Lectures
Richard Parks 'The 737 Challenge' Lecture.
Main hall, doors open 7pm for 7.30pm start. 'Pie and Peas' and other food/drink available from 6.00pm when the day time film schedule finishes. The lecture should finish approx 9pm after a beer break.Ex Welsh International rugby player Richard Parks set out from the South Pole on 1st Jan 2011 to attempt to climb the highest mountain on each of the 7 continents and ski the last degree to both North and South Poles, all within a record breaking 7 months. This dramatic lecture chronicles his adventure exposing both the raw emotion and physicality of the challenge amongst some of the world’s most stunning and hostile landscapes. (737 premiered at Kendal 2011 to great popular acclaim and can be seen in the main hall at 2.15.)
Richard Parks lecture is 7.30pm in the main hall. Admission is on a separate ticket. The ticket includes access to the Art and Photography Exhibition. Also you can buy tickets on the night for the famous HVAFF raffle with £1,000 worth of outdoor related prizes!
For ticket information, visit the Buy Tickets page
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Olly Stephenson: Ultra-distance hill running
Afternoon: 4.15pm in the music roomFor those interested in ultra-distance hill running in Britain the ultimate challenge has long been the completion of the big three 24 hour Rounds, namely the Bob Graham Round in the Lakes, the Charlie Ramsay Round in Scotland and the Paddy Buckley Round in Snowdonia.
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Mark Radtke: Lecture and Book Signing for "A Canvas of Rock"
Afternoon: 6.00pm in the music room
Mark Radtke, raconteur, author, new route activist and long time stalwart of the Yorkshire climbing scene will be reading extracts from his newly released book – A Canvas of Rock. Rad’s book thoughtfully creates pen pictures of some of the characters who brought climbing culture to life in the 80’s and 90’s and shares personal reflections on the changing face of rock climbing. A Canvas of Rock lecture will be supported with images, film and passages from the book.
A Canvas of Rock Reviews.
‘Rad shows us his own frailties - his vertigo, his occasional bursts of egocentricity - and this
makes him a convincing guide. It is a great read, full of humour and drama, but at the same time
it is a wise and important contribution to the ongoing debate of climbing ethics. Where slipping
into the comfort zone does not and must not equal progress’.
Andy Cave award winning author of Learning to Breathe and Thin White Line.
‘This is an important contribution recording the history of a turbulent time where
climbing styles were in state of flux and emotions ran high. The author describes a time of great
controversy and change with a clear eye and although deeply involved, he manages
an often dispassionate analysis of the circumstances and characters who strut their stuff on an
overhanging stage, a really entertaining read with some great pen portraits of people in his life’.
Ian Smith. Judge for the Boardman and Tasker Prize for mountain literature 2009 & 2010.
His approach to life is unconventional and a welcome relief from the risk aversion that has
infected our society. When the stakes are high, the rewards are great and Radtke is living proof
of this.
Mick Ryan, Senior Editor. UKClimbing.com and UKHillwalking.com