How to climb Everest WITHOUT climbing Everest

How to climb Everest WITHOUT climbing Everest

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It's 24th May 2019 and news reports are coming in that 7 people have died in the past week as they've attempted to summit Everest. That's more in one week than the whole of last year. If you've got $30,000 dollars or more to spare and like the idea of climbing to the top of the world then Everest might just be on your radar. However, what the news of this week has highlighted is that you won't be the only one doing it, and this can put you at risk. Overcrowding at the summit has been blamed for the deaths this past week. This has lead to people running out of oxygen and dying of exhaustion either at the summit or on the way down. There is a striking…
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Banff Mountain Film Festival – Cardiff

Banff Mountain Film Festival – Cardiff

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Have you heard of Banff before? It's a Canadian town situated under the shadow of the Rocky mountains and is famed for it's iconic range of mountain sports. Now they have an annual mountain film festival that is shown across the globe, including various locations across the UK. We first came across the event a couple of years ago and were blown away by the selection of films on offer. When we saw dates advertised for Cardiff in February, we quickly booked our tickets. St David's Hall hosted the event and showed the 'Red' programme of films. At each event, there was a choice of either the Red or Blue programme so you could pick which set of films you wanted to see. We were treated to 7 films, each…
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