Hall | FREE

Book Event Boardman Tasker 30th Anniversary Commemorative Event

Featuring: Sir Chris Bonington, Doug Scott, Andy Cave, Roger Hubank and

Stephen Venables

Presented by Charles Clarke

In 1982 Pete Boardman and Joe Tasker disappeared at a key juncture during a bold attempt to make the first, full ascent of the entire North East Ridge of Everest. This award was instigated both as memorial to two outstanding mountaineers, but also to recognise their individual achievements as writers in the belief that the best way to honour their memory was through encouraging other talented authors within mountain literature.

For thirty years, ‘BT’ – as it is invariably known – has played a key role in championing mountain literature both at home and abroad.

To celebrate this key anniversary, Britain’s leading mountaineers and mountain authors –including Sir Chris Bonington, Roger Hubank, Doug Scott, Stephen Venables, Charles Clarke and Andy Cave – will take to the stage to both celebrate the award and think back thirty years to those epic days on Everest. With archive film footage by Jim Curran & Allen Jewhurst (Chameleon TV).

Thurs 15th Nov 19:30

Town Hall | £12.50

Sponsored by

The Free-Flight Session

Supported by

The now hugely popular Free-Flight Session moves back to its roots in the north of the county, the hub of paragliding and hang gliding in Cumbria. The stunning Rheged venue enables us to expand our audience reach and increase capacity for this event.

An unmissable night packed with the best films from around the world – some unseen in the UK.

Jocky will also present the first ever showing of his superb new ‘Security in Flight II’ with unseen behind the scenes insights and footage from this two year project. Mike Cavanagh will present his views and tips for XC flying in the UK plus his latest news and trends from the business end of the Free-Flight industry.

Supported by

Place: Rheged Thu 15 nov

Time: 19.30 – 22.00 / £12.50

Tickets for the event are only available through the Rheged Box Office (not through the Brewery Arts Centre). Call 01768 868 000 or visit www.rheged.com

Plus Gear on Show & A Prize Draw!

KEEN FOOTW

HOODOO HIGH LACE

TAMES SNOW BANKS

The

Wild Water Session

With Adrian Durrant

The Wild Water Session is back! An exclusive mix of the best paddlesport action, from wild river running to remote sea kayak expeditions, this year featuring top new films plus KEEN athlete Adrian Durrant.

From Lucan, Co Dublin, Adrian is one of Ireland’s top paddlers. He’s competed at both the European and World Championships for Ireland in Freestyle Kayaking, and also competed at the Sickline World Championships. Adrian started paddling at age 12 and soon decided to make his passion his livelihood as well. After gaining Sports Science and Water Sports training qualifications, Adrian set up his own kayak coaching company teaching whitewater and freestyle as well as high-performance coaching for K1 Sprint, Marathon, WWR and Slalom disciplines. Adrian is the current Irish Freestyle Chairman and Team Manager.

Supported by

Time: 5.30 – 7.30 / £12.50

Place: KEnDAL DOJO

Photo © Adrian Durrant

KMF for Schools School Sessions

With Tim Emmett

Back by popular demand, a special event for schools, featuring a selection of outstanding films – suitable for a school audience – with a special presentation by leading extreme athlete, Tim Emmett.

Fri 16th Nov 10:00

Brewery Screen 1 | £3.00 per pupil per session (teachers go free)

Only bookable through Box Office:

01539 725133

Book Event

Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature

With Julie Summers & hosted by Paul Tasker

On the 30th anniversary of the inauguration of the Boardman Tasker Award, Julie Summers in conversation with this year’s short-listed authors followed by the Award Ceremony which is hosted by Paul Tasker.

The Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature is the premier mountain literature award worldwide and commemorates the lives of Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker who were lost on the North East Ridge of Everest in 1982. It is awarded to the author of an original work which has made an outstanding contribution to mountain literature.

The shortlisted books for 2012 are:

‘Here, There and Everywhere’ by Jim Curran

‘Into the Silence’ by Wade Davis

‘Cold Wars’ by Andy Kirkpatrick

‘The Challenge of K2’ by Richard Sale

‘FIVA – An Adventure that Went Wrong’ by Gordon Stainforth

‘The Wild Within’ by Simon Yates

Fri 16th Nov 13:15 – 17:30

Malt Room | £20 Ticket (includes a light lunch)

This event is hosted by Kendal Mountain Festival and the BMC in conjunction with the Boardman Tasker Trust Schools for

Film Premiere Wide Boyz

Tom Randall, Pete Whittaker & Paul Diffley

The London Metro said, “Jammed in a Crevice”. The Daily Mail said, “They’ve Cracked It” and The Star stated “It’s Tough at the Top”.

Filmmakers Paul Diffley and Chris Alstrin documented Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker’s ‘wide boyz’ trip to the States, the story of two climbers who searched out the widest, dirtiest and hardest offwidths that this planet has to offer. The journey, the training, the routes and the failures – the whole story, no holds barred. It’s not about the grade, it’s about the experience and when it comes to ‘The Wide’ the experience is the same for everyone.

This testament to off-width pain and suffering shows for the first time, courtesy of RAB and Patagonia.

(PS: try the Crack Machine in the Festival Marquee if you dare!)

In association with RAB and Patagonia.

Fri 16th Nov 18:00

Brewery Theatre | £9.50

Marmot Night: The Shark’s Fin

Featuring Robert Jasper

How many mountaineers have climbed 8c? How many 8c climbers have also soloed the three great North Faces of the Alps in record time? Robert Jasper has and, astonishingly, those life-defining ascents form only part of the impressive CV of the man who will be the main attraction of Marmot Night.

Add to that an 8a first ascent on the Eiger, hard new routes in both Tierra del Fuego and Baffin Island and climbing Mt McKinley by two different routes in four days and it’s obvious we’re talking about an exceptional climber. Robert will begin the evening by talking about his much-celebrated first ascent of the ‘Japanese Direct’ on the Eiger North Face and delve into his long love affair with the Nordwand and the numerous climbs he has tackled on the historic mountain face. He will also cover his recent first ascent of ‘Odisea de Magallanes’ on Monte Sarmiento in Tierra del Feugo. 

John Horscroft will be kicking off the evening by exploring Robert’s motivations and what makes him return time after time to the toughest climbs in the toughest locations.

Fri 16th Nov 20:00

Brewery Theatre | £9.50

Fun! Mountain Equipment Pub Quiz

Hosted by Andy Kirkpatrick

Last year’s inaugural Pub Quiz was a night to remember for many reasons –Kendal at its best; funny, anarchic and slightly out of control.

Once again this year Andy Kirkpatrick is at the helm so you can always expect the unexpected, while quizmaster Mick Ryan from UKClimbing sets the questions. We’ll be ensuring that topics range far and wide, including some rounds that may have nothing whatsoever to do with climbing. So make sure your team includes plenty of talent! Just 22 tables available – book early to avoid disappointment!

Tickets are sold individually, but the quiz will be structured in teams of six. If you want to enter as a team, buy six tickets and you can all grab a table together. If you just want to take part as an individual, buy a single ticket and scratch teams will be made up on the night.

In association with Mountain Equipment.

Fri 16th Nov 21:30

Brewery Malt Room | £7.50 per head (ticketed individually)

Max. 6 people per team.

The

Endurance Session

Alistair & Jonathan Brownlee, Nick Gracie, Tom Gibbs & Andy Mouncey

Headlining the event will be the ‘Fabulous Brownlee Brothers’fresh from their success at London 2012. Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee will give us insights and stories from that famous day in London and what makes them the dominant force in world traithlon. The Dojo will be buzzing!

Hosted by James Thurlow of Open Adventure we venture once again into the world of adventure racing, ultra distance events and endurance athletes admired the world over. Joining us will be the top two British Adventure Racing teams, recently returned from an arduous World Championships in France with images, film clips and stories to tell from this epic event.

We also feature a presentation by Ultra-marathon expert Andy Mouncey who will present his lecture ‘It’s Not About The Distance’. In this powerful and inspirational presentation Andy uses his experience as an athlete and a coach to make ultra running appear ultra simple. Doing the training gets you to the start line. Andy will lift the lid on the three things that make the difference between a DNF and finishing with pride.

Finally Nick Gracie and Tom Gibbs of ‘Team adidas Terrex’ will give us an unique insight from the exciting world of adventure racing at the highest level.

PLUS! THE KENDAL MOUNTAIN RESCUE ROUND

To celebrate 60 years of Mountain Rescue in the Lakes, Kath Jackson, Martina Pyne and Dave Howarth (all from Kendal MRT) will attempt to circumnavigate their teams’ area boundary in under 24 hours. The three will bike, run and kayak 175km starting from the Endurance Session, continuing through the night and Saturday, and will hopefully finish back at the Kendal Dojo within the 24 hours. The attempt will be live tracked by GPS, allowing real-time visibility and you’ll be able to check out their progress in the Adventure Sports Village at the Dojo.

Time: 20.00 – 22.30 / £12.50

Place: KEnDAL DOJO

Prizes to be won!

After show music from Indian Postal Service Fri 16 nov

Photo © adiddas

Adventure Session Skills Workshop: Unlocking Your True Potential

Andy Cave & Kev Shields

In association with The Lakeland Climbing Centre, Lyon/Petzl team members Andy Cave & Kev Shields will presenting a workshop on unlocking your true climbing potential. Attendees to the full workshop will receive a Petzl Goodie Bag worth at least £20.

This is a 2 ½ hour session for lead climbers who are capable climbers, yet when moving from bouldering to lead-climbing indoors, or from indoor leading to climbing outside, drop their grades. The workshop is aimed at those finding their climbing progression is being hampered by mental blocks.

Activities will commence at 9.00 promptly with a presentation on preparing, understanding and managing fear for the chosen climb.

Sat 17th Nov 09:00

Lakeland Climbing Centre | £5

Tickets via www.kendalwall.co.uk

Lecture

Skiing the 7 Continents

Jim Blyth

Brought up in Ballater in the south-eastern Cairngorms, Jim says he had his first contact with mountaineering through his parents, primary school and the Ballater Scouts. Now a qualified mountain guide living near Chamonix, Jim specialises in ski mountaineering. As he says, “90% of my work is on skis, the majority of which is on exploratory trips anywhere in the world. Provided an area is safe and has mountains and snow, it should be visited – all countries I have skied in have given unforgettable experiences”. Jim also runs climbing expeditions to places such as East Africa (six trips), Jordan, Peru, Bolivia, Canada, New Zealand, Nepal and Tibet. Jim will talk about putting turns in where few others do, in countries such as Russia, Mongolia, Chile, Lebanon, Argentina, Iceland, Morocco, Greenland and Japan.

In association with Jagged Globe.

Sat 17th Nov 09:30

BAC Screen 1 | £7.50

The Freedom Chair

Josh Dueck

Josh Dueck was an aspiring skier and coach until a ski accident in 2004 changed his life for good. After coming to the realization that he would never walk again, Josh made a conscious decision to make the best of a terrible situation. Within one year he was back on snow doing what he loved, and shortly after, his determination took him to the top of the podium in the sport of sit-skiing.

Despite his success in the world of competitive skiing, he wasn’t satisfied as a skier. Josh’s dream is to tackle the backcountry and the steepest and wildest mountains in the world. In ‘The Freedom Chair’, it’s a dream fulfilled. Co-presented by Josh himself and legendary filmmaker Mike Douglas, the Kendal audience get a unique insight into the making of the film, the life of a paralympic silver medalist and behind the scenes stories from this multiaward winning film. Not to be missed!

In association with Kendal Snowsports Club. Sat 17th Nov 10:00

ASV @ The Dojo | £9.50

Book Event

Fiva: An Adventure

That Went Wrong

Gordon Stainforth in conversation with Julie Summers Writer, photographer, film editor and philosopher Gordon Stainforth will be talking both about his new book, ‘Fiva: An Adventure

That Went Wrong’ – which tells the epic true story of a near-death experience on a mountain in Norway in 1969 –and his other work.

Fiva (pronounced ‘Fever’) is Gordon’s first foray into literature – and is receiving rave reviews – but he is also well known for his sumptuous coffee table books from the 1990s which combine stunning imagery and thoughtful words, setting the standard for what was effectively a new genre in mountaineering books.

Sat 17th Nov 10:00

Abbot Hall | £7.50

Adventure Session

Skills Workshops

British Mountain Guides at Kendal Wall

Free, skills workshops for climbers and mountaineers at the Kendal climbing wall.

The workshops will offer a chance to learn some ropework required by climbers tackling a trip to the Alps.

There will be three x 30min separate sessions on crevasse rescue, prussiking and roping up for glaciers and ridges.

Three British Mountain Guides (Owain Jones, Andy Nelson and Twid Turner) will lead these sessions.

To book a place call Lakeland Climbing Centre on 01539 721766

If you wish to stay on and climb further there will be a special rate for those attending Kendal Mountain Festival.

Sat 17th Nov 10:00

Kendal Climbing Wall | FREE

Book a place: www.kendalwall.co.uk

Lecture

The Extreme World

Tim Emmett

No stranger to Kendal, Tim is one the UK’s top extreme sports athletes. Well known for his ‘up for anything’ enthusiasm, Tim’s passion for rock and ice climbing has led him into developing new disciplines – he’s a huge proponent of deep water soloing and also Para Alpinism which combines climbing with BASE jumping.

Several TV appearances include: Top Gear, Wild Climbs, the Ultimate Rock Climb on Strone Ulladale, HTV’s Moments of Fear plus the film Psicobloc. Recently he’s been putting up E10s in Pembroke, jumping off the Old Man of Hoy and climbing ‘the hardest ice route in the world’ –Helmcken Falls in Canada with Will Gadd. Tim will also be joined by fellow Kendal lecturer Liv Sansoz to talk about their collaboration this summer – climbing Great Trango Tower in Pakistan with the objective of BASE jumping from the summit using wingsuits.

In association with Black Diamond.

Sat 17th Nov 10:30

Town Hall | £9.50

Lecture

Alpine Extremes

Andy Cave

Alpinist and author Andy Cave presents an inspiring journey of climbing exploration, from Bridlington to Pakistan, from Shetland to China.

Lashings of drama and humour guaranteed as Andy relives some of his greatest climbs and travels. Includes brand new dramatic film footage of the recent desperate new alpine route Ecstasy, shot by Alastair Lee. Not to be missed.

‘One of the greatest mountaineers of his generation.’ Observer

‘A natural story teller.’ Joe Simpson

Sat 17th Nov 11:00

Brewery Screen 1 | £9.50

mile Trail Run 2012

Special adidas goody bags for all finishers!

For adidas outdoor gear info: www.adidas.co.uk/outdoor 5

Your chance to take part in a first! Olympic heroes Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee will start the race.

