A Crawl Down the Ogre - T01684489187With the aid of newly discovered photographs and diaries, legendary mountaineer, Doug Scott will be telling a thrilling tale of hard climbing, team work and survival against all odds, in his famously laconic and humorous style. | |
| 19 Nov 19 | Borough Theatre, Abergavenny :: V839 listing details L1956575756 |
Everest the Hard Way - T1431007416Autumn 2015 will mark the 40th anniversary of the first ascent of Everest: The Hard Way, when the late Dougal Haston and Doug Scott made the first ascent of the mountain's massive South West Face. This is a brand-new lecture for the anniversary, lavishly illustrated with Doug's celebrated mountain photography and will provide a very personal account of this legendary first ascent. | |
| 19 Sep 16 | Grand Theatre, Lancaster :: V521 listing details L1708961840 |
| 7 Oct 15 | Malvern Theatres, Malvern :: V01718852442 listing details L0232468161 |
| 5 Oct 15 | Arts Centre, Aberystwyth :: V817 listing details L336164990 |
| 29 Sep 15 | Darlington Hippodrome (formerly Civic Theatre), Darlington :: V562 listing details L01126087437 |
| 28 Sep 15 | Harrogate Theatre, Harrogate :: V942 listing details L164782019 |
| 27 Sep 15 | Buxton Opera House, Buxton :: V424 listing details L536773305 |
The Three Peaks - T149776178Doug Scott CBE was the first Briton to climb Mount Everest and is one of the greatest mountaineers of all time. This lecture tells of adventures, triumphs and tragedies on the world's three highest mountains: Everest, K2 and Kangchenjunga and is illustrated by his stunning mountain photography. | |
| 12 Oct 14 | Theatr Brycheiniog (Brecon Theatre), Brecon :: V1067 listing details L755075989 |
Life and Hard Times - T324638027Doug will show a fine collection of historical images illustrating his climbs and expeditions from Derbyshire gritstone in the fifties on to the big walls of Europe, Yosemite, Baffin Island and the Himalaya. Hear how his passion for climbing led him up Everest via the South West Face and on to help the village people who helped him and his friends climb some 45 peaks in Asia. | |
| 20 Sep 11 | Malvern Theatres, Malvern :: V01718852442 listing details L351055929 |
| 18 Sep 11 | Lighthouse (previously known as Poole Arts Centre), Poole :: V910 listing details L028246628 |
| 6 Sep 09 | The Theatre By The Lake, Keswick :: V7 listing details L1913647794 |
...with Ven Gelong Karma Jiga - T01220544539Supporting Rokpa Dundee & Community Action Nepal. Doug has once again agreed to share his fascinating adventures at venues throughout the North, featuring two presentations, "Life and Hard times" and 'A Crawl down the Ogre', supported by Ven Gelong Karma Jiga who will introduce the evening and present a short film about his work in Scotland and the work of Rokpa elsewhere. Doug was the first Britain to successfully summit Everest, along with the late Dougal Haston in 1975. He realised that the Sherpa's who assisted the climbers lived and worked under very harsh conditions and needed help. With this in mind he formed Community Action Nepal to help them. Since then he has dedicated his life to raise funds for over forty projects to benefit the Sherpa's and their communities. | |
| 13 Nov 08 | Byre Theatre, St Andrews :: V640 listing details L0543094284 |
Himalayas Alpine Style - T424420187Doug Scott has made 32 expeditions to the high mountains of Asia. He has reached the summit of 30 peaks, of which half were first ascents and all were climbed by new routes or for the first time in lightweight or Alpine Style, without the use of artificial oxygen. | |
| 4 Nov 04 | Northwich Memorial Court, Northwich :: V1106303363 listing details L638752933 |
