Mountain Festival

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Banff Mountain Festival Contest Winners on Australia's Larapinta Trek

The winners of the 2014 Banff Mountain Film Festival Contest are back from their trip to Australia with World Expeditions

The Next 40 Years

The sport of climbing has seen amazing advances in 40 years of the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival. In this episode, Ed Douglas moderates a panel of some

Ian McAllister

The conservationist Ian McAllister takes us on a deeply personal journey to British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest.

From the film A Line Across the Sky Credit: Austin Siadak

Tommy Caldwell on The Dawn Wall

Tommy Caldwell recounts his record-breaking climbs of 2015, including the Dawn Wall and Fitz Roy Traverse.

Christian Beamish

American surfer and writer, Christian Beamish, retells his three month excursion down the Pacific Coast on a hand-built boat.

Jimmy Chin, Hazel Findlay & Mark Synnott

Three top climbers from the North Face Team talk about their adventures, including exploring Oman’s Musandam Peninsula.

Candace Savage

Canadian Author Candace Savage speaks about her adventures in Southern Saskatchewan in her book A Geography of Blood.

Jules Lines

In this episode of Basecamp, recorded live at the 40th Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival, British soloist Jules Lines talks about climbing, falling and writ

Alex Honnald relaxing on El Cap's Texas Flake

How Google Captured El Capitan Through Alex Honnold's Eyes

In January, a small team of climbers, photographers and software engineers tackled a tall task -- creating a 3,000-foot photo tour of one of rock climbing's cro

Five Mountain Storytellers Share Their Yarn-Spinning Secrets

Mountains inspire stories. We asked five old-school storytellers to share what they seek in a good story and how to tell a good campfire tale.

The Great Alone takes the Grand Prize at the 2015 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival

The Great Alone, which captured the inspiring comeback story of champion sled dog racer, Lance Mackey, has won the Grand Prize at the 2015 Banff Mountain Film a

Dervla Murphy

The remarkable octogenarian Irish traveller and author tells stories about her many world adventures via bicycle and foot.

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