Saturday 17 November 2012

Run start: 11.00am | Run entry fee: £6 | Distance 5 miles

A trail run of 5 miles around Kendal, taking in the landmarks that many of the locals use for their training. Expect to be off path, off road and occasionally putting your hands out. By no means is this an obstacle course, we are happy to leave the straw bales and slippery walls to those parts of the country that don’t have the landscape to challenge the runner... eyes out, ears tucked back and expect a run you won’t forget!

Collect your number from 09:00 to 10.30 on Saturday at the KMF stand at the Adventure Sports Village (Kendal Dojo).

Pre-enter online/more details: www.openadventure.com

Huge thanks to Dean Barker and all the staff at Kirkbie Kendal School for their support and use of their premises during the Festival.

Lecture

Alpine Inspiration

Liv Sansoz

We’re delighted that Liv will be with us for a first-time UK appearance. A two times world champion and three times World Cup winner, Liv was one of the first women to ascend an 8c+ route.

Born in the French Alps, she was skiing by the age of two and has spent her life hiking, ski touring and climbing in the mountains.

Liv will be giving us some insight into her inspirations and having suffered recent injury, how to remain positive in the face of adversity. Liv will also be joined by Festival favourite Tim Emmett to talk about their collaboration this summer – climbing Great Trango Tower in Pakistan with the objective of BASE jumping from the summit using wingsuits. In association with Petzl.

Sat 17th Nov 13:30

ASV @ The Dojo | £9.50

Lecture

Wide Boyz

Tom Randall & Pete Whittaker

After Friday night’s ‘Wide Boyz’ film premiere, Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker give a special lecture recounting the full details of their trip to the States, searching out the widest, dirtiest and hardest off-widths that the planet has to offer and beating the Americans at their own game.

The London Metro said, “Jammed in a Crevice”. The Daily Mail said, “They’ve Cracked It” and The Star stated “It’s Tough at the Top”. As Tom says, “What made the popular media interested in this obscure niche of climbing, I really don’t know. Within just a few hours I was asked to do an interview with BBC Radio Sheffield and one for BBC News 24 – crikey, I thought – do they actually know what an off-width is?”

Hopefully we’ll be able to wheel the fabled Crack Machine onstage for live demos… Sat 17th Nov 13:30

Town Hall | £9.50

Show us your Nuts! Mountain Heritage Trust

Welcome to the Mountain Heritage Trust’s very own ‘Antiques Roadshow’. The idea is simple, you bring along any old bits of kit, archive material, memorabilia or photographs and we’ll offer advice on how to preserve, conserve, record and cherish them. Legacy and heritage are often considered the boring preserve of dusty museums. Not so! Today’s first ascent - or even a many repeated ascent - is tomorrow’s legacy. It is part of mountaineering and climbing’s rich and vital heritage. There will also be select items on display from MHT’s own Collections. Also see the Boardman Tasker Exhibition in the BAC Foyer. www.mountain-heritage.org

Sat 17th Nov 14:00 & Sun 18th Nov 11:00

Brewery Nursery | FREE ENTRY

Book Event

Everest 1953

Mick Conefrey in conversation with Julie Summers

Drawing on first-hand interviews and unprecedented access to archives, this is the definitive behind the scenes account of the extraordinary first ascent of Everest. ‘In Conversation’ with Julie Summers, Mick will tell of how his latest book explores what on the one hand was a superbly organized, led and executed expedition, but on the other hand wasn’t quite as un-dramatic or un-controversial as contemporary accounts have perhaps led us to believe.

Sat 17th Nov 15:00

Abbot Hall | £7.50

Lecture

An Adventurous Life Paul Rose

A big friend of the Festival,

BBC

adventurer and presenter Paul Rose is one of the world’s most experienced and respected science and adventure expedition leaders and an exploration and field science consultant. His new BBC documentary, ‘Frank Wild: Antarctica’s Forgotten Hero’ aired this year on BBC 1.

Paul is also Vice President of the Royal Geographical Society and for Kendal he’ll be talking about balancing a life of adventure with TV work.

Sat 17th Nov 15:30

ASV @ Kendal Dojo | £9.50

FLIGHT

Film Screening

The Edgeland

Dom Bush with Richard Leafe

& Richard Foster

The Edgeland is a film project commissioned last year by Kendal Mountain Festival’s Adventure Film Academy and the Brewery Arts Centre and funded by Vision+Media.

The commission was awarded to Dom Bush, with the brief as follows: The Edgeland will look at the real and/ or the perceived physical, social, economic and cultural barriers that divide the post-industrial and economically depressed urbanised communities located around the fringes of the Lake District National Park from the rurally remote settlements that nestle in the mountainous landscape of the National Park itself.

Dom’s film will be premiered at this special screening with contributions from Richard Foster (Chief Executive, Brewery Arts Centre) and Richard Leafe (Chief Executive, Lake District National Park Authority).

Sat 17th Nov 16:00

Brewery Theatre | FREE

Lecture

Survival Strategies for High-Risk Situations

Will Gadd

Some might call Will an over-achiever, others merely a man that’s having a good time.

His many achievements include: Establishing the hardest mixed ice climbing lines in the world. Setting the world distance record for paragliding. Twice. Kayaking down dozens of first ascents across North America. Winning the Canadian National Sport-Climbing Championships. Four times. Winning three gold medals at the X Games. And the Ice Climbing World Cup. Winning the US and Canadian Paragliding Nationals. Flying a paramotor across the USA. First one-day ascent of the tallest mountain in the Canadian Rockies, Mt. Robson. Solo. Climbing ‘the hardest ice route in the world’, Helmcken Falls in Canada with compadre Tim Emmett. Will’s presentation, in his own words is: “basically about tools for survival in the mountains and life that I’ve learned both the fun and the hard way...” In association with Black Diamond.

Sat 17th Nov 16:00

Town Hall | £12.50

Lecture

Berghaus Night Part 1: An Adventurous Gene

Karen Darke

“Luckily I’ve got an adventurous gene, as life in a wheelchair is full of unexpected adventure...“ So says Karen, a keen runner, climber and all round outdoor addict until the age of 21 when she fell off a crag and became paralysed from the chest down.

Karen began pursuing alternative ways to access the outdoors. Handcycling across the Tien Shan and Karakoram mountains, then the length of the Japanese archipelago. Sea kayaking 1,200 miles of the Canada/Alaska coastline, crossing the Himalayas by handcycle, and a 600km traverse of the Greenland ice cap in temperatures below -40 degrees. Climbing El Capitan, the giant granite rock face in Yosemite National Park was a huge mental challenge, getting back on the ropes and working through the fear. All this was perfect preparation for what was to come next... being selected as part of the British Cycling Team for the London 2012 Paralympics in the sport of handcycling, and gaining a fanastic silver medal!

Sat 17th Nov 18:00 Brewery Theatre | £9.50

Lecture

Berghaus Night Part 2: Autana Nights

Leo Houlding & Alastair Lee

Earlier this year, top adventure climber (and Kendal patron) Leo Houlding hatched a plan; to make a first ascent on a Venezuelan tepui, approaching through thick jungle and climbing the wall ground-up in the best possible ‘Heart Of Darkness’ style. And speaking of style, there to record the epic was adventure filmmaker extraordinaire Alastair Lee.

Cerro Autana is a spectacular tepui situated near the Colombian border. The team chose a line on the east face where 100% humidity, 35-degree heat and torrential downpours combined with mosquitos, flies and a dozen different species of ants made for an irritating backdrop against the more serious menace of tarantulas, scorpions and deadly snakes. After a dangerous approach through vertical jungle, weaving up roots and vines, through hanging gardens and waterfalls, the team forged a 400m route that they called The Yopo Wall (E6 6b, A1). For Kendal, Leo and Al present lots of behind-the-scenes stories and action, deleted scenes and bloopers including a ‘Behind the Trees’ rib-tickler where filmmaker Al Lee does an on-stage character assassination of the rest of the crew. Not to be missed!

More info on Autana at www.posingproductions.com

Sat 17th Nov 20:00 Brewery Theatre | £9.50

“Realise your potential. Achieve your dreams. Live for Adventure.”

Julia

Pickering and her adventure team. Mount Bear, Alaska.

Visit Berghaus.com/stores to get the best kit for your next adventure

Find us at

The

With Alex Rankin, Chris Akrigg, Rob Dean & Ed Oxley Sat 17 nov

Presented by the immaculate Santa Cruz Bikes –the 2012 Bike Session will be packed to the rafters.

Fresh from the Santa Cruz stable – MTB endurance rider Rob Dean teaches us the difference between the EWE and the Barebones 200! We are also honoured to welcome homegrown filmmaking legend Alex Rankin with a can full of cinematic surprises for us plus an audience with master skill-smith Chris Akrigg – BMX, Trials, single track or downhill, you name it he can do it better than most.

Joe Bowman from the brilliant Steelcity Media house has promised a few film treats to ice this already very rich festival cake!

So who on earth could hold this eclectic night together – none other than Big Beard himself – Mr Ed Oxley of Great Rock fame. Oh and there’s an after show DJ set to take us well into the night!

Bike Session AFTERSHOWMUSIC WITHDJROBInWALKER

Time: 7.00 – 9.00pm / £12.50

Place: KEnDAL DOJO

Photo © Santa Cruz Bikes

Lecture

Rock & Ice

Ines Papert

At end of the world. Far away from civilisation. Exposed. Remote… Ines Papert takes you on a journey into her world. Ines tells about her successes and failures, sharing joy with companions, a zest for life, loneliness and moments of happiness. We get an emotional insight into the life of the professional mountaineer, learning about passion and calling, ethics and tradition and an answer to the question; how does a single mother deal with the responsibility for her son alongside the risks of mountaineering? Ines talks about ascents spanning the south-east face of Mount Kyzyl Asker (5,842 m) in Kyrgyzstan, redpointing Super Cirill (9 pitches, 8a/8a+) in the Bavona Valley, Switzerland, and two road-trips across the Scottish highlands.

In association with Arc’Teryx.

Sat 17th Nov 20:00

Town Hall | £12.50

Film Screening

Adventure Film Academy 2012

Presentation of this years’ AFA films

The results of the 48 hour film marathon in one venue!

This event is free. Priority is given to AFA participants, their friends and associates and if there’s any room left in the Warehouse cafe, we’ll squeeze as many extras in as we can!

Sat 17th Nov 20:00

Brewery Warehouse | FREE Fun!

The Rab Party

Social event –not to be missed!

Kendal isn’t called “The main social event for outdoor enthusiasts in the UK” for nothing. Over the last three decades it has developed a solid reputation for knowing how to have a good time and the Saturday night RAB party is at the very heart of the event. Tickets sell out rapidly – don’t miss it!. Featuring big local blues band Unkle Carbunkle, followed by DJ Matt Sharman into the small hours.

Sat 17th Nov 22:00

Brewery Malt Room | £7.50

For the most extreme conditions in the world.

Based on a climbing heritage that was born in Sheffield in 1981, Rab ® is a brand developed with a passion for the outdoors which pioneers technical and innovative products to give users freedom and protection in the most extreme conditions in the world. www.rab.uk.com

Tom Randall, sponsored athlete, on Century Crack (5.14b / 8c)

Book Event

Freedom Climbers –and other books

Bernadette McDonald in conversation with Julie Summers

Winner of last year’s Boardman Tasker Award – Freedom Climbers

- Bernadette McDonald has produced a body of written work on mountaineering that has no real competition for its depth, diversity or sensitivity. Through readings and ‘In Conversation’ with Julie Summers she’ll be talking about and exploring her approach to documenting the lives of some of mountaineering’s most iconic and individualistic personalities.

Bernadette’s accolades include Banff Grand Prize, Boardman Tasker Prize, American Alpine Club Award, Himalayan Club Award for Mountain Literature.

Sun 18th Nov 10:00

Abbot Hall | £9.50

Lecture

Carrying the Olympic Spirit

Kenton Cool & Keith Partridge

Prolific Everest summiteer Kenton Cool managed to visit the top of the world for the 10th time earlier in 2012, a staggering achievement. In keeping with this year’s Olympic theme Kenton carried a medal from the 1924 Winter Olympics, fulfilling a pledge made by a member of the 1922 British Everest expedition. Accompanying Kenton to the summit was Kendal favourite and renowned filmmaker Keith Partridge. Kenton and Keith will be on stage talking about this year’s ‘Everest season’ and the realities of climbing the world’s highest mountain – is it really that crowded?

Sun 18th Nov 10:00

Brewery Screen 1 | £9.50

Lecture

Arnold Fanck –Bergfilm

Matthias Fanck

If the genre of Mountain Film, or Bergfilm could be said to have a father figure then it would undoubtedly be Arnold Fanck. A pioneering filmmaker between the wars, Fanck – using techniques quickly adopted by the rest of the film industry – directed a whole raft of classic feature films set in the mountains. While his films were works of fiction he invariably filmed on location in the high mountains and his techniques had a major influence of documentary filmmakers.

In a special retrospective – and first in the UK – Arnold’s grandson, Matthias Fanck will guide you through his grandfather’s work, highlighting why he was such a great filmmaker whose work has stood the test of time.

Sun 18th Nov 10:00

The Box | £7.50

Lecture

Indefatigable

Fred Beckey

Mountain legend Fred Beckey is still climbing at 89, every day if he can. The mountaineer and author is renowned as ‘one of America’s most colourful and eccentric mountaineers’ – unofficially recognised as the all-time world-record holder for the number of first ascents credited to one man.

His reputation is well known among climbers, captured in a T-shirt ‘Beware of Beckey: He will steal your woman, steal your route’.

For Kendal, Fred will talk about his life and climbs with reminiscences from the Sierra Nevada to the Cascade range, to British Columbia, the Yukon and Alaska.

He’ll cover first ascents in the Canadian Rockies, the Bugaboos, Wyoming and the Coloradan mountains, plus the American deserts with images and film.

In association with Patagonia.

Sun 18th Nov 10:30

Town Hall | £12.50

PROUD LY PRESENTING VAS SI

At the beginning of April, it really starts to get light again. Lifting the powerful silhouette of the 400 million year-old mountain known to the Sami as Vassitjåkka.

The wind-sculpted landscape surrounding it is covered in cold, white, feathery snow. An instructive playground for generations of skiers. This is where we found the inspiration we were looking for to create our new clothes and ski backpacks, designed in collaboration with two of the most experienced freeskiers we know, Per Jonsson and Asbjørn Eggebø Næss.

Christened Vassi Jacket and Pant and the Skrå backpack.

