Programme in detail
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Each day we'll have five different speakers from the worlds of adventure, sport and travel. Each session will last about 2 hours and will include their own stories, photos and videos. Each session ends with a selection of adventure films. For full details of speakers and films see our programme at a glance. |
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| SATURDAY 20th October | SUNDAY 21st October | |||
| Daredevil Danny | Olympic Dreams | |||
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10.30am |
24 year old 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 - he's bringing his bike along to Buxton to show you some of his tricks. (Read more.) | 17 year old, single amputee Maddie Thompson is the youngest member of the Team GB Paralympic Women's Wheelchair Basketball Squad. (Read more.) |
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Followed by films: Jackson To School (3 mins); Industrial Revolutions (5 mins); Reel Rock: Obe & Ashima (23 mins); Skatiestan (9 mins); Palouse Fall (3 mins); The Cable Car (7 mins); Cooler Than Mike (4 mins); Way Back Home (8 mins) |
Followed by films: Rollerman (7 mins); Dougie Down The Pet (18 mins); The Longest Way (5 mins); To The Rainbow (14 mins); Blue Peter Alaskan Adventure (10 mins); Zoltan (5 mins) |
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| Spirit of Adventure | Feet in the Clouds | |||
| 12.30pm | Record breaking adventurer and mountaineer Squash Falconer solo paraglided from Mont Blanc and last year summited Mount Everest - only the weather stopped her jumping off the world's tallest mountain. (Read more.) |
As a southerner, fell-running seemed like an obscure and reckless northern pastime to journalist Richard Askwith but he got hooked on running up and down trackless mountains in all weathers and his book 'Feet in the Clouds' has become something of a cult classic. (Read more.) |
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| Followed by films: Mazungu (20mins) Baffin Babes (30mins) |
Followed by films: The Epic Tri (38 mins) Onwards (6 mins) 14 Peaks (12 mins) |
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| Mapping the World's Water | Into Darkness | |||
| 3pm |
We're really sorry that Kate Rew's had to withdraw from the festival for personal reasons but we're all delighted Rob Fryer, chair of the River and Lake Swimming Association and author ofThe Wild Swimming Guide has dived straight in. Click here for more details about Rob's talk. |
Gavin Newman is one of the world?s leading cave divers and an award-winning film maker and photographer whose work includes filming for the BBC's iconic Planet Earth series. (Read more) |
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| Followed by films: Winter Swimming (29 mins) Wild Swim, Wordsworth Country (6 mins) Deep Blue Freefall (5 mins) |
Incorporating the film: Into Darkness (15 mins) and excerpts of Gavin's own award-winning footage |
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| Wild Vision | Fiva - An Adventure That Went Wrong | |||
| 5.30pm | Internationally renowned nature, travel & adventure photographer, John Beatty's images capture the timeless rhythms of the natural environment, its beauty and simplicity and man?s place within it, celebrating the variety and magnificence of wild landscapes. (Read more) |
Gordon Stainforth - writer, photographer, film editor, philosopher and experienced climber - tells the tale of he and his twin brother's near escape on an ascent of Norway's long and dangerous 'Fiva Route'. (Read more) |
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| Followed by films: Irridium (8mins) Dark Side Of The Lens (6mins) |
Followed by films: 50 Years In The Mountains (20mins) Samsara (22mins) |
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| Adrenaline Junkie | Downhill Demon | |||
| 8pm | This summer ex Para & pro stuntman Gary Connery became the first person ever to jump out of a helicopter and land without a parachute, using his wingsuit to land in a pile of cardboard boxes! And to top that, he then went on to star as the Queen's stunt double in the Olympic opening ceremony. (Read more) |
20 year old World Champion Downhill Mountain Bike rider Danny Hart - described as "the most technically gifted and stylish racer in the world" - cemented his title with a legendary wet weather run in Switzerland and is currently defending his title's rainbow stripe. Danny will be interviewed by racing cyclist, TV presenter & bikewear designer Anna Glowinski. (Read more) |
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| Followed by films: I Believe I Can Fly (40 mins) Reel Rock: Sketchy Andy (20 mins) |
Followed by films: Where The Trail Ends (80mins) |
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