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Banff Mountain Festivals 2006
October 28 – November 5
Banff Mountain Book Festival
November 1 – 3
Award winners announced
Bringing mountain stories to life!
The 13th annual Banff Mountain Book Festival, presented by Canadian Mountain Holidays and National Geographic, celebrates the world’s best mountain and adventure travel stories.
Wednesday, November 1
Evening Program —
7:30 p.m.
Eric Harvie Theatre — $16
Andy Kirkpatrick
One of the UK’s most accomplished mountaineers and big-wall climbers, Andy Kirkpatrick is known for sharing colourful, spirited, and off-the-wall tales.
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Leo Houlding
Often referred to as Britain’s climbing prodigy, Leo Houlding is a spectacularly talented free climber who has scaled many of the world’s most formidable rock walls and towers.
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Thursday, November 2
Daytime Program — 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Max Bell Auditorium — $30 / Day
(Not including Literary Lunch Break)
This year’s guests include:
9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Kathryn Bridge — A passion for the Mountains: The Lives of Don and Phyllis Munday
Don and Phyllis Munday are western Canadaís most famous mountaineering couple, known for their tenacity, environmental awareness and scientific contributions. From the 1920s through the 1940s, they climbed over 100 mountains together.
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10:30 – 11:40 a.m.
John Beatty — Wild: Spirit in the Land
John Beatty is widely recognized as one of Britain’s most exciting nature, travel and adventure photographers. His presentation Wild: Sprit in the Land immerses viewers in the natural world. Live music performed by Robin Beatty.
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Noon – 1:00 p.m.
Literary Lunch Break — Dining Room, $20 (includes buffet lunch)
John Vaillant — The Golden Spruce
Journalist John Vaillant is drawn to stories about collisions between the natural world and human ambition. He found a perfect subject in Grant Hadwin, a logger-turned-activist who in 1997 cut down a 300-year-old golden spruce.
Sponsored by Mount Engadine Lodge. Read more
1:30 – 2:40 p.m.
Geoff Powter — Strange and Dangerous Dreams: Journeys Along the Fine Line Between Adventure and Madness
Geoff Powter is uniquely qualified as an expert on adventure and risk, he is personally acquainted with the roles that risk and fear play in the pursuit of mountaineering and extreme sport endeavours.
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3:00 – 4:10 p.m.
Florian Schulz — Yellowstone to Yukon: Freedom to Roam
An acclaimed German photographer, Florian Schulz is passionate about protecting the natural world. He will share some of the stories that led up to his book Yellowstone to Yukon.
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7:30 p.m. — Evening Program
Eric Harvie Theatre, $16
Greg Mortenson — Three Cups of Tea
Following an unsuccessful attempt to summit K2, Greg Mortenson was nursed back to health in an impoverished Pakistani village. Out of gratitude, he promised to build the village’s first school, an endeavour that has grown to become a great humanitarian project.
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Børge Ousland — Dark Journey to the North Pole
With a capacity to withstand long, arduous days and extreme cold, Norwegian Børge Ousland has established himself as one of the leading polar explorers of our time. Ousland’s presentation is supported in part by National Geographic Expeditions Council and the Arctic Institute of North America.
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Book Awards: The winners of the international book competition will be announced.
Friday, November 3
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Max Bell Building
Free Seminar
Have a book idea? Join Rocky Mountain Books for a seminar on presenting a book proposal to Rocky Mountain Books.
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Daytime Program
Max Bell Auditorium, $30 / Day
(Not including Literary Lunch Break)
This year’s guests include:
9:00 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.
Losang Rabgey
Born in a Tibetan refugee settlement in northern India, Losang Rabgey emigrated to Canada with her family when she was a child. Along with her sister Tashi Rabgey, she is a co-founder of Machik, a non-profit organization with a mission to strengthen rural communities.
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10:30 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.
Voices of Adventure:
Geoff Powter interviews Audrey Salkeld
This year’s interview, the ninth in the series, will feature Audrey Salkeld, a leading British journalist, author, and historian.
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Noon – 1:00 p.m.
— Literary Lunch Break
Dining Room, $20 (includes buffet lunch)
Jeff Long — The Wall
A leading writer of climbing fiction, Jeff Long has had a diverse career. He is the best-selling author of seven novels and will be reading from his new novel The Wall. Sponsored by Rocky Mountain Books.
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1:30 – 2:40 p.m.
Clint Willis — The Boys of Everest
Clint Willis is an award-winning author whose recent book, The Boys of Everest, tells the compelling story of a significant and historic period in mountaineering history.
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3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Simon Carter — World Climbing: Images from the Edge
After photographing climbing for years in Australia, Simon Carter started a new personal challenge: to travel to some of the world’s greatest climbing areas and capture images of both the locations and the action.
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4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
FREE to Public, Max Bell Lobby
Exhibition Opening and Book Launch
Simon Carter
Exhibition Opening
Book launch with author signings by Gordon Wiltsie, Simon Carter, Glen Boles, Florian Schulz, and John Beatty.
Food provided and cash bar.
Mountain Book Fair
Thursday, November 2 — Sunday, November 5
The Mountain Book Fair features the latest titles in mountain literature, as well as maps, archival material, antiquarian books, and book signings by famous and soon-to-be-famous mountain authors.