The

Snowsports Session

With Mike Douglas, Andreas Fransson & Bjarne Sahlén

Presented by Haglöfs, the Swedish outstanding outdoor equipment manufacturer and supported by Whitedot Skis, this is our biggest Snowsports event ever.

We have a host of entertainment and chat from the ‘Godfather of Free-skiing’ – Mike Douglas from Whistler Blackcomb. Mike will be presenting the European première of his stunning new film ‘Tempting Fear’. We will also have the skier and star of the film, Andreas Fransson and skier producer Bjarne Sahlén on stage to talk about the story behind the film. Andreas Fransson has been called the boldest extreme skier in a generation. Over the past three years he’s logged first descents in a half-dozen countries, battled back to life from an accident that nearly killed him and become the most talked about skier in the epicentre of all things extreme – Chamonix, France. All this plus the latest snow film offerings from around the mountains of the world.

The event will also feature an afternoon session ‘Ski Test’ by Whitedot Skis and ski and board sessions at the local Kendal Snowsports Club.

If you fancy a slide a few minutes away from the Adventure Sports Village just ask the friendly staff at the Kendal Snowsports Club stand in the Village.

Supported by

Prizes to be won includingaHaglöfs Vassi Jacket Sun 18 nov

Time: 11.00 – 13.00 / £12.50

Place: KEnDAL DOJO

Photo © Nicklas Blom

Book Event

The Pen is Mightier than the Sword (or Swiss Army Penknife)

Simon Yates in conversation with Julie Summers

OK – he’s best known for ‘cutting the rope’, but in both Simon’s mountaineering and writing career the events on Siula Grande are but a minor scene. He’s established himself as both a considerable exploratory mountaineer and a remarkable writer, who’s captured those adventures in a style that combines economy with the vivid portrayal of stunning situations and real adventure.

Sun 18th Nov 13:00

Abbot Hall | £7.50

Lecture

British Mountain Guides

Mike ‘Twid’ Turner, Andy Nelson, Owain Jones

The British Mountain Guides are a small group of high experienced and qualified professional mountaineers and climbers. Through their own extensive adventures, Alpine Guides enthuse and train mountaineers to help them accomplish their own dream climbs.

Three short lectures will show the breadth of their travels and work. It’s an ideal opportunity to be inspired and learn how to make steps towards your own adventures. A question and answers session will follow each talk.

Mike ‘Twid’ Turner – Rock Climbing Around the British Isles and World Wide Rock Trips

The ‘nuts and bolts’ of climbing. Moves on ‘trad’ and sports climbing, adventure further afield around the world and build to greater expeditions like big walling.

Andy Nelson: Scottish Winter Climbing

Andy will show some pictures of Scottish winter climbing to give an insight into what British Mountain Guides can offer and give a flavour of the winter climbing game, from classic gullies to modern snowed up rock buttress routes.

Owain Jones: Introduction to Alpine Mountaineering

The talk is intended to provide top tips and ideas for anyone who wants to make the step from the UK mountains and crags to those of the alpine ranges of the Western Alps. Relevant to beginners and for those with some alpine experience seeking new challenges.

Sun 18th Nov 14:00

The Box | FREE

Lecture

The Experimental Gig

Ed Byrne & Andy Kirkpatrick

Ed is instantly recognisable on the comedy circuit from regular appearances on Live At The Apollo, Mock The Week, Have I Got News For You and dozens of other TV and theatre performances plus his sell-out stand up tours throughout the world.

Less well known is his passion as a Munro-bagger and general outdoor enthusiast, although his regular column in TGO Magazine and various outdoor-related TV appearances has upped his mountain profile lately. Ed was keen to come to Kendal on the proviso that we found him a sensible, level-headed person to share the stage with. So we’ve teamed him up with Andy Kirkpatrick. What could possibly go wrong?

Sun 18th Nov 16:00

Town Hall | £15.00

Presentation Award Ceremony 2012

Hosted by Leo Houlding

And the winner is…........

The climax of the Film Competition, and Kendal Mountain Festival itself, the Award Ceremony is when film-makers and film fans alike gather to hear the verdict of the international jury and announcement of the 2012 Kendal Mountain Festival Film Awards.

The winning films will be screened immediately afterwards in the Brewery Screen 2 and the Brewery Theatre.

Sun 18th Nov 18:00

Brewery Theatre | FREE with any other Festival ticket – but tickets must be claimed from the Brewery Box Office on the festival weekend only, on production of one other festival ticket.

Film Screening

Best of Kendal 2012

The Award Winning Films from this year’s Festival

Finish the Festival in style with a recap of the very best films from the weekend – the award winning films shown straight after the award ceremony.

Sun 18th Nov 20:00

Brewery Screen 1 & Theatre | £7.50 or FREE with a valid Film Pass

Film Screening

Best of Kendal 2012

Goes BIG at Rheged!

The Award Winning Films from this year’s Festival

Take in some of this year’s award winners on the GIANT screen at Rheged.

Sun 18th Nov 20:00

Rheged | £7.50

Tickets must be booked directly through the Rheged Box Office: 01768 868 000 or from www.rheged.com

Mountaineering has produced the biggest body of artistic work of any sport – bar none. Spreading out from the festival hub at the Brewery Arts Centre is a network of art that reflects the diversity of the mountains and the mountain experience.

New for 2012 is our Mountain Art Trail, at venues throughout Kendal and the South Lakes.

Brewery Arts Centre

Freya Horsley

“Led by my responses to landscape, light and weather and also by the process of painting itself, I make paintings that refer to both the permanent elemental nature of land and a more ephemeral sense of fluidity and change. Soaring mountains, eroded cliffs, and rugged moorland form a backdrop to the flux and movement of rolling skies, vast seas and shifting light”

In the Warehouse.

Tom McNally

Tom McNally is a landscape and climbing photographer based in the Keswick area of The Lake District. As an avid climber, mountaineer, fell runner and mountain biker, Tom spends as much time in the mountains as possible.

“I am interested in capturing that special, often very brief moment when different components of the landscape harmonise to produce a scene that is genuinely breathtaking.”

In the Intro Bar.

Wildman St Gallery/ Kendal Museum/ Castle Dairy

Close to our screening venue, The Box and the Adventure Film Academy’s location at the Allen Building is a new and emerging ‘Cultural Quarter for Kendal with two exciting exhibitions over and beyond the festival.

International Alliance of Mountain Film – The Posters

Mountain Film is a dynamic genre with a very international perspective and is well represented by a range of Mountain Film Festivals on every continent. The International Alliance of Mountain Film draws together these diverse events to share ideas and to support each other.

In the Wildman Street Gallery during the Festival and in Kendal Museum after.

John Innerdale – Mountain Portfolio

Perhaps best known for his work with the Mountain Heritage Trust and Kendal Mountain Film Festival’s long standing Artistic Director (2002-2007) John Innerdale is also a remarkable artist painting across a range of medium.

In the Castle Dairy.

Abbot Hall

Just across the road from the Brewery Arts Centre, Abbot Hall has one of the most important collections of mountain art in the UK. Over the festival period they have three important exhibitions on display. Normal Abbot Hall entry applies.

Around the Lakes with Edward Lear

The works by the great Victorian eccentric, artist and nonsense poet, Edward Lear (1812-88) includes four watercolours and drawings.

Helen Petts – ‘Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing’

Helen Petts’ film response to the life and work of artist Kurt Schwitters explores landscape, rhythm, texture, sound, improvisation and walking, using footage shot in locations that were a major inspiration to Schwitters: Norway, where he holidayed and first escaped to as a refugee from Nazi Germany and Loughrigg Fell, Rydal Terrace and the Merzbarn in the Lake District.

Kurt Schwitters

Abbot Hall has a wonderful collection of works by Schwitters which will be shown alongside Petts’ poetic and inspirational film, highlighting the power that the German artist still exerts on contemporary artists and musicians.

Brantwood East of the Lake, Coniston

John Ruskin – who settled at Brantwood in the shadow of Coniston Old Man – had an immense influence on the development of mountain landscape art. This house continues to be a centre of mountain art.

Angie and David Unsworth –‘The Materials of Mountains’

Angie

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David Unsworth are traditional film photographers working as a creative partnership, in the English Lake District making contemporary photographs with 10x8 and 5x4 large format field cameras. In this exhibition they explore how these fragments of landscape, rich in their emotional resonance and personal interpretation, can move us beyond the merely representational to a landscape of thought and imaginative engagement.

28 September - 22 December 2012

Open Mon - Sat 10.30am - 5/4pm

Adult Admission £6.20

FREE for children & full-time students

Abbot Hall, Kirkland, Kendal

www.lakelandartstrust.org.uk

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The Festival aims to show the very best in mountain-based film, across the broadest spectrum. The film competition is the beating heart of Kendal, and sets it apart from other UK Film Festivals. Films are screened in ten competitive categories, with winners judged by a panel of film and mountain luminaries and – in the case of the People’s Choice prize – the audience itself.

A trophy sculpted by Andy Parkin, cash prizes up to £1000 will be awarded under the following headings:

The Judges

Lucy Creamer

Having been introduced to climbing in 1988 at college in Bristol, Lucy’s life took on a whole new direction. Thoughts of becoming a P.E. teacher were diverted to the world of outdoor activities and instructing. Consequently, she taught at various centres around the UK for a few years, living the life of a multi-activity instructor. But it wasn’t until the Bristol Climbing Centre opened in 1992, that with their support, she really started to feel like a climber. This was the point that as she says, “I made the brave/unwise decision to dedicate my life to climbing”. And the rest – as they say – is history and Lucy is now recognized as one of the world’s leading climbers. Twenty plus years down the line, Lucy’s happy to say, “it is still my one true passion”.

Film Categories and Supporters

Best Climbing Film

Presented by Mountain Equipment

Best Mountaineering Film

Marmot

Best Mountain Adventure Film RAB

Best Mountain Culture Film Craghoppers

Best Mountain Environment Film

Lake District National Park

Best Adrenaline Film adidas

Matthias Fanck

Matthias was born in Berlin in 1951 where he graduated from the Academy of Graphic Arts and Advertising as a graphic designer. He works freelance on exhibitions, publishing, general graphics and thematic projects for museums and non-governmental organisations. His works often deal with the issues of nature and protection of the environment.

His grandfather, Dr. Arnold Fanck (film director and mountain film pioneer) left him an important legacy on which Matthias has been working since 1994. He co-organizes exhibitions and retrospectives of his grandfather’s work. He is currently working on a project to ‘take back’ the 1932 film, SOS Eisberg (SOS Iceberg) to Greenland where it was shot.

Ian Smith

Ian Smith has been a climber, hillwalker and occasional cross-country skier for more than 45 years. He has worked as a freelance photographer, editor and writer for 25 years specalising in the outdoor industry and is now the Assistant Editor of Climber magazine. His climbing photographs have been published in many books and magazines, including publications in the UK, the US and many countries in Europe and he has contributed to or created a number of photographic exhibitions.

Deeply involved in British climbing guidebooks Ian has been a volunteer contributor to BMC and Climbers’ Club guidebooks for almost 35 years. More recently he was Chair of Judges for the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature.

Best Short Film Petzl

People’s Choice Patagonia

Grand Prize Creative England

Judges’ Special Prize Berghaus

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The craft of filmmaking lies at the heart of Kendal Mountain Festival and we run a series of events both year round and linked to the Festival which provide a unique opportunity for you to either learn from scratch the skills needed to make your own films, or if you are already a filmmaker to develop those skills needed to move into adventure filmmaking on a professional basis.

The Adventure Film Academy lies at the core of our training and development programme and takes place in the run up to the Festival. The course is run by leading filmmakers who have all worked on major adventure film and TV productions, including Touching the Void, The Great Climb, Wildest Dream, The Edge, Wilderness Walks and Die Another Day.

AFA Classic

This modular programme is intended for beginners to gain entry level skills and make their own two minute short, for entry into KMF’s annual film competition. It included classes on camera work, sound recording, editing and other associated skills and culminates in the 48 hr Film Marathon, when you can make your own two minute film.

Future Courses at Kendal College:

Digital Video Production & Editing

Using Adobe Premiere

This course presents an opportunity to learn the industry standard video editing software – Adobe Premiere – and be introduced to other software including Adobe After Effects, Apple Motion and Soundtrack Pro. The course will be project led, giving you the opportunity to create short films from your own, or supplied by college, raw footage.

HNC/HND Film Production (Creative Media Production)

This course provides a specialist work-related programme of study that covers the key knowledge, understanding and practical skills required in the creative media sector. The course has been developed as a result of the very successful Adventure Film Academy offered at Kendal College by Kendal Mountain Film Festival and leading film industry professionals.

Find out more: www.kendal.ac.uk

KMF – The Pitch 2012

Dale Templar

Making the film is the easy bit, it’s selling it to distributors and networks which is the real challenge. In a special session, leading broadcast producer and filmmaker Dale Templar (Executive Producer on the BBC’s Human Planet) leads a unique workshop outlining the challenges and possibilities involved in making money from your film.

If you know how to make film, have an idea and are looking for a commercial opportunity this is your opportunity to find out how to do it. It isn’t easy, but it can be done!

Sat 17th Nov, 10.00am – 12.30pm, £10 for AFA participants, £20 for non-AFA

Kendal College’s BTEC Extended Diploma in Film production is an intensive, creative two-year programme that will give you a thorough grounding in key concepts and practical film production and digital media skills.

Through a series of industry-related projects you will learn how to respond to a professional brief, from researching initial ideas through to a finished and evaluated product. You will gain extensive experience of using broadcast quality, lightweight equipment including professional digital video cameras, DSLRs and brand new Mac suites running Final Cut Pro, Adobe CS6 Premiere, Photoshop, After Effects, iMovie and Motion software.

The course is delivered through close collaboration with Kendal Mountain Festival’s Adventure Film Academy (AFA) and with BBC Scotland’s “The Adventure Show” and is equivalent to three A Levels, making it the perfect qualification to launch your career in film.

Film production at Kendal college

Young people are the future of just about everything... including mountaineering, adventure and filmmaking. At the Festival we think it’s important to enthuse and inspire them to undertake their own adventures. During and beyond the Festival we’ll be running special elements for young people.

Best of Kendal Mountain Festival for Schools

Brewery Arts Centre

Fri 17th December at 10.00am

A combination of some of the best films from this year’s film competition and a special lecture by Tim Emmet.

Open to all schools – to book call the BAC Box Office on 01539 725133.

Ticket: £3.00 per pupil.

KMF for Schools: in School Programme

A morning or afternoon of adventure for school groups – aimed at year group 5 and above (both Primary and Secondary).

Programme:

Special Showing of Best of Kendal 2012

KMF for Schools: Hands on!

