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Adventure
The Brewery’s Adventure Lectures New monthly illustrated lectures by some of the world’s greatest adventurers, as they tell their own special story of adventure, exploration and discovery.
Dave & Bill Birkett -
The Birkett Dynasty
Wed 23 Apr 8pm £10/£9conc/£8fob/stu/unwaged book nowThere must be something in the water in Langdale, for this remarkable valley has produced three generations of outstanding pioneer rock climbers. In an evening of wit, adventure and stunning images you’ll discover why one Lake District Family has been so influential in the development of rock climbing and what it’s like to climb at the absolute cutting edge of possibility
Doug Scott -
Life and Hard Times
Wed 21 May 8pm £12/£11conc/£10fob/Stu/unwagedBook nowLooking back over a lifetime spent in high, wild places, one of the most outstanding mountaineers of all time, Doug Scott, will talk about and show a fine collection of historical images, of his climbs and expeditions; from Derbyshire grit-stone, to the big walls of Yosemite and the Himalaya. He'll tell us how he first started climbing, his Everest Expedition and helping village people that helped him and his friends climb many of the world's greatest summits.
Simon Yates -
The Uttermost Part of the Earth
Wed 25 Jun 8pm £10/£9conc/£8fob/Stu/unwagedBook nowPerhaps best known for “cutting the rope” in touching the void, but that was just one moment in Simon’s “hugely enjoyable” and remarkably successful mountaineering career. In his unique laconic style he will tell us briefly of his partnership with Joe Simpson and of his less stressful climbs amongst the worlds’ greatest and most remote mountain ranges. As an added treat, and in the 70th anniversary of the first ascent of the Eiger, he’ll tell of his own climb on the notorious Nordward.
Royal Geographical Society
Dr Isobel Williams -
The Life and Times of Dr Edward Wilson
Tue 7 Jul 7.30 pm £5(Free to RGS Fellows, free to students on production of valid identity card) 10% discount on meals in the the Grain Store Restaurant on production of ticket - please book in advance.
will be given by Dr Isobel Williams on the life and times of Dr Edward Wilson who died with Scott in the Antarctic in 1912.