2010 Speakers and Workshops

Will Gadd

Adrian Laing

Kylie Wakelin

Rosie Cox - Yoga Workshop

Peter Bilous - Avalanche Awareness Workshop

Corrie Francis - Digital Film workshop

Maybe some more yet......

 

 

Will Gadd - Canada

Canada Exposed: Ice, rock, rivers, clouds, grizzly bears and some other stuff from the last 30 years of non-stop Canadian adventures by Will Gadd and friends. Pictures, videos, comics, profanity and attempted profundity, high and low humor, generally good entertainment for an hour of your time from.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adrian Laing - Australia

After receiving a late call up for the 2009 NZ Sparc Hillary Expedition to the Karakoram, Pakistan, Australian Adrian Laing jumped at the chance to join his Wanaka mates Bruce Dowrick, Jon Sedon and Scott Standen for some high altitude rock climbing. Their audacious goal was an all free first ascent up a remote 1000m high granite pillar. In this video and photo presentation Adrian takes us into a spectacular region of the Karakoram to experience their highs and lows of the trip, and their ultimate success in establishing a ground-up all free ascent with difficulties up to grade 25 at altitudes above 5000m. Lovers of suffering will enjoy this one!
Residing in the Blue Mountains of Australia where he works as a firefighter, Adrian has established difficult new routes all over Australia as well as repeating the classics Serpentine(29), Tasmania’s Totem Pole (25) and a rare free repeat of Mt Buffalo’s Ozymandias Original (280m,28).

 

 

 

Kylie Wakelin - NZ

Twizel woman Kylie Wakelin and six other members of the Commonwealth Antarctic expedition arrived at the South Pole after 50 days of trekking through some of the most challenging terrain on earth, making Kylie the first New Zealand woman to ski to the South Pole.

More to follow......

 

Rosie Cox - Yoga Workshop

Last year's free yoga session was enjoyed and attended by a large group. So we've put on another. Come along this year to limber up after a tense session of on the edge of ya seat films.

 

Peter Bilous - Avalanche Safety Workshop

We will again put on a FREE lecture on Avalanche Safety for back country skiers and boarders. The back country skiing around Wanaka is amazing, but you'll need a few tips to keep you safe. This introduction to avalanches and tips on how to improve you safe will give you a head start into the art of avalanche forecasting.

The lecture is run by local Avalanche Forecaster Peter Bilous who keeps him self busy teaching the Otago Pollytechnic avalanche Programme, Heli Ski guiding and skiing in the back country.....

 

Corrie Francis - Digital Film workshop

Talk description coming soon......
 
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