All of the adventure of the ‘In School Programme’, but with the opportunity to get ‘hands on’ with some real climbing while being shown how by the experienced instructors at the Lakeland Climbing Centre. Open to all schools with year groups 5 & 6.

Kendal Mountain Festival

FAMilY FrienDlY FilM ProgrAMMe

Threaded throughout the main Festival Film Frogramme is a string of Family Friendly film selections. now Mum and Dad won’t have to answer the questions, ‘Mum, Dad –why do climbers always say **** when they fall off?’ For times - see the main Film Programme.

Some of the best films from this year’s festival, selected specially for a younger audience.

Find Your own Adventure – Wilderness on Your Doorstep.

An inspiring, fully illustrated presentation that outlines the full range of adventure activities – that are open to all – during a typical Lake District year. Starting with mountain walking and leading on to scrambling, climbing, mountaineering, kayaking canoeing and ski touring – the only limit to adventure on your doorstep is your own imagination!

rivers of ice

Explore the world’s greatest glaciers and observe the effects of Climate Change –online from the comfort of the classroom!

To book call Lakeland Climbing Centre: 01539 721766

Adventure Film Academy for Schools

Building on the success of the Festival’s Adventure Film Academy, a special one day programme for schools, based on readily available video equipment – mobile phones and the standard video editing packages found on modern home computers – where pupils will be shown the creative principles and disciplines that lie behind making a successful film and then given a chance to make their own short programme. To discuss this exciting opportunity please contact info@mountainfest.co.uk.

KMF for Schools is supported by Cumbria County Council, the Lake District National Park Authority and Lakeland Climbing Centre. www.lakedistrict.gov.uk; www.kendalwall.co.uk; www.cumbria.gov.uk

Schools for

Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream

John Lennon Tomorrow Never Knows

Proud to sponsor the Kendal Mountain Festival www.lakedistrict.gov.uk

Photo: Windermere Canoe and Kayak

of our undergraduate students are over 21 years of age

Your university in the heart of the Lake District

Proud sponsors of the Kendal Mountain Festival

At the University of Cumbria we deliver first-class higher education from a range of unique and beautiful locations across Cumbria.

We are currently refurbishing our Ambleside campus where we already offer outdoor courses and some of our postgraduate courses. Over the next few years we are moving all our forestry and conservation courses there too. The location of our Ambleside campus is perfect for students on these courses as the Lake District becomes their classroom!

In addition to our courses in Ambleside we also offer a wide range of courses at our other locations including:

• arts and humanities

• business and computing

• education

• health, wellbeing, social work and sport

• law, criminology and social sciences

• science and natural resources

• outdoor.

For further information visit www.cumbria.ac.uk or contact us on 0845 606 11 44

Climbing and mountaineering has produced the single biggest body of written work of any sport – bar none! The written word is an essential element to Kendal and as ever, our book events run, as a 'golden thread' through the Festival.

Book Events

Throughout the Festival there will be a series of ‘In Conversations’, readings and talks with and by mountain, mountaineering and outdoor authors. All hosted by Julie Summers.

Gordon Stainforth: ‘FIVA’ See Page 16

Sat 17th Nov 10:00 | Abbot Hall | £7.50

Mick Conefrey: ‘Everest, 1953’ See Page 19

Sat 17th Nov 15:00 | Abbot Hall | £7.50

Bernadette McDonald: ‘Freedom Climbers: and other books’ See Page 28

Sun 18th Nov 10:00 | Abbot Hall | Ticket: £9.50

Simon Yates: ‘The Pen is Mightier than the Sword’ See Page 32

Sun 18th Nov 13:00 | Abbot Hall | £7.50

Festival Book Stall & Book Signings

Don’t forget to visit the Festival Book Stall to pick up both the latest books and old classics – this is located in the Brewery Intro Bar area. Book signings will take place by the book stall – a timetable will be on display. NB: To prevent overcrowding and disruption to the Festival programme, only books bought at Kendal Mountain Festival, or a maximum of two additional other books will be signed. If in doubt you will be asked for proof of purchase. No Trade.

Boardman Tasker 30th Anniversary Celebration

Featuring: Sir Chris Bonington, Doug Scott, Andy Cave, Roger Hubank and Stephen Venables; Presented by Charles Clarke.

This year is the 30th Anniversary of the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature. In an unmissable special event, some of the biggest names from the world of mountain writing come together to celebrate.

Thu 15th Nov | 7.30pm – 9.15pm | Kendal Town Hall | £12.50

See page 8 for more details of this event.

The Boardman Tasker Prize

Time to find out who will be the 30th winner of the coveted Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature. A full afternoon which includes a lunchtime reception and Julie Summers talking with the shortlisted authors in the run up to the award ceremony.

Itinery:

13:15 Light Lunch

14:00–16:00 Short Listed Authors Panel

Introduced by Paul Tasker and Hosted by Julie Summers

16:00–17:30 Boardman Tasker Award Ceremony

Hosted by Paul Tasker

Fri 16th Nov | from 13:15 | Brewery Malt Room | £20 – ticket includes light lunch

See page 12 for more details of this event.

Kendal Mountain Festival Schedule 2012

Here we go again! Four action-packed days showcasing the very best of mountain adventure hit Kendal. In venues throughout the town we have a non-stop schedule of lectures, film screenings, book events and social activities. Plan your weekend of adventure here!

Please refer to the Film Listings on page 51 for screening times.

Note: Events may be subject to change for reasons beyond the organisers control. Any changes will be publicised on venue info boards, via the website (www.mountainfest.co.uk) and on our facebook and twitter pages.

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Lectures Awards Specialist Nights

Book Event Parties Special Screenings

Thursday 15

Brewery Arts Centre

KMF at Rheged

Rheged is a Lake District visitor attraction just 2 minutes from the M6, (J40) at Penrith.

An international award winning day out, Rheged is Europe’s largest grass covered building, designed to resemble a Lakeland hill.

This year Rheged will be hosting the KMF Free Flight Session and will also be screening the Best of Kendal on their BIG screen on the Sunday night after the awards have been announced.

FREEFLIGHT SESSIOn

Thursday 15 November 19:30 – 22:00 | £12.50

See page 9 for full details.

BEST OF KEnDAL GOES BIG

Sunday 18 November 20:00 | £7.50

See page 33 for full details.

Tickets are only available through the Rheged Box Office (not through the Brewery Arts Centre). Call 01768 868 000 or visit www.rheged.com

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welcome to the adventure capital of the UK

The Lake District, Cumbria is the country's biggest adventure playground! Whether you are looking for a gentle stroll or a mountain scramble, a coastal cycle or a sportive challenge, this dramatic landscape of lakes, mountains, countryside and coast has something for everyone.

Find out more about adventure in Cumbria, by downloading the free outdoors magazine TRACKS, available at android and itunes stores.

www.golakes.co.uk/tracksapp

Find your inspiration for adventure and outdoor activities at

www.golakes.co.uk/adventure

Go it alone or with a professional guide, there's an amazing landscape of hikes and treks, cycle trails, canoeing, climbing and so much more for all the family to enjoy!

FLIGHT

12 film programmes will run during this year’s Festival. As well as the usual mountain specialisms, look out for the ‘Family Friendly’ programme – engineered for our younger adventurers!

Film details are provided over the following pages.

Please refer to the Schedule for screening times.

Note: Films may be subject to change. Any changes will be publicised on venue info boards.

CL IMBInG 2 Pages 54–55

Dave 13’

Honnold 3.0 32’

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Hardest of the Alps

Directed by Damiano Levati & Matteo Vettorel; Produced by Matteo Vettoral

In the summer of 2010 Iker and Enou Pou decided to retrace the routes of climbing legends. Travelling the Alps in a camper van, they met the godfathers of climbing that changed the sport forever. Walking in the footsteps of Manolo, Alex Huber and Beat Kammerlander, they repeated some of the most iconic routes in the history of big wall climbing, to show the way to new generations of climbers.

13’ / Italy

Bongo Bar

Directed & Produced by Paul Diffley

This film documents the first free ascent of Bongo Bar in arctic Norway by Scottish climber Dave MacLeod. Bongo Bar is a 400m route on the granite north face of Blamann. This face hosts many long, hard, aid routes and only in recent years have climbers begun to see the potential for these routes to be climbed free. The film follows MacLeod as he prepares to make the ascent. It combines footage taken of the first ascent, both via long lens and on wall cameras, with ‘handy cam’ video shot by the climbers themselves.

12’ / UK

Wide Boyz

Directed & Produced by Paul Diffley & Chris Alstrin

The world of off-width crack climbing is a strange sub-culture rumoured to be dominated by knuckle dragging, bar brawling dirt bags! The climbing is tough, painful and bloody. Two climbers from England, Pete Whittaker and Tom Randall, set out to explore this world and climb the world’s hardest off-widths. They complete a brutal two year training regime, mostly spent hanging upside down in a suburban Sheffield basement, before embarking on a tour of the USA. The trip culminates in the first ascent of the ultimate off width test piece, Century Crack –the worlds hardest off-width.

48’ / UK

Verticalement Demode

Directed & Produced by Davide Carrari

It’s not the most difficult route in the world; it’s simply the most difficult ‘sports’ route that I have climbed. It has a long story which began when for the first time I asked myself – “what are the places like, where the sun sets every evening? Eternity is hidden up there, in a solitary, forgotten landscape in these mountains, small and ‘vertically old fashioned’ halfway between this place where I was born and the places where I have lived”: with these words and the images of the rock face he is climbing, Maurizo ‘Manolo’ Zanolla talks about his motivation and emotions on rediscovering a route that he identified many years before but which he had long believed impossible for him to face.

19’ / Italy

Le Dessous de Ganesh

Directed & Produced by Vlad Cellier & Julien Nadiras

A trip to India is always an unnerving experience, even if on a climbing trip it’s hard to ignore the chaos that reigns in this incredible destination. The stunning contrasts, odours, sounds and colours accompanied the Petzl team and local climbers on their adventures between Hampi and Badami. Gérome Pouvreau tells the story of the trip and his main project, the mystical route of Ganesh.

15’ / France

Blue Obsession

Directed by Alan Gordon & Jordan Halland; Produced by Alan Gordon

Blue Obsession is the Award winning film about Ice Climber Alan Gordon as he attempts to climb and document the disappearing Juneau ice field in South East Alaska. After realising that very few people will ever get to experience the beauty of these disappearing wonder he began filming his adventures on the ice. Blue Obsession is the culmination of climbing and capturing these beautiful giants before they are gone forever.

8’ / Canada

La Dura Dura

Directed by Josh Lowell; Produced by Josh Lowell, Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen, Alex Lowther

Chris Sharma has been the ‘king’ of sport climbing for 15 years and has created a mecca for hard routes near his home in Catalunya, Spain. Now, the Czech wunderkind, 19 year old Adam Ondra, has come to Sharma’s home turf to take the torch. Sharma and Ondra battle to establish the world’s first 5.15c, while Sasha DiGiulian and Daila Ojeda shred women’s standards with strong ascents of their own.

28’ / USA

Honnold 3.0

Directed by Josh Lowell; Produced by Josh Lowell, Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen & Alex Lowther

Alex Honnold has become known as the boldest soloist of his generation. In this dangerous game, how does he balance pure ambition with self preservation? From highball boulder first ascents to 5.13 free solos, from far-flung trad climbing adventures, to speed records on The Nose, Honnold wrestles with this question in preparation for his biggest adventure yet – the Yosemite Triple. In less than 19 hours he climbs Mt. Watkins, El Cap and Half Dome, 95% of it free solo. 32’ / USA

Echoes: Outside Is Hot & Sticky

Directed & Produced by Nojtek Kozakieweicz and Lukasz Warzecha

Nick Bullock was a prison officer in a maximum security jail with some of Britain’s most notorious criminals. Lost in this world filled with aggression and fear he felt trapped, frustrated and alone. Then he discovered the mountains. Told that no one ever leaves the service – the stability of ‘job for life’ – Nick focused on freeing himself from the shackles – at the age of 37 he walked out. This film portrays Nick and his life, what it really means to give everything up for a life in the mountains.

17’ / UK

From Lakeside to Mountain Top

Directed & Produced by Tracey Walker

A short documentary highlighting the work of a Cumbrian Mountain Rescue Team.

10’ / UK

The Gimp Monkeys

Directed & Produced by Fitz Cahill and Mikey Schaeffer

The first all disabled ascent of El Capitan.

8’ / USA

Dave

Directed & Produced by Nojtek

Kozakieweicz & Lukasz Warzecha

Dave MacLeod is without doubt one of the world’s top all round climbers – renowned for his dedication and single minded training. Many hours of gripping footage document Dave working on his latest projects, cranking hard and succeeding on seemingly impossible routes. But what about Dave the man? This film, beautifully shot in Magic Wood, Switzerland, is a portrait of Dave – combining interviews and climbing. This unique glimpse of Dave’s life, allows him to share his experiences, his ideas, his thoughts on being a climber and what it really takes to improve and succeed.

13’ / UK

Driven to Despair

Directed & Produced by Ian Burton

After an epic failure with visas for a Yosemite trip, Ian Burton, Andy Cornfield and Ben Talbot travel to Namibia to have the biggest adventure they can on a small budget with only a few days preparation.

50’ / UK

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The Old Breed

Directed & Produced by Rufus Lusk & Freddie Wilkinson

“Getting to the top matters”. So says Mark Richey as he prepares to climb Saser Kangri II; at 7,518 metres the world’s second highest unclimbed mountain. In ‘The Old Breed’, co director and alpinist Freddie Wilkinson takes us with him on an adventure of true exploratory alpinism. Climbing with Richey and Steve Swenson, both in their 50s, we watch as they push the limits of physical health and will power and experience firsthand the monumental risks that climbers are willing to take to be the first to stand atop a mountain.

24’ / USA

Project Dawn Wall

Directed by Josh Lowell & Cooper Roberts; Produced by Josh Lowell

Tommy Caldwell is the master of big wall free climbing. He’s devoted the last decade of his life to opening free routes on Yosemite’s El Capitan, rewriting climbing history in the process. Now he’s three seasons deep into the ultimate project – the seemingly impossible Dawn Wall. Joined by bouldering specialist Kevin Jorgenson, Tommy makes his first big ground-up push, pulling pitch after pitch of 5.14 first ascents before an epic storm shuts the team down until next year…

11’ / USA

Push it

Directed & Produced by Jen Randall

A documentary about female rock climbers pushing their limits within the sport, from bouldering to big walls.

