Legendary tales from the vertical world & top new climbing films.
Date, Time & Location:
Fri, Mar 1, 2019, Frederic Wood Theatre
Evening – Doors 6:30pm Show 7:30pm
Speaker
Doug Robinson
Doug Robinson is a professional mountaineer known internationally for his climbing, guiding and backcountry skiing, as well as his poetic writings about the mountains and why we climb them. Closely identified with California’s High Sierra, Doug has been called “the modern John Muir". Doug’s long-awaited new book, The Alchemy of Action, offers a fresh—even shocking—explanation of why people climb mountains, by delving into the brain chemistry behind climber’s euphoria.
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Blood Moon
The film follows Robbie Phillips, Calum Cunningham and Alan Carne as they attempt to open a new climb, ground up, on a 700m Big Wall called Tsaranoro Atsimo in Madagascar.
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Women Are Mountains
Women are Mountains is a short documentary film that portrays the lives of climbers Mônica Filipini and Danielle Pinto in the quiet city of São Bento do Sapucai, in the countryside of São Paulo, Brazil. At the same time as they are responsible for their children and domestic affairs, they are able to enjoy their great passion: the mountains.
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FREDERIC WOOD THEATRE (UBC)
6354 Crescent Rd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2