Speakers from the Edge - T660373941Sir Chris Bonington is Britain's best known mountaineer and one of the most successful expedition leaders in history. He began climbing at the age of 16 and has undertaken 19 Himalayan. | |
| 12 Jan 19 | Hafren (formerly Theatre Hafren), Newtown :: V852 listing details L844049668 |
Life and Times - T02108864752Sir Chris, the mountaineer, writer, photographer and lecturer, started climbing at the age of 16 in 1951. He made the first British ascent of the North Wall of the Eiger and led the expedition that made the first ascent of The South Face of Annapurna, the biggest and most difficult climb in the Himalayas at the time. He went on to lead the expedition which made the first ascent of the South West Face of Everest in 1975 and then reached the summit of Everest in 1985 with a Norwegian expedition. Last month Sir Chris marked his 80th birthday by climbing the Old Man of Hoy sea stack on the north Scottish coast, 48 years after his original ascent. He has undertaken 19 Himalayan expeditions to-date, including four to Everest and is renowned for having made many first ascents in the Alps and all the greater ranges of the world. Sir Chris has written 17 books, fronted numerous television programmes and has lectured to the public and corporate audiences all over the world. He received a knighthood in 1996 for services to mountaineering, was president of the Council for National Parks for eight years. He is Non-Executive Chairman of Berghaus and Chancellor of Lancaster University. Although he was the first mountaineer on the lecture circuit, it has been twenty years since Sir Chris last toured regularly. In Worthing, Life and Times will be an audio visual account of his sixty years spent in the mountains. With original images and raw footage, it is a rare opportunity to hear about some of the greatest expeditions of the twentieth century. | |
| 9 Oct 14 | Connaught Theatre, Worthing :: V725 listing details L0102431829 |
An Evening with Chris Bonington - T01003925928 | |
| 18 Oct 13 | Octagon, Sheffield :: V565804455 listing details L669765004 |
Boundless Horizons - T573141617Following on sequentially from I Choose to Climb, this lecture covers the great climbs Chris has done beyond Everest, all of them first ascents in the greater ranges. He takes his audience up to the present day when he is still tacking unclimbed peaks in the Himalaya. | |
| 16 Sep 07 | The Theatre By The Lake, Keswick :: V7 listing details L1442983755 |
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| 28 Nov 18 | Bath Komedia, Bath :: V993962950 listing details L1785178066 |
| 11 Nov 01 | Darlington Hippodrome (formerly Civic Theatre), Darlington :: V562 listing details L388595868 |
| 15 Jan 00 | The Theatre By The Lake, Keswick :: V7 listing details L01428981874 |
| 19 Nov 99 | Fairfield Halls, Outer London :: V295 listing details L1147168960 |
| 16 Nov 99 | Bedworth Civic Hall, Bedworth :: V127 listing details L0946912923 |
| 14 Nov 99 | Darlington Hippodrome (formerly Civic Theatre), Darlington :: V562 listing details L148362892 |
| 24 Oct 99 | Theatr Clwyd, Mold :: V810 listing details L951449492 |
| 16 Oct 99 | Hall for Cornwall, Truro :: V1183 listing details L02145619273 |
| 15 Oct 99 | Lighthouse (previously known as Poole Arts Centre), Poole :: V910 listing details L554559557 |
| 11 Oct 99 | Victoria Theatre, Halifax :: V969 listing details L60301211 |