30’ / UK

Petzl Roc Trip China

Directed by Vladimir Cellier & Julien Nadiras;

Produced by Petzl

The Petzl RocTrip took place in the Getu valley, located in the heart of China from October 26-30, 2011. Team Petzl’s climbers have completely equipped this totally new site for the event. The goal of the Petzl RocTrip is to bring professional and amateur climbers together in a truly exceptional place. In addition to the competitive aspect, the event allows everyone involved to express themselves on routes that have been specifically open for this occasion. At the Petzl RocTrip China, participants will be offered no fewer than 250 climbing pitches spread across 15 sectors in the valley. On the menu: a cocktail of extreme routes (up to 9a for the best climbers) accompanied by loads of moderate routes for everyone all served up on delicious limestone walls. The Chuanschang arch comes into its own in the autumn when the rays of the rising sun shine across the river.

24’

/ France

Autana

Directed & Produced by Alastair Lee

Adventure climber Leo Houlding and film maker Alastair Lee are back with another sumptuous production of truly epic proportions. This time Leo (UK) and fellow climbers Sean Leary (USA) and Jason Pickles (Salford) head deep into the Amazon in an attempt to make the first ascent of the east face of the remote tepui; Cerro Autana.

The action beings with a covert journey via military check-points and secret ports through Amazonas State. Our team of clandestine climbers disguised as tourists travel down the Orinoco River to the remote village of Ceguera where they make a traumatic psychotropic visit to the local Shaman to gain access to the sacred mountain.

From here sweltering humidity, porter chaos and an assortment of jungle nasties are just a part of this spectacular journey of selfdiscovery and big wall hunting. Follow our team of redoubtable characters as they find their way up the jungle infested rock face as they are amazed not only at the climbing but a luxury wall camp in the incredible Autana Cave system just below the summit of the tepui (highest elevated cave system in the world).

An adventure unlike any other, adventure film making takes another step into the unknown with superb results. Original, experimental, entertaining and visually stunning, Posing Productions presents; Autana.

57’ / UK

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What Happened on Pam Island

Directed & Produced by Eliza Kubarska

An extraordinary romance: Polish Alpinists Eliza Kubarska and David Kaszlikowski, take a journey to the fjords of southern Greenland to reach the world’s highest sea cliff. The huge wall of Qaqarsuasi is reachable only by kayak across an eerie, storm-ridden sea and then they are alone on 1,500 of granite cliff face – and all for a kiss. Trust, passion and strange original love in some of the most beautiful landscapes you have ever seen.

30’ / Poland

Non Cosi: Lontano

Directed & Produced by Herve Barmasse

In 2011, Herve Barmasse chose the three most important mountains of his home in Italy’s Aosta Valley – Monte Bianco: Monte Rosa; and Monte Cervino – upon which to create three new routes. The three peaks, not coincidentally, are among the highest in the Alps. On Monte Bianco, with two Basque friends, Barmasse established a new route on the left pillar of Brouillard. On Monte Rosa, he put up a new route on the southeast face of the Punta Gnifetti with his father Marco. Finally on Cervino, in the face of high risk and difficulty, he established a new route on Peak Muzio, solo. All three climbing adventures were exceptional for their location, their remoteness and for the spirit that characterized them. And now all three climbs have been captured in the film ‘Not So Far’.

38’ / Italy

La Voie Bonatti

Directed by Bruno Peyronnet; Produced by Christophe Salomon

In this documentary film two young French climbers, Christophe Dumarest and Yann Borgnet pay a tribute to the most famous Italian mountaineer Walter Bonatti. They climb three routes, one behind the other, that Bonatti had opened in the 50s and 60s on Mont Blanc. An exciting experience that makes Bonatti’s performances 50 years ago even more spectacular.

54’ / France

Shattered

Directed & Produced by Tyler Stableford

“Higher, harder, stronger, lighter. Need less, do more. Pull, kick, shatter.” This is the mantra of Steve House as he contemplates and then free solos a prodigious wall of ice in this incisive and lyrically filmed short.

6’ / USA

The Kyrgyzstan Project

Directed by Matt Segal, Jim Aikman & John Dickey; Produced by Matt Segal & Jim Aikman

‘The Kyrgyzstan Project’ follows three elite climbers on a restorative journey to the granite big walls of Kyrgyzstan. Matt Segal, Eric Decaria and John Dickey each have a personal struggle at stake on their adventure particularly Dickey, whose 2000 expedition to Kyrgyzstan ended in kidnapping by militants who held him and his partners at gunpoint for six days until they made a harrowing escape through the mountains. This film chronicles John’s quest for resolution, as well as Matt and Eric’s first expedition since the loss of two of their closest friends to the mountains.

20’ / USA

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Unicorn Sashimi

Directed by Ben Knightr; Produced by Nick Waggoner

Throughout winter, relentless cold winds blow across Siberia and pick up moisture from the Sea of Japan. When this wet and frigid air pushes up against the mountains of Hokkaido, mind numbing amounts of snow fall on Japan’s northern most island, providing intrepid skiers and snowboarders an incredible playground to explore. With the rounding of each turn, in the snow encrusted silver birch groves, we were positive that we were in the company of unicorns.

6’ / USA

Hidden Gully

Directed & Produced by Kenny Biggin & John Sutherland

A steep and scary adventure on skis into Hidden Gully (a grade 2 ice climb) at Nevis Range, Scotland, featuring some great skiing footage from other classic free ride ski destinations including Lofoten, La Grave and Rogers Pass.

8’ / UK

Last Light

Directed by Ben Sturgulewski; Produced by Nick Waggoner There is an undeniable magic in alpenglow. The final seconds of a day’s light imbue mountains with impossible texture and life before they fall into shadow.

7’ / USA

Eye of the Storm

Directed & Produced by Laurent Jamet

The older we get and the more we start thinking about what we do in life. As a skier, when you are 20 years old, all you care about is shredding the park. A couple of years later, you start wondering ‘why’? Why skiing, why taking the risk, why living this life? Follow Thibaud Duchosal into some of the wildest places on earth: Argentina, Russia… looking for the answers. He learns that there are no such answers, because what matters is not the finish line but the journey to get there…

15’ / France

Aran in Edit

Directed & Produced by Nil Torrehocha

A documentary on high mountains with adventure and challenges that value the relationships between the characters and nature. For the first time a documentary from Spain about extreme skiing.

52’ / Spain

All.I.Can

Directed by Dave Mossop & Eric Crosland; Produced by Malcolm Sangster

An unparalleled cinematic experience: All.I.Can is a stunning exploratory essay that compares the challenges of big mountain skiing to the challenges of global climate change. Shot on six continents over two years, the world’s best skiers deliver inspirational performances while groundbreaking cinematography expands our vision of the natural world.

10’ / Canada

Japan

Directed & Produced by Jordan Manley

Follow skiers Chad Sayers and Forrest Coots through Japan as they explore a world of contrasts. From Tokyo’s city lights to Hokkaido’s sacred hardwood forests, this episode explores spaces of simultaneous anonymity & intimacy, rigid tradition & an embrace for the future, finding epic powder each step along the way.

13’ / Canada

Tempting Fear

Directed & Produced by Mike Douglas Andreas Fransson has been called the boldest extreme skier in a generation. Over the past three years he’s logged first descents in a half dozen countries, battled back to life from an accident that nearly killed him and became the most talked about skier in the epicentre of all things extreme - Chamonix, France. What makes Andreas most intriguing, however, are his thoughtful musings on meaning from a life on the edge –a willingness to enter mental spaces that few have every experienced. In ‘Tempting Fear’ Sweden’s soft spoken ‘Adventurer of the Year’ explores a place in which fear overwhelms all emotions, playing both friend and enemy in a ‘pas de deux’ where death lies just one misstep away.

26’ / Canada

The Elder

Directed by Skip Armstrong;

Produced by Anson Fogel

At 68, Rob Elliot has guided 200+ trips on the Grand Canyon of the Colorado river in Arizona. How do you want to be remembered, when this life joins the wind? What did you leave, in these chasms, upon these lives, young and curious? What did you write? What dust in the rain, sand in the rivers? Those you touched, embraced and kissed, loved...what echoes there? How will it travel, your wisdom, your story, your suffering and joy? These walls, silent, deafening, ancient and new? What did you make of them, what did they make of you? A life running, teaching or learning, what is escape? What did you find? Wind replenishing rain, sun? Who did those thorns see? What did these waters wash from you? The stars, in the abyss beyond, how did they shine on you? Will you release the storm, the scars, whirling as they go, yet holding love, life? The luminous child, the harsh knowing of age, what did you leave behind?

6’ / USA

The Mother

Directed by Skip Armstrong; Produced by Anson Fogel

Do our mothers still have dreams, hopes and journeys to make? At 67, Melody Shapiro reflects on her life, her hopes, her failures and her dreams while exploring the canyons and waters of the Utah desert.

6’ / USA

The Nomad

Directed by Skip Armstrong; Produced by Anson Fogel

The Nomad features National Geographic adventurer of the year Erik Boomer as he moves through the extreme arctic north, the seas and deserts of Baja, the streets of DC and the waterfalls of the Northwest. Why do we wander? What are we searching for? On foot, skis and kayaks, alone and with his elders, Erik moves through the world and his life in a way few others do. He is the Nomad.

8’ / USA

Congo

Directed by Steve Fisher; Produced by Pete Meredith

The Grand Inga project chronicles legendary kayaker Steve Fisher and his elite expedition team as they battle seemingly insurmountable obstacles, navigate the maddening politics of a crooked country, and face their own worst fears in an attempt to be the first explorers ever to survive the Inga Rapids. Fisher recalls 20-foot breaking waves, deadly whirlpools, and basketball court size hydraulics...

80’ / USA

Gino’s Greenland

Directed & Produced by Jim Krawieki

The dramatic and unique arctic environment of Greenland holds a particular fascination for kayakers as the sport has its origins in the icy fiords. British explorer Gino Watkins was one of the first westerners to visit remote East Greenland using traditional skills which he learnt from locals. Intrigued by the history as well as being attracted by the rugged beauty of the landscape its unique wildlife, a group of sea kayakers head out to find what remains of Gino’s Greenland.

8’ / UK

Tierra Del Fuego

Directed & Produced by Justine Curgenven

A British couple are trying to become the first people to sea kayak 1,000 miles around the remote and windswept island of Tierra del Fuego at the end of the world. Shipping delays, a stolen kayak and endless red tape challenge them on land while incessant winds, rough seas and tendonitis threaten their safety and success on the water. Glaciers tumble into the sea in this wild and beautiful landscape where sea lions whales and albatrosses far outnumber people. Share the highs and lows of this challenging world-first adventure, while meeting some of the interesting people who survive in this harsh environment.

52’ / UK

Reveal The Path

Directed & Produced by Mike Dion

Reveal the Path is a genre defying adventure film that contemplates what it means to live in an inspired life using the bicycle as a mechanism to explore, dream and discover.

Regions explored include: Morocco’s high desert landscapes; Nepal’s rural countryside and Alaska’s rugged coastal beaches. Ride along and get lost in the wonders of the world...

Filmed across four continents and featuring Tour Divide race legends, Matthew Lee and Kurt Refsnider, this impressive film is sure to ignite the dream in you.

73’ / USA

Where the Trail Ends

Directed by Jeremy Grant; Produced by Derek Westerlund, Scott Bradfield & Ben Bryan

When the big lines and landscape of the US are not enough for some of the world’s top freeride mountain bikers, they search for unridden terrain around the globe. Not only do they experience new cultures along the way, they ultimately shape the future of big mountain freeriding one steep slope at a time. One of the year’s hottest mountain biking films illustrates – in excruciatingly brilliant high-definition detail –how far a little passion can take you.

75’ / Canada

MacAvalanche

Directed & Produced by Stefan Morrocco

Highlight footage of a mass start downhill mountain bike race on the slopes of Glencoe, Scotland.

6’ / UK

TOTAL FILM TIME: 2 HRS 15’

One Step Beyond

Directed & Produced by Sebastien Montaz-Rosset

One Step Beyond takes us behind the scenes for a close up look at the lives of people involved in extreme sports. Geraldine Fasnacht, world renowned snowboarder and base jumper, invites us into the small and close knit community of today’s real life supermen – wing suit flyers! We join her on a rollercoaster ride across the full spectrum of human emotions, catapulting from total euphoria to devastating loss, living life at full force and in glorious technicolour. Until one day, out of nowhere, a dramatic event changes the course of Geraldine’s life and forces her to reconsider her chosen path. In the face of tragedy, she decides to pick herself up and get back on the ride to be swept up in a whirlwind of adrenaline. This bare bones, honest account gives us a window into the lives of ordinary men and women who have chosen to take an extraordinary path in life. Fasten your seatbelts; we hope you enjoy your trip!

57’ / France

Tunisian Duel – Ride the Desert

Directed & Produced by Shams

Discover an amazing race between Paramotor and enduro motobike champions in the sumptuous natural landscape of Tunisia.

6’ / France

Something Between

Directed & Produced by Antonin Michaud-Soret

In September 2012 the crew spent their time travelling in northern Spain and France to shoot the first episode of our paragliding trip.

3’ / France

Live the Dream

Directed & Produced by Seth Warren

From award-winning filmmaker, Seth Warren, this film chronicles the path of one person’s aspirations to fly, through the lens of twenty-seven year old Sara Close. Having never previously touched any free flight equipment, she moves to Wallaby Ranch, Florida and is met with a world-renowned cast of characters who introduce her to the unique sport of hang gliding, a passionate community, and the feeling for the first time in her life of what it feels like to fly. What was supposed to be a story filmed over four weeks turned in to a six month project as Sara and Seth set off around the country to see what else the sport had to offer.

23’ / USA

Light Line

Directed & Produced by Jean-Baptiste Chandelier, JeanBaptiste Merendet & Shams

Come with Jean-Baptiste Chandelier in the air and discover the feeling of flight.

6’ / France

Karakoram Highway

Directed by Olivier Boonjing; Produced by Search Projects

Here is the story of three friends; Thomas de Dorlodot, Horacio Llorens and Hernan Pitocco travelling in the Karakoram mountain range. They flew their paragliders at high altitude and for long distances in their quest for new record flights. Here is their incredible story.

42’ / Belgium

Wanna Ride?

Directed & Produced by Antonin Michaud-Soret

Do you like the cold? Speed? And how about skiing? If so you’re ready for this speed riding experience with one of the best pilots of the world, François Bon. Get ready for the ride!

4’ / France

Free Base en Riglos

Directed by Jesús Mediavilla; Produced by Jesús Mediavilla & Diego Gallego

In this documentary Carlos Suárez, a climber and an adventurer, reflects about his latest feat: Free BASE, solo climbing with only the protection of a parachute on his back. Accompanied by amazing shots he conveys his experience, in a profound and personal way.

