2013 programme
Each day we present five different speakers from the worlds of adventure, sport and travel. |
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Saturday 2nd November | Sunday 3rd November | |||
Young Adventurers Extreme Mountain Biking |
Young Adventurers Free Running - Urban Acrobatics |
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10.30am |
Multiple British trials bike champion Danny Butler travels the country with his Extreme Mountain Bike Show demonstrating his team's hair-raising skills on two wheels. |
Free runners move around by running up walls, jumping between buildings, doing backflips down staircases, seeing objects as opportunities not obstacles. Ahmed from Action in Motion will showcase his amazing acrobatic skills and explain the philosophy behind parkours. |
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Hill Walking |
Heather Dawe |
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12.30pm | British Mountain Club Hill Walking Officer Carey Davies in conversation with Chris Townsend - outdoor writer and photographer and one of the world's most prolific long-distance walkers. Chris's walks include the 3,100-mile Continental Divide Trail and the first ever continuous walk of the 517 Scottish Munros. |
Ultra-runner, climber and cyclist and now author and artist Heather Dawe explores her drive to keep pushing herself harder and harder. Heather has competed and won at Elite level in many mountain marathons like the LAMM and the OMM and has run the Bob Graham Round in under 22 hours. In 2008 she won the renowned Three Peaks Cyclo-cross. |
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British Mountain Guides |
Jez Bragg Running the Length of New Zealand |
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3pm |
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Three talks compered by fellow guide James Thacker with an audience Q&A. Mark Walker: Mixing and Matching - A Season Ski Touring Across the European Alps Jon Morgan: Chamonix Zermatt Haute Route on Skis: A Purist's Version Al Powell: Ski Mountaineering in Greenland - Exploring the Arctic Wilderness on Dogsleds & Skis |
Ultra-runner Jez Bragg successfully completed New Zealand?s arduous Te Araroa Trail, from top to bottom of both islands, in just 53 days - 9 days quicker than the previous record for running the length of the country. The 3,054km route also involved Jez kayaking across the notoriously dangerous Cook Strait, 120km down the Whanganui River and numerous other river and estuary crossing over the course of the expedition. |
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Juliana Buhring The Fastest Woman To Cycle the World |
Rosie Swale Pope The World's Longest Unsupported Run |
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5.30pm |
On December 22, 2012, Juliana Buhring set the first ever Guinness World Record for Fastest Woman to Circumnavigate the World by Bicycle. Juliana?s 18,060 mile journey took her across four continents and nineteen countries, in a total time of 152 days and 144 actual days pedaled. |
Global Adventurer Rosie Swale-Pope is the only person in world history to have undertaken an epic solo, unsupported run around our world - over 20,000 miles facing extreme danger, bitter Siberian winters, wolves, axmen and desolate loneliness over nearly five years. Her book 'Just a Little Run Around the World' is an international best-seller. |
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Annie Last Team GB Mountain Biker |
Jason Lewis |
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8pm |
Bakewell born Annie Last made her Olympic debut at the London 2012 Olympics, becoming the first woman to represent Great Britain in the mountain bike event for 12 years. Leading the pack for the first lap, she finished in 8th place overall which was a great result for the developing rider. |
In 2007 adventurer, author and sustainability activist Jason Lewis became the first person to circumnavigate the Earth without using motors or sails. |
Each session will include a selection of the world?s best adventure sports films which we'll announce in September.
Also photo exhibition, family activities, junior aquathlon, alpine workshop and more.