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NZ Mountain Film Festival

Location: Memorial Theatre, Student Union Building, VUW Kelburn Campus, Wellington 

Note: This event has been postponed from it's original date, due to uncertainties around COVID level 2, and the restrictions on numbers required by our venue. If you already have tickets and cannot attend the new dates, please reply to the email with your tickets to request a refund.

An award winning selection of mainly international films from the New Zealand Mountain Film Festival 2020 - brought to you by the combined forces of the Vic Uni Tramping Club, Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club, and of course the New Zealand Mountain Film and Book Festival!

The River's Call

8 minutes, Director: Hugo Clouzeau, France
Follow seven kayakers through the deep canyons and challenging whitewater of the Rio Apurimac the farthest source of the Amazon in the heart of the Andes.

Allein

11 minutes, Director: Franz Walter, Germany
Follow a climber out to Greenland for a solo expedition. He leaves the small village of Kulusuk with his sea kayak. After twelve days of paddling and carrying heavy loads he reaches his basecamp at the foot of Molar Spire. Calmly, concentrated and all by himself he begins the ascent of this 500m rock face, solo.

Wetterstein Ridge

20 minutes, Director: Jakob Schweighofer, Austria, subtitles
A professional mountaineer from Germany has set the bar high. He wants to cross the entire Wetterstein Ridge non-stop without a break. 70 kilometers and 7,000 meters altitude difference of exposed and brittle ridge climbing lie before him. Mistakes are not allowed.

The KFC

29 minutes, Director: Richard Sidey, NZ. 
Join five local pilots on a paragliding adventure in Tanzania, with the ultimate aim to fly from the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro. No training, no sponsors, no worries!

Breathtaking: K2 - The World's Most Dangerous Mountain

47 minutes, Director: Adrian Ballinger, USA
K2 is known as a savage mountain that tries to kill you. But Adrian Ballinger and Carla Perez aim to summit the 8611m peak without the use of supplemental oxygen. Every step of the way the team faces hazardous conditions, terrifying setbacks, and crushing misfortunes.

Lhotse

23 minutes, Director: Dutch Simpson, USA
It’s not always what we achieve that defines us, rather it is why we achieve such things that creates clarity in our existence. Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison completed the first ski descent of the 8,516m Mt Lhotse, the fourth-highest mountain in the world.

Total running time 138 minutes + 10 minute intermission.

Also see NZ Mountain Film Festival 2020 - Kiwi made (Wellington) on Monday, 12 August 2019 at 6:30 p.m.

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NZ Mountain Film Festival

Location: Memorial Theatre, Student Union Building, VUW Kelburn Campus, Wellington

Note: This event has been postponed from it's original date, due to uncertainties around COVID level 2, and the restrictions on numbers required by our venue. If you already have tickets and cannot attend the new dates, please reply to the email with your tickets to request a refund.

A collection of New Zealand made mountain films - brought to you by the combined forces of the Vic Uni Tramping Club, Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club, and of course the New Zealand Mountain Film and Book Festival!

Forgotten Highways

16 minutes, Director: Deane Parker, NZ
The journey of discovery of both the Maori culture and exploring new country in the Whanganui District by a group of mates. The trip follows the river by packraft and trails both old and new by mountain biking, to link up a story of history and adventure.

Olivine

10 minutes, Director: Patrick Clissold, NZ
In 2016 three women were given a grant by the Federated Mountain Clubs (FMC) to carry out a traverse of the Olivine Range.

It Is The People

17 minutes, Director: Elina Osborne, NZ
They say your first thru-hike is like your first love. With just a pack on her back, a kiwi girl from West Auckland took a journey that would change her world. The continuous footpath that spans 4,270 kilometres from the border of Mexico up through California, Oregon, and Washington into Canada, is known as the Pacific Crest Trail; a hike far more intimidating than any she’d done before.

Grey Ghost

28 minutes, Director: Allie Rood, NZ/USA
Nick Allen and Mark Heighton go to Stewart Island in search of rock climbing. With little to no information about climbing routes or rock quality, they embarked on what ended up being an adventure of a lifetime. The crew flew into Ruggedy Beach and carried 40 kgs of gear each in hopes of climbing on the Northern Slabs in the Ruggedy Range. They quickly realised the rock was much bigger than expected, but something much better lay just around the corner.

(Re)Discovering a Remarkable Backyard

17 minutes, Director: Guillaume Charton, NZ
This movie follows two local Queenstown climbers who are on a quest to re-visit their mountain: The Remarkables via two different challenges which could be seen as firsts: traversing its 12km long ridgeline, and climbing 1000m of rock routes on three different valleys.

Peace Mountain

15 minutes, Director: Colleen Gentemann & Janina Kuzma, NZ
Follow local skier Janina Kuzma on the most epic adventure, a ski trip to ski Mount Hermon, a mountain range situated on the boarder between Israel, Lebanon and Syria. With the countries still officially at war, she is confronted with military soldiers on patrol on both sides of the border.

Building a $12MD Bike Trail | The Pike 29 Track

13 minutes, Director: Tom Woodward, NZ
The Pike 29 Memorial Track cost $12 million to build and passes through the rugged and storm battered mountains of the West Coast. It connects with the Paparoa Track then descends to the Pike Mine buildings. This film gives a taste of the effort that went into it’s 3 year construction, and the conditions the trail builders dealt with while making it.

Total running time 116 minutes + 15 minute intermission.

Also see NZ Mountain Film Festival 2020 - Best of the Festival (Wellington) on Monday, 5 August 2019 at 6:30 p.m.

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As always on Wednesday, we go to Hangdog out in Petone to go bouldering and climbing. We meet at 6 pm at hunter carpark. No skill or equipment needed. Bring $16 for your entry and a few coins for your drivers

Paying a gold coin to the driver is important as they need to pay for gas otherwise they will just stop offering and we all lose.

Spaces are limited, so quick, get amongst. if it is full, sign up anyways, there might be some more spots becoming available during the day.

If you are able to provide a car please do, as the more the merrier and we can only carpool if we have cars, otherwise, trains are $11 each

Here is a map of the kelburn campus to help you find the Hunter Carpark. Map reference 24h.

https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/students/new-students/start/finding-your-way-around/kelburn-campus-map.pdf

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