15’ / Spain

The Warrior

Directed by Skip Armstrong; Produced by Anson Fogel

What are you willing to fight for? Growing up on the North Shore of Oahu, surfing was Christopher Peterson’s life. He fought for his place in the sport, his place in the line-up, for family and friends. When his grandmother called and asked for his help he left the islands and stepped away from the ocean and surfing only to find tragedy and the opportunity to experience another life thousands of miles from any ocean waves.

9’ / USA

One Step Beyond

Directed & Produced by Sebastien Montaz-Rosset

A close up look at the lives of people involved in extreme sports. Geraldine Fasnacht, world renowned snowboarder and base jumper, invites us into the small and close knit community of today’s real life supermen - wing suit flyers.... We join her on a rollercoaster ride across the full spectrum of human emotions, catapulting from total euphoria to devastating loss, living life at full force and in glorious technicolour. Until one day, out of nowhere, a dramatic event changes the course of Geraldine’s life and forces her to reconsider her chosen path. In the face of tragedy, she decides to pick herself up and get back on the ride to be swept up in a whirlwind of adrenaline. This bare bones, honest account gives us a window into the lives of ordinary men and women who have chosen to take an extraordinary path in life.

57’ / France

TOTAL FILM TIME: 2 HRS 14’ See p51 for running order

The Shapeshifter

Directed by Skip Armstrong; Produced by Anson Fogel

The supernatural...does it exist? The curious explore unbound by restrictions of place and mind and perhaps discover things we haven’t understood. Legend white-water kayaker Ben Marr shreds the upper reaches of Quebec, pushing limits to new and undiscovered levels…

6’ / USA

Why?

Directed by Corey Rich; Produced by Blaine Deutsch

Corey Rich’s fascinating short – visually portraying the beauty and intensity of the athletes doing what they do best while also delving into their heads and answering the question ‘WHY’?

There was a very simple list of criteria used when selecting the athletes for this film: In short no ego just simple fantastic people.

8’ / USA

How of Why

Directed by Corey Rich & Dane Hendry; Produced by Corey Rich

A behind the scenes video spot detailing how ‘WHY?’ came together. ‘HOW of WHY’ is a great illustration of everyone’s hard work and ability to multitask.

12’ / USA

Of Wet & Wildness

Directed by Paul Diffley; Produced by Bruce Joliffe & Dougie Shannon

Over cranked footage of kayakers enjoying the blissful whitewater of Catalonia is combined with Gerard Manley Hopkins poem ‘Inversnaid’.

9’ / UK

Tunisian Duel – Ride the Desert

Directed & Produced by Shams

Discover an amazing race between Paramotor and enduro motobike champions in the sumptuous natural landscape of Tunisia.

6’ / France

Light Line

Directed by & Produced byJean-Baptiste Chandelier, Jean-Baptiste Merendet & Shams

Come with Jean-Baptiste Chandelier in the air and discover the feeling of flight

5’ / France

Something Between

Directed & Produced by Michaud-Soret Antonin

In September 2012 the crew spent their time travelling in northern Spain and France to shoot the first episode of our paragliding trip.

3’ / France

Capetown

Ben Barden and Rin Colombi

A documentary about one of Cumbria’s oldest pastimes: Hound Trailing (canine athleticism at its best and no hunting involved!) Running in her first season, much is expected of the young dog, Capetown (known also as Bess). A fascinating look at the hound trailing community in Cumbria.

8’ / UK

Carrington

Directed & Produced by Tom Kirby

Short docudrama looking at the life of Rab Carrington during the 1970s. It starts with a chance meeting in a pub in North Wales, takes in an incident ridden trip to Argentina and ends in a small house in Sheffield.

21’ / UK

TOTAL FILM TIME: 2 HRS 11’

See p51 for running order

Secrets of Dhaulagiri

Directed & Produced by Prabesh Subedi

Hundreds of thousands of lives are filled with struggle, tragedies, beliefs and hopes in the lap of Dhaulagiri Himal, the seventh highest mountain of the world and situated in the western part of Nepal. Lacking direct attachment with the modern world, the documentary chronicles around this bewitchingly beautiful area.

30’ / USA

My Own Hands

Directed & Produced by Dom Bush

Ben lives and works in The Lake District where he has an ethical tree surgery business. He shares his passion for climbing trees and passes on knowledge about this unexplored organic playground.

4’ / UK

Spoil

Directed & Produced by Trip Jennings

Photographers join the Gitga’ at First Nation of British Columbia in an attempt to photograph the legendary spirit bear. Filmed with the help of a local guide who is deeply connected to the bear and its environment, the film explores the place threatened by a proposed oil pipeline.

44’ / USA

Racing Time

Directed & Produced by R A Page & Adele Myers

A seventy year old fell runner travels across rough terrain and extreme weather in pursuit of an indefinable target. Based on a poem by Chris Woods.

4’ / UK

Chasing Water

Directed by Pete McBride; Produced by Anson Fogel

Follow the Colorado River, source to sea, with photographer Pete McBride who takes an intimate look at the watershed as he attempts to follow the irrigation water that sustains his family’s Colorado ranch, down river to the sea. Traversing 1500 miles and draining seven states, this resource is depleted and stressed.

18’ / USA

The Last of the Great Unknown

Directed & Produced by Dan Ransom

The Grand Canyon is an immense place, almost unfathomable in scale and one the last places in the American West to be explored. Deep within this vast wilderness are secret and intimate tributaries rarely visited by man, hiding some of the Canyon’s most remarkable features. The barrier to entry is steep. To explore them, one must have a knowledge of backpacking, pack crafting, rappelling, anchor building and off trail navigation. The Last of the Great Unknown is the story of these slots, the canyoneers who systematically explored their drainages and the secrets hidden deep within their walls.

22’ / USA

Crossing the Ice

Directed by Justin Jones; Produced by Justin Jones, Greg Quail, Doug Howard

Australian adventurers, James Castrission and Justin Jones, dare to tackle the perilous journey across Antarctica to the South Pole and back again, completely unassisted.

Many have tried, all have failed. After much planning and preparation, Cas and Jonesy arrive to tackle one of the last great Antarctic odysseys, but discover an eerie similarity to Captain Scott’s race to the South Pole: there’s a Norwegian on the ice. He’s more experienced, he’s tackling the same record, and he has a head start.

44’ / Austrailia

Journey on the Wild Coast

Directed & Produced by Greg Chaney

A married couple attempt to walk, paddle and ski under their own power from Seattle to the Aleutians along the wild and remote coast of North America.

This modern adventure demonstrates that the most significant aspect of a journey is not reaching the final destination but how the journey changes the trajectory of the rest of a person’s life.

45’ / UK

My Own Hands

Directed & Produced by Dom Bush

Ben lives and works in The Lake District where he has an ethical tree surgery business. In this film he shares his passion for climbing trees and passes on knowledge about this unexplored organic playground.

4’ / UK

Something Between

Directed & Produced by MichaudSoret Antonin

In September 2012 the crew spent their time travelling in northern Spain and France to shoot the first episode of our paragliding trip.

3’ / France

Japan

Directed & Produced by Jordan Manly

Follow skiers Chad Sayers and Forrest Coots through Japan as they explore a world of contrasts. From Tokyo’s city lights to Hokkaido’s sacred hardwood forests, this episode explores spaces of simultaneous anonymity & intimacy, rigid tradition & an embrace for the future, finding epic powder each step along the way.

13’ / Canada

Treeverse

Directed & Produced by John Waller

Follow two intrepid tree climbers on a pioneering one-kilometer transect through the forest canopy over five days.

16’ / USA

Light Line

Directed & Produced by JeanBaptiste Chandelier, Jean-Baptiste Merendet & Shams

Come with Jean-Baptiste Chandelier in the air and discover the feeling of flight.

5’ / France

All.I.Can

Directed by Dave Mossop & Eric Crosland; Produced by Vlad Cellier & Julien Nadiras

An unparalleled cinematic experience: All.I.Can is a stunning exploratory essay that compares the challenges of big mountain skiing to the challenges of global climate change. Shot on 6 continents over 2 years, the world’s best skiers deliver inspirational performances while groundbreaking cinematography expands our vision of the natural world.

10 / Canada

The Shapeshifter

Directed by Skip Armstrong: Produced by Anson Fogel

The supernatural...does it exist?

The curious explore unbound by restrictions of place and mind and perhaps discover things we haven’t understood. Legend white-water kayaker Ben Marr shreds the upper reaches of Quebec, pushing limits to new and undiscovered levels.

6’ / USA

Why

Directed by Corey Rich; Produced by Blaine Deutsch

Corey Rich’s fascinating short – visually portraying the beauty and intensity of the athletes doing what they do best while also delving into their heads and answering the question ‘WHY’?

There was a very simple list of criteria used when selecting the athletes for this film: In short no ego just simple fantastic people.

8’ / USA

Unicorn Sashimi

Directed by Ben Knight; Produced by Nick Waggoner

Throughout winter, relentless cold winds blow across Siberia and pick up moisture from the Sea of Japan. When this wet and frigid air pushes up against the mountains of Hokkaido, mind numbing amounts of snow fall on Japan’s northern most island, providing intrepid skiers and snowboarders an incredible playground to explore.

With the rounding of each turn, in the snow encrusted silver birch groves, we were positive that we were in the company of unicorns.

6’ / USA

Tunisian Duel – Ride the Desert

Directed & Produced by Shams

Discover an amazing race between Paramotor and enduro motobike champions in the sumptuous natural landscape of Tunisia.

6’ / France

Road Bike Party

Directed & Produced by Robin Kitchin

Martyn Ashton takes the £10k carbon road bike used by Team Sky’s Bradley Wiggins & Mark Cavendish for a ride with a difference. With a plan to push the limits of road biking as far as his lycra legs would dare, Martyn looked to get his ultimate ride out of the awesome Pinarello Dogma 2. This bike won the 2012 Tour de France - surely it deserves a Road Bike Party! Road Bike Party captures some of the toughest stunts ever pulled on a carbon road bike.

6’ / UK

The Warrior

Directed by Skip Armstrong; Produced by Anson Fogel

What are you willing to fight for? Growing up on the North Shore of Oahu, surfing was Christopher Peterson’s life. He fought for his place in the sport, his place in the line-up, for family and friends. When his grandmother called and asked for his help he left the islands and stepped away from the ocean and surfing only to find tragedy and the opportunity to experience another life thousands of miles from any ocean waves.

9’ / USA

CRAGHOPPERS. PROUD SPONSORS OF BEST OF KENDAL WORLD FILM TOUR.

THE CRAGHOPPERS

BEST OF KENDAL WORLD FILM TOUR

Each year the very best films from Kendal Mountain Festival are hand-picked to travel the world on the Craghoppers Best of Kendal World Film Tour. Audiences across the UK and around the world get to experience the essence and inspiration of Kendal with a selection of the hottest action sports films.

BESPOKE PACKAGES:

A selection of the very best films from the festival are available for private or public screenings. Choose from six themed programmes or make up your own selection. We can also supply presenters.

FINAL TOUR DATES 2012:

18 Nov Rheged, Penrith, UK *

8 Dec Miasan MA, Tainan, Taiwan

9 Dec Broadway Cinema, Nottingham, UK*

*Best of the Best winning films from 2012 Kendal Mountain Festival

TOUR DATES 2013:

January Verbier

February Cair ns, Australia

March Czechoslovakia

FOR MORE INFO:

For more information on booking the Craghoppers

World Film Tour, contact Robin Ashcroft on 01539 732141 or email info@mountainfest.co.uk

www.worldfilmtour.co.uk

Kendal Mountain Festival is a Community Interest Company – a not for profit organisation – an organisation run for the benefit of the mountain, outdoor and local community – that organises this unique event every year.

You can help support Kendal Mountain Festival CIC in a number of ways: FESTIVAL VOLUNTEER – enjoy the unique buzz of this exciting event by volunteering.

EASY FUNDRAISING WEBSITE: CUSTOMER – sign up and raise money for the festival (free to you) while you shop online. Just go to www.easyfundraising.org.uk, click on ‘Find a Cause’ and search for Kendal Mountain Festival. There are lots of outdoor shops connected with this fund raising facility!

EASY FUNDRAISING WEBSITE: OUTDOOR EqUIPMENT RETAILER – access the thousands of outdoor enthusiasts who attend the festival, plus our busy, year-round online and social media community. www.easyfundraising.org.uk

SPONSOR THE FESTIVAL – your businesses opportunity to establish a mutually beneficial, valuable partnership with Kendal Mountain Festival CIC and access our thousands of event visitors and busy year-round online and social media community.

The festival is only partly funded through ticket sales – only a third of our income comes this way –and could not happen without the vital help of our many supporters. The festival thanks them all, and hopes that you too will join in helping sustain the festival for many years to come.

LEAVE A LEGACY – ensure future generations can enjoy this vibrant mountain event for years to come by including us in your will – it comes to all of us!

To find out more about the other opportunities to support the festival you should also visit the website, visit the Information Desk, call us on 01539 732141 or email on info@mountainfest.co.uk

THE FRIENDS OF KENDAL MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL

Become a friend of the Kendal Mountain Festival for just £48 a year and enjoy year-round discounts on adventure lectures, the Festival weekend and an invite to next year’s VIP opening.

To become a Friend ask for an application form at the Information Desk of visit: www.mountainfest.co.uk.

Sign up to KMF Friends before end of November 2012 and get a free sample of NIKWAX TX 11.1 – an introductory product for reproofing your kit – perfect for this time of year!

Several events at this year’s festival are open events – free to the general public. Simply contact the Box Office for a FREE ticket.

Outdoor Opening – KMF Festival 2012

Sir Chris Bonington

Thu 15th Nov, 6.30pm – 8.00pm | Outside Kendal Town Hall | Page 8

Skills Workshop

British Mountain Guides at Kendal Wall

Sat 17th Nov, 10.00am | Lakeland Climbing Centre | See Page 16

The Edgeland

Dom Bush, Richard Leafe & Richard Foster

Sat 17th Nov, 4.00pm – 5.30pm | BAC Theatre | See Page 21

Adventure Film Academy

Premiere of this year’s AFA 2 Min Short Films

Sat 17th Nov, 8.00pm – 9.00pm | BAC Warehouse | See Page 26

KMF 2012 Award Ceremony

And the Winner Is...

Sun 18th Nov, 6.00pm | BAC Theatre | Page 33

LOOK OUT FOR OUR LOCAL SUPPORTERS!

Keep your eyes peeled around the town for the special ‘Proud to Support Kendal Mountain Festival’ stickers. Our local supporters displaying these stickers are offering Festival goers deals and discounts throughout the weekend – ask instore for details – and simply show your Festival ticket.

Enjoy Kendal’s Fresh Air

Supported by:

‘Go Easy’ is a new initiative aimed at protecting and enjoying Kendal’s fresh air.

