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and intriguing new films for the next event.
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THE ADVENTURE
SESSION - SHOW STARTS 2PM
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The Sunday afternoon session is dedicated adventure,
in whatever form it takes and wherever it is found. The session will
appeal to everyone with an interest in travel, the outdoors, mountain
sports and adventure in general. With some superb films and an inspiring
speaker, it should be a highlight of the festival. Last year's line
up was:
The films:
Scottish Extremities (36 mins)
This film charts the remarkable solo
sea-kayak journey undertaken by Patrick Winterton last summer. Leaving
from Glasgow, he paddled west out to Jura, continued to Mingulay, then
made a 60 mile crossing to St Kilda.
Cape Wrath and Orkney are also visited en route to his final destination,
Muckle Flugga on Shetland - the most northerly point in the UK.
Patrick Winterton
Scotland
FINALIST - BEST FILM AWARD

In Pursuit (6 mins)
This film from a local snowboarder charts his recent adventures backcountry
boarding in the Higlands.
Douglas Brown
Scotland
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Mana Wahine Walk (17
mins)
Three young women embark on an epic 84-day trek across New Zealand's
South Island, crossing the NZ Alps and a few rivers in spate along the
way. The result is an intriguing film which will fire your ambitions
and get you planning your own adventure.
Lani Evans
New Zealand

Reaching a high pass: Mana Wahine
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Lecture: Karen Darke
Karen's incredible story will be one of the highlights of the festival.
Karen was paralysed from the chest down in a climbing accident but this
has not stopped this Grantown on Spey local from hand cycling across
the Himalaya or kayaking up Canada's west coast.
Her latest adventure was the most challenging - to join a team of adventurers
who planned to traverse Greenland on skis...
For details, click
here.

Karen Darke in Greenland
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