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Friday, November 7, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
9:00 - 10:15 a.m.
THE STORIES ON THE HORIZON
The number of book entries in the festival keeps growing, topping out at 151 titles in 2003. There are more magazines about climbing, adventure
travel and discovery than ever before. Where is this genre going? Is it on the upswing or in a decline? Given recent political and economic developments
in the world, is the genre more or less relevant today? Have we run out of topics or opened the door for a wider range of perspectives? What will be the next
big scoop? Will it be an undiscovered river or a previously uncontacted tribe? Or will we be inspired by something closer to home and less obviously exotic?
A very interesting panel discussion with perspectives from magazine
editors, book publishers and writers who explored the stories on the horizon.
10:30 - 11:45 a.m.
GEORGE LOWE – VOICES OF ADVENTURE SERIES
Fifty years ago George Lowe was a member of the team that put Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on top of the world. As part of the final
assault group, he climbed to within 350 metres of the summit and was the first to greet Hillary and Norgay on their return. "Hey George," Hillary
shouted , "we knocked the bastard off!" After the 1953 expedition he climbed again in the Himalayas, as well as in the Pamirs, Greenland, and
elsewhere. In 1957–58, he made the first crossing of Antarctica with Sir Vivian Fuchs’s party, meeting Hillary at the South Pole. Geoff Powter
spoke
with George Lowe about his Everest days and beyond.
Noon - 1:15 p.m. Literary Lunch Break
Simon Mawer: The Fall
1:30 - 2:45 p.m.
GORDON
WILTSIE – MONGOLIAN NOMADIC HERDERS
People have been crossing the mountains in northern Mongolia, and dying in them,
for generations. When fall comes to the Darhad valley, hundreds of families load
up their oxen and move their sheep, goats, and cattle to winter camps where the
grass is long enough to get the herds through until spring, and where the
weather is a good 20 degrees warmer. Between the 3,300-square-kilometer valley
and the winter camps stands a wall of 3,000-meter, snowcapped peaks that can be
as brutal as they are beautiful. Photographer Gordon Wiltsie and writer Glenn
Hodges travelled with the nomadic herders of the Darhad Valley. Wiltsie
shared a glimpse of one of the last true Central Asian migrations, and a way of
life that has changed little from the days of Genghis Khan.
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
ED
DOUGLAS – TENZING: HERO OF EVEREST
Fifty years after the first ascent of Everest, the heroism and determination of the climbers who pioneered the route still captures the
imagination of people around the world. In an age before commercialism and adventure tourism made ascents of Everest commonplace,
the courage and sense of adventure shown by an earlier generation of mountaineers remains an inspiration. Drawing on in-depth interviews with
key family members, friends, and climbing partners, Ed Douglas threw new light on Tenzing Norgay's childhood and early years as a young
climbing porter and how he overcame huge odds to reach the top of the world.
Admission to daytime seminars is by day or festival
pass only; tickets are not sold for individual seminars.
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