We promote alternative, fresh ways that make your regular journey through Kendal, easier for you and easier on your town.

NEW CAR SHARE WEBSITE COMING SOON!

Get involved and find out more at: www.goeasy.org.uk

Join us on Facebook: goeasykendal

Follow us on Twitter: @goeasykendal

Best of KMF at Sticklebarn

We’re proud to be supporting the Kendal Mountain Festival this year to bring you ‘Best of KMF’ screenings this winter at Sticklebarn, Great Langdale.

If you miss any of your favourites at the festival come and join us for a beer, meal and a selection of films. You’ll also be helping us to care for special outdoor places in The Lakes.

Find out more at:

www.ntlakesoutdoors.org.uk/events

THE CHALLENGE

My name is Jerry Gore and I am a 51 yr old insulin-dependent diabetic dad. Together with three of Britain’s best climbers – Calum Muskett, Matt Dickinson and Dave Gladwin - I attempted three of the Alps’ toughest routes this summer to raise money for a cause I am 100% committed to.

THE CAUSE

10 Nepalese young people with diabetes registered at Patan Hospital, Central Nepal, who can’t afford insulin and who without it will die within a matter of months not years. If I can get just 1,000 outdoor folk to contribute £10 in total, or £5 for each climb, the money raised will buy enough insulin to give back to these young Nepalese their lives and their hope. Insulin has given me the chance to live a full and meaningful life. I want to give the same opportunity to these children.

THE THREE ROUTES

Divine Providence S. Face of Mont Blanc – the highest and hardest mountain route in Europe Tempi Moderni, S. Face of the Marmolada – Dolomites – A 1155m. meter wall of extreme rock Le Chant Du Cygne, N. Face of the Eiger – 900m. of climbing up to E6 on the Geneva Pillar

The climbs were gruelling and did not go according to plan. I had many epics, problems and deep emotions along the way which I have recorded on my facebook page “Jerry’s Insulin Challenge”

Less than 20 climbers in the World have done all three routes. No Brit has to date. I have been training for two years for this. Injecting myself up to 8 times a day to get the insulin I need has been the easy part! For a non climber this challenge is hard to put into perspective but simplistically it required the athleticism and millimetre precision of Olympic standard gymnastics in an environment where a fall could be fatal.

THE CHARITY

Insulin for Life (IFL) is a not-for-profit global organisation based in Australia (www.insulinforlife.org) that donates life-saving insulin to countries in need. In Nepal insulin is unsubsidized, so it is unaffordable. Many adults and children die as a result. However in most first world countries there is a lot of excess stock which IFL relies on, receiving donated insulin that would otherwise be destroyed. Handling and transportation costs are paid for by donations or sponsors. By keeping costs low IFL has saved thousands of lives since it was founded it 1984.

Please donate now and mail your friends so that we save these young lives and make a real difference to the diabetic community in this tiny nation, one of the poorest in the world.

To date I have raised just over £3,000 so there is still a long way to go to reach the target of £10,000.

You can donate by credit card via my facebook page “Jerry’s Insulin Challenge” or direct via the Insulin For Life website - www.insulinforlife.org

In the box marked Insulin For Life: Nepal Project”, select the amount you want to donate from £5 upwards, then press “Give”.

Thank you for your support. My Nepalese friends are really going to need it!

Jerry Gore AlpBase.com

Now in its 4th year the extended Kendal Mountain Festival Base Camp Marquee goes from strength to strength.

planetFear are bringing a bigger and better range of bargains so come and treat yourself. Our sponsors are taking the chance to tell you all about their new kit so come and meet the guys from adidas, Craghoppers, Patagonia, Petzl, Julbo to name a few.

Plus there are stands featuring a wide range of new exhibitors so come and meet Tangent Expeditions and book a trip of a life time or stock

British Mountain Guides

British Mountain Guides Association are part of the International IFMGA Guides Association. They are Professional Guides who provide Guiding in all climbing and Mountain environments. Whether it be rock climbing, ice climbing, Mountaineering or skiing Guides provide instruction, coaching and Guiding worldwide.

www.bmg.org.uk

The Alpine Club

The Alpine Club, the world’s first mountaineering club, has members from around the world. Since it was founded in 1857 they have been at the leading edge of worldwide mountaineering development and exploration. We aim to be the club of choice for all mountaineers providing a forum for sharing experiences and information.

www.alpine-club.org.uk

Custard Climbing Creations

Hand-made beanies, head warmers and other great accessories ideal for climbers and the like-minded. Our products are made with Merino wool and can be customised to your preference. They make the ideal gift for yourself or for someone else.

www.custardclimbingcreations.co.uk

John Muir Trust

The John Muir Trust is the leading wild land conservation charity in the UK. We love wild places and are dedicated to protecting and improving them for people and wildlife. Over 10,000 members support us in our work.

www.johnmuirtrust.org

up on some Clifbar. You know you promised yourself that new hat from Custard this year and if you fancy yourself as a crack climbing expert come and have a go on the ‘Crack Machine’ that Wild Country are bringing along or just watch others while having a coffee and cake from the Warehouse Coffee Stand.

Looking forward to seeing you all there again.

Happy Festivaling – Debs.

Adventure Capital of the UK

The Lake District, Cumbria is the country’s biggest adventure playground and is breathtaking, in every sense of the word! Whether you are looking for a gentle stroll or a mountain scramble, a coastal cycle or a sportive challenge, this dramatic landscape of lakes, mountains, countryside and coast has something for everyone.

www.golakes.co.uk/adventure

Clif Bar

YHA

YHA is a charity with a clear mission, to inspire all, especially young people, to broaden their horizons gaining knowledge and independence through new experiences of adventure and discovery. www.yha.org.uk

Needing more energy to complete a 175 mile bike ride, Gary Erickson grabbed his last energy bar—the only bar available at the time—and realised he couldn’t take a bite. Right then, he had an epiphany, as a baker and an athlete, that he could make something portable that tasted better. Today, Clif Bar continues to blaze trails in nutrition to get you through all your outdoor adventures.

To find out more visit: www.clifbar.co.uk

Financial Management Bureau

We know that climbers aren’t always extreme risk takers, yet many are highly penalised when it comes to obtaining life insurance. Well, not with FMB! You wouldn’t climb without a helmet, so why would you climb without being covered by your life insurance policy?

www.finman.co.uk

BMC

The British Mountaineering Council (BMC) is the national representative body for climbers, hill walkers and mountaineers in England and Wales. As a long-standing supporter of Kendal Mountain Festival, the BMC will be selling books, maps and merchandise in the festival marquee. We’ll be launching the new Rock Climbing DVD and the latest BMC Guidebook – Cheshire & Meresyside Sandstone. Come say hello and support the work of the BMC by joining our flourishing membership of over 75,000 members.

www.thebmc.co.uk

Craghoppers

Travel & Outdoor clothing for an extraordinary world...

Craghoppers started making clothes specifically designed for the outdoors back in 1965. A group of guys in West Yorkshire were planning to climb Everest and wanted gear to withstand the harshest of conditions, so they researched and designed fabrics that would protect them from the extreme cold. All their preparation paid off as they successfully reached the summit of Everest. This was the birth of Craghoppers.

www.craghoppers.com

adidas

“adidas Outdoor – rough feels good”

We’re proud to be supporting the Kendal Mountain Festival this year and couldn’t be more excited about joining you in natures outdoor stadium. At adidas Outdoor we’re passionate about designing footwear and clothing with technologies you can rely on, allowing you to be athletic in all terrains. Also, with our special guest Olympians; Alistair and Jonny Brownlee visiting, make sure you come say hi and check out our range and discover adidas outdoor.

www.adidas.com/outdoor

www.facebook.com/adidasoutdoor

Community Action Nepal

Community Action Nepal is a UK registered charity – set up by mountaineers – to help the mountain people of Nepal. Visit our stand at the Kendal Mountain Festival to find out about our grass roots community based projects, discover how you can help by taking a trekking holiday in the Himalaya with our linked company Community Action Treks or just pick up Nepalese crafts, clothing and gifts from our Himalayan Bazaar.

www.canepal.org.uk

Jagged Globe

Dallam Outdoors

Dallam Outdoors are experts in outdoor education, recreation, qualification courses, expeditions and children’s activities... Join us for our unique adult developers’ course, instructor training, an expedition, or a taster day – we have something for outdoorsy people of all ages and abilities.

www.dallamoutdoors.co.uk

Based in Sheffield, Jagged Globe organises climbing, trekking and skiing trips to destinations on every continent of the globe. Jagged Globe CLIMB includes mountaineering expeditions and courses, ranging from introductory-level snow and ice instruction, through to first ascents and expeditions on the world’s highest peaks. TREK includes classic treks, as well as esoteric trips to the quieter corners of the Himalaya. SKI covers everything from Off Piste courses in famous resorts, to ‘first descents’ trips to the Antarctica Peninsula.

www.jagged-globe.co.uk

Julbo

Based in the French Jura, Julbo have been making glasses since 1888 and is the only independently owned sunglass manufacturer in the world. Julbo produced their first glacier goggle in 1950; this was the beginning of their specialisation in optical protection for extreme mountain environments. Today Julbo are still pushing the boundaries with lens and frame technologies, using their own in-house design and production teams.

www.julbo-eyewear.com

Marmot

Marmot holds true to the belief that constant testing, trashing and refining of prototypes is the only way to create products good enough for use in the most extreme environments possible.

Our global test centres based in La Grave France and Jackson Hole USA, all help in the development of new prototypes through constant field testing and performance feedback. This essential feedback allows us to dissect and fine tune each new product’s to a point where you can then get the best performance possible without compromise.

www.marmot.eu

Mountain Pro Magazine

Mountain Pro is the brand new online magazine for mountain professionals from leading outdoor publisher, Target Publishing (publisher of Outdoor Enthusiast and OERetailer magazines). iPad and Kindle friendly, it provides unrivalled coverage of the latest news, views, research, kit reviews, features and products in mountaineering and the outdoors. Come to our stand and sign up for your free subscription.

www.mountainpromag.com

The National Trust

The National Trust is a charity that looks afters over 250,000 hectares of land of outstanding natural beauty, and over 700 miles of coastline, including a quarter of the Lake District National Park. Visit our stand to find out more about how we protect these special outdoor places forever, for everyone.

www.ntlakesoutdoors.org.uk

Patagonia

Patagonia, the Californian outdoor gear and apparel company founded by Yvon Chouinard in 1973, is noted internationally for its commitment to product quality and environmental activism. Incorporating environmental responsibility into product development, the company supports the ambitious mission statement: “To make the best product, cause no unnecessary harm and use business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis.

www.patagonia.com

planetFear – Bike | Run | Climb | Ski

planetFear are delighted to once again take the role as official retail partner to the Kendal Mountain Festival. Come and see us in the marquee for some incredible bargains on top kit including samples at up to 70% off RRP from Haglofs, Marmot and Icebreaker, back by popular demand, and don’t forget to visit www.planetfear.com for the latest news, articles, videos, events, competitions, and product for climbing, mountain-biking, skiing, running and adventure-racing.’

www.planetfear.com

Petzl

For over 40 years Petzl - based in the heart of the French Alps - have been at the forefront of product innovation for activities relating to lighting and the vertical world. Born from caving this has spread to mountaineering, rock climbing, ice climbing, exploration and beyond. Today they are still at the cutting edge of not just product design but safety features as well, which have revolutionized many activities practices. The latest product coming soon to the market is the Sirocco helmet – the lightest climbing helmet in the world.

www.petzl.com

Polartec

Polartec® NeoShell® is Polartec’s first ever waterproof breathable and was launched to wild acclaim last year. With a clutch of awards including Fall Line Ski’s “Innovation of the Year Award” it’s giving users the protection of a hardshell with the breathability of a soft shell – the best of both worlds - and perfect for the British climate. Check out the following: Rab’s Neo Stretch collection; Eider Uphill jacket; Lafuma Peak Neo Jacket; Marmot Zion jacket; The North Face® Jammu jacket; 66NORTH® Snaefell collection; Montura Supernova jacket and Westcomb’s Apoc jacket.

www.polartec.com

RSPB

The RSPB is a conservation charity set up to protect declining wild species and preserve special places for future generations. We work across the U.K on 210 nature reserves, campaign, and work internationally to protect wildlife.

www.rspb.org.uk

Spirit of Adventure Foundation

The Spirit of Adventure Foundation is an exciting new global concept founded by Colin Mortlock based on the importance of Pure Adventure. It is a global people’s movement committed to changing the modern world so that it lives in harmony with Nature. Latest books by founder on sale.

www.soadventure.org

Thamserku

Thamserku is Nepal’s leading adventure travel group. With over 25 years experience with our international partners and guest, we are the specialists in organizing tailor made programs, tours, trek, logistics support, filming and expedition services for groups from across the globe.

www.thamserku.com

www.thamserkutrekking.com

University of Cumbria

An exciting opportunity to visit the University of Cumbria in our very own yurt! Come and join us for a chat with one of our students or lecturers, we will be on hand to talk about every aspect of university.

www.cumbria.ac.uk

Lake District National Park

World Challenge

World Challenge provides bespoke expeditions in the developing world, which teach life skills and expand minds outside the classroom. We are constantly looking for Mountain Leader qualified individuals to lead our overseas expeditions. World Challenge expeditions take place in Latin America, Africa and Asia, Europe and South East Asia, and range in length from 8-42 days. Our Expedition Leaders will have travel experience in such areas and have a background in youth work.

www.world-challenge.co.uk

Tangent Expeditions

Specialist TV, film and documentary support and consultancy for Arctic and Polar travel and logistics Mountaineering, climbing, ski-touring and icecap crossing expeditions to Arctic Greenland. Chartered aircraft, helicopters, snowmobiles, boats, dog sled teams. Fully ATOL bonded tour operator.

www.tangent-expeditions.com

Ullswater Steamers

Ullswater Steamer cruises connect some of the most famous and spectacular walking routes in the Lake District. Its sister attraction the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway have easily accessible bike and walking trails from both ends of the line.

www.ullswater-steamers.co.uk

www.ravenglass-railway.co.uk

We are delighted once again to be supporting the Kendal Mountain Festival, as it represents so many of the activities we are trying to encourage in the Lake District National Park. But while the Mountain Festival lasts for just one long weekend, the fun in the national park lasts all the year - you can always walk, cycle, climb and ride around the beautiful Lake District National Park. And of course you can also get on the water on our lakes and coastline.

Pop into one of our Information Centres or take a virtual stroll round: www.lakedistrict.gov.uk/visiting

Wild Country Crack Machine

Having seen the film (!?) and gazed at the media reports you can now get involved directly with the hardest crack in the world.

Wild Country have commissioned a model of Century Crack for you to struggle with for yourself. Free Prize draw as well signed posters and stickers for you to remember your efforts. Find us at:

www.wildcountry.co.uk

www.facebook.com/WildCountryClimbing

ZOCA

Technical clothing for women who enjoy an active lifestyle - running, cycling, hiking and yoga, as well as luxurious cover-ups!

Offering the true quality of premium performance wear, ZOCA ranges are developed with integrity, manufactured in the EU and made to last. Invest and enjoy!

www.zocaactive.com

The KMF Adventure Sports Village brings together Kendal Mountain Festival’s famous adventure sessions, along with very special guests, live music sets and new enhanced exhibitor stands in the marquee.

EXHIBITORS In The Marquee

Santa Cruz Bicycles

Was founded in 1993 in a space the size of a single car garage in the Seabright Cannery, in Santa Cruz California. Drop by the stand and see how far we’ve come in the last 19 years.

www.santacruzbikes.co.uk

adidas Outdoor and MontRoc

Rough feels good. We’re proud to be supporting the Kendal Mountain Festival this year and couldn’t be more excited about joining you in natures outdoor stadium.

www.adidas.com/outdoor

YAK Magazine

Kendal Snowsports Club

Slope activities extend to freestyle, tubing, snowability, snowboarding, ski lessons for adults, families and children together with race and freestyle training gaining.

www.kendalsnowsportsclub.co.uk

Windermere Canoe and Kayak

Is the Lake Districts dedicated Paddlesports retailer offering hire, tuition, demo and sales. Based on the shores of Lake Windermere. www.windermerecanoekayak.com

Whitedot Skis

We, at Whitedot, strive to ensure our range of skis has a very clear purpose – to make all corners of the mountain accessible to all skiers.

gb.whitedotskis.com

Keen

Manufacturer of hybrid footwear, socks and bags, is an outdoor brand that delivers innovative hybrid products, enabling outdoor enthusiasts to live an active lifestyle.

www.keenfootwear.com

Open Adventure

Has been running Adventure Sports events for 6 years and has organised over 50 events, from Trail Runs for ‘The North Face’ to Corporate Multisport events for the likes of Nokia and Phones4U.

www.openadventure.com

The Body Rehab

The Body Rehab offers a full range of musculoskeletal and sports injury services at our Clinic in Staveley, Nr Kendal. www.thebodyrehab.co.uk

Anything Technical & Koflach

Highly specialised technical retail shop selling Ski hardware, Ski and Snowboard Clothing and Ski accessories.

www.skiequipmentuk.co.uk/

UpCycle

UpCycle take old, worn out bits of bike and turn them into useful stuff to be enjoyed again.

Find them on facebook.

A collaborative publication showcasing the talents of designers & adventure photographers around the world. YAK Magazine is happily supported by Craghoppers.

www.yakmag.co.uk

F-Stop and Páramo

Páramo has chosen to partner with F-Stop because f-stop provide the most comfortable, well designed, versatile and durable combination of camera equipment.

www.paramo.co.uk

www.fstopgear.com

Grizedale Mountain Bikes

At Grizedale you can expect an extensive shop, workshop and hire centre. The team from Grizedale are bringing a selection of their best downhill bikes.

www.grizedalemountainbikes.co.uk

Trail Running Magazine

Is the UK’s first magazine devoted to the exciting, mud-splattered world of off-road running.

www.trailrunningmag.co.uk

Kendal Mountain Rescue

Covers an area stretching from High Street and the Kentmere hills to Morecambe Bay and from the Howgills to the shores of Windermere.

www.kendalmrt.org.uk

Haglöfs

Have been making Outstanding Outdoor Equipment for 98 years now.

www.haglofs.com

Quick Timetable

FRIDAY

WILD WATER SESSION 17.30 – 19.30

with Adrian Durrant

ENDURANCE SESSION 20.00 – 22.00

with Brownlee Bros, Andy Mouncey & guests

Aftershow Music 22.30 – 24:00

Chillswim

Specialises in year round open water swimming and are launching their winter swim event, The Big Chill Swim at Kendal Mountain Festival.

www.chillswim.com

Yard One Clothing

Produce garments that promote reflection and expression through fashion.

www.yardoneclothing.tumblr.com

Absolute Digital Print

Printers who swim, bike and run. Absolute understand what is involved in supporting ALL your event printing needs.

www.absolutedigitalprint.com

Clif Bar

Today, Clif Bar continues to blaze trails in nutrition to get you through all your outdoor adventures.

www.clifbar.co.uk

Adventure Sports Café

Hot, cold and alcoholic drinks will be available, as well as a range of hot and cold snacks.

from Indian Postal Service

SATURDAY

The Freedom Chair 10.00 – 12.00

with Josh Dueck & Mike Douglas

adidas Terrex 5mile TRAIL RACE 11.00 – 12.00

Including a 10am Warm-up with The Brownlee Brothers

Alpine Inspiration 13.30 – 15.00

with Liv Sansoz

The Adventurous Life 15.30 – 17.00

with Paul Rose

BIKE SESSION 19.00 – 21.30

with Rob Dean, Chris Akrigg, Alex Rankin, Ed Oxley

Aftershow Music DJ Robin Walker 22.00 – 24.00

SUnDAY

SNOWSPORTS SESSION 11.00 – 13.00

with Mike Douglas, Andreas Fransson, Bjarne Sahlén

Mountain Pro

Mountain Pro is the brand new e-magazine from the publisher of OERetailer and Outdoor Enthusiast magazines. Designed for active, qualified, mountaineering professionals with roles ranging from Climbing Wall Instructors to Mountain Guides, International Mountain Leaders and Mountain Instructors.

Mountain Pro will provide unrivalled coverage of the latest news, views, research, kit reviews, features and products in mountaineering and the outdoors. Through this quality editorial, the magazine encourages readers to experience new destinations and new kit.

Edited by Phil Turner, a wellknown and dynamic outdoor writer specialising in lightweight, long distance backpacking, technology and social media. Mountain Leader trained, Phil has been there, seen it and probably reviewed the T-shirt. With substantial online presence and influence, Phil’s experience, expertise and passion will bring the magazine alive.

To register to receive your free copy of Mountain Pro, complete your details online at www.mountainpromag.com

Climber

Climber magazine combines the work of the best writers and photographers from around the globe to make it Britain’s best climbing magazine for all climbers across all realms of the sport, no matter what grade they climb. With the experienced editorial team of David Simmonite and Ian Smith at the helm there is a very positive buzz and energy around a fresher looking magazine. Each issue focuses on superbly written and photographed features encompassing UK trad and sport rock, snow and ice as well as the best venues around Europe and the rest of the world. Couple that with in-depth interviews with leading climbers and interesting characters, top advice on gear, indoor climbing and engaging stories it’s a wonder we can fit it all in.

But that’s not all –with regular features including Libby Peter’s Rock Essentials that gives you invaluable technical knowledge and training tips from The Climber’s Coach with one of the UK’s most respected climbers, Gareth Parry. Plus a monthly focus on the best bouldering areas with Around the Bloc written by locals who know a thing or two and UK Classics where we focus on one brilliant route each issue. If you need inspiration and a quality read, Climber should be the first magazine to reach for.

Trek & Mountain

Whether their goal is to trek up Kili or to Everest Base Camp, climb the Seven Summits or the Alpine 4000’ers, hike the GR20 or the John Muir Trail –Trek & Mountain magazine is dedicated to helping our readers to achieve their objectives. With contributors including Stephen Venables, Alan Hinkes, Andy Kirkpatrick and a whole host of Guides, Mountain Leaders and other outdoor professionals, Trek & Mountain offers an exciting mix of expedition reports, mountain skills advice and authoritative gear reviews that enable our readers to ‘reach their peak’. As the only UK magazine dedicated to worldwide trekking and mountaineering, Trek & Mountain is an essential read for all mountain adventurers.

For more info and to subscribe, go to www.trekandmountain.com

Without sponsorship the Kendal Mountain Festival just would not happen. So we’re hugely grateful to these, our partners, who have supported the event so generously. Please take a moment to check out who’s involved - the power behind Kendal!

OUR THA n K S

Absolute Digital Print info@absolutedigitalprint.com

www.absolutedigitalprint.com

adidas

0870 240 4204

www.adidas.com/uk/outdoor

Arc’teryx info@bigstone.co.uk

www.arcteryx.com

Alpine Club admin@alpine-club.org.uk

www.alpine-club.org.uk

Ascent Marketing Communications clive@ascentmarketing.co.uk

www.ascentmarketing.co.uk

Berghaus info@berghaus.com

www.berghaus.com

Black Diamond info@firstascent.co.uk

www.blackdiamondequipment.com

British Film Institute www.bfi.org.uk

British Mountaineering Council www.thebmc.co.uk

British Mountain Guides info@bmg.org.uk

www.bmg.org.uk

Brewery Arts Centre admin@breweryarts.co.uk

www.breweryarts.co.uk

Clif Bar & Company davidsmith@clifbar.com

www.clifbar.com

Climber Magazine climbereditorial@gmail.com

www.climber.co.uk

Creative England

Sally.Folkard@creativeengland.co.uk

www.creativeengland.co.uk

Community Action Nepal info@canepal.com

www.canepal.org.uk

Craghoppers

customerservices@craghoppers.com

www.craghoppers.com

Cumbria Tourism info@cumbriatourism.org

www.lakedistrictoutdoors.co.uk

Custard Climbing Creations

custardclimbingcreations@googlemail.com

www.custardclimbingcreations.co.uk

Dallam Outdoors outdoors@dallam.eu

www.dallamoutdoors.co.uk

Excape XC jocky@escapexc.com

www.escapexc.com

Financial Management Bureau info@finman.co.uk

www.finman.co.uk

Fridge Productions dcjinks@fridgeproductions.co.uk

www.fridgeproductions.co.uk

Haglöfs info@haglofs.co.uk

www.haglofs.com

Henry Iddon h@henryiddon.com

www.henryiddon.com

Jagged Globe tom@jagged-globe.co.uk www.jagged-globe.co.uk

John Muir Trust membership@jmt.org

www.johnmuirtrust.org

Julbo

outdoor@lyon.co.uk

www.julbo-eyewear.com

Keen Footwear

info.europe@keenfootwear.com

www.keenfootwear.com

Kendal College enquiries@kendal.ac.uk

www.kendal.ac.uk

Kendal Climbing Wall

kate@kendalwall.co.uk

www.kendalwall.co.uk

Kendal Judo Club

mike@kendaljudoclub.co.uk

www.kendaljudoclub.co.uk

Kendal Snowsports Club

info@kendalsnowsportsclub.co.uk

www.kendalsnowsportsclub.co.uk

Lake District National Park

hq@lakedistrict.gov.uk

www.lake-district.gov.uk

Lavahouse Associates

info@lavahouse.co.uk

www.lavahouse.co.uk

Marmot UK

info@marmotuk.co.uk

www.marmotuk.co.uk

Mountain Equipment info@mountain-equipment.co.uk

www.mountain-equipment.co.uk

Mountain Pro Magazine james.lloyd@targetpublishing.com

www.mountainpromag.com

National Trust www.ntlakesoutdoors.org.uk

Outsrc hello@outsrc.co.uk

www.outsrc.co.uk

Ozone Gliders kites@flyozone.com

www.flyozone.com

Patagonia Europe euro_hotline@patagonia.com

www.patagonia.com

Petzl outdoor@lyon.co.uk

www.petzl.com

Planet Fear info@planetfear.com

www.planetfear.com

Polartec

info@polartec.com

www.polartec.com

Rab

rabinfo@equipuk.com www.rab.uk.com

RSPB

www.rspb.org.uk

Santa Cruz

info@santacruzbikes.co.uk

www.santacruzbikes.co.uk

Spirit of Adventure Foundation ro@soadventure.org www.soadventure.org

Tangent Expeditions paul@tangent-expeditions.co.uk www.tangent-expeditions.co.uk

Thamserku

info@thamserkutrekking.com www.thamserku.com

Ullswater Steamers enquiries@ullswater-steamers.co.uk www.ullswater-steamers.co.uk

University of Cumbria recruitment@cumbria.ac.uk www.cumbria.ac.uk

Whitedot Skis info@wildcountry.co.uk www.wildcountry.co.uk

Wild Country info@wildcountry.co.uk www.wildcountry.co.uk

World Challenge

https://expedition.world-challenge. co.uk/register.asp www.world-challenge.com

YHA

donnawaring@yha.org.uk www.yha.org.uk

Zoca Active info@zocaactive.com www.zocaactive.com

THE FESTIVAL TEAM:

Festival Directors

Clive Allen, Robin Ashcroft, Matt Burke, Steve Scott

Festival Coordinators

Claire Wickham

Jen Horsburgh

Business Development

Robin Ashcroft

Programme (Film & Live Events), PR, Marketing and Sponsorship

Clive Allen

Brand, Adventure Sports Village & Specialist Programming

Steve Scott

Production

Matt Burke

Film Administration

Alison Barnes

Technical Managers

Steve Parnaby

Tom Ellery

Catering Manager

John Hunt

Sponsorship Liaison and Marquee Management

Debbie McGowan

Jen Horsburgh

Presenter Coordinator

Andy Perkins

Volunteer Coordinator

Ian 'Blue' Gray

Festival Design

Georgie Lowry

Jacqui Scott

Petra Blahova

Lavahouse Associates

Festival Trailer Film

Alastair Lee

Festival Photographer

Henry Iddon

Financial Management

Pam Purcell

DID YOU KNOW THAT…

...adidas founder Adolf “Adi” Dassler and his wife Käthe had a passion for hiking in the mountains? A cobbler by trade, he was an enthusiastic athlete who back in 1934 developed original hiking boots designed specifically for high-altitude mountaineering, tailor-made in the Dassler workshop in Herzogenaurach.

He selected water-repellent full-grain cow leather for the shaft and soft calf leather for the lining. The insole, all outer sole components and the welt were made from organic-tanned sole leather. Both models available featured integrated crampons in the form of hand-forged iron fixtures produced by a local craftsman. Dassler chose a variety of solutions.

The sole of his own model of boot was equipped with special forged nails with serrated iron grips that clamped to the outer rim of the sole. Käthe’s boot had crampons that reached from the edge of the sole up to the ankle. A horseshoe with sharp points was nailed onto the heel of both models of boot.

The made-to-order Dassler mountain boot with integrated crampons weighed 933 grams in size 7½ (UK). The ladies model with an unusually narrow last weighed 660 grams in size 4½ (UK). Come visit our stall at the Sports Village throughout the duration of the festival and see how we’ve developed our products.