wilderness LECTURES
A winter series of public lectures in Bristol the theme of which is world-wide adventure.
Our lecturers are well known explorers, mountaineers, travel writers, TV personalities, adventure sports personalities or anyone who has an epic story to tell and can enthral our audience with a rattling good yarn. The talks are invariably illustrated with slides and/or film.
Featured Speaker
Peter Habeler
It was always Peter's dream to become an extreme alpinist, he was determined to make his hobby his profession. He became a certified ski instructor at age 21 and mountain guide and was the first European to climb the “Big Walls” in Yosemite, including establishing a record for the fastest ascent the S.West Wall of El Capitan. In 1969 he started climbing with Reinhold Messner, making fast ascents of major routes in the Alps and overseas. Their ascent of Gasherbrum 1 in 1975, was made in 3 days and was widely seen as ushering in a new era of alpine-style ascents in contrast to big-team siege tactics.
This lecture has been rescheduled for a second time. Please download the 'Update October 12th' from the link on the top right of our home page for further information and details on how to claim a refund if you can't attend. Depending on Covid restrictions, we may have additional tickets to sell, so please check this page closer to the event.
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Coming Up Next...
The Summit is the Goal
Peter Habeler - 09/12/2021 19:30
Habeler and Messner were an inseparable duo, climbing many 8000m peaks without supplemental oxygen, including Cho Oyu, Nanga Parbat, Kanchenjunga, Hidden Peak and Everest, on May 8th 1978, an achievement that had been previously thought impossible.
Peter founded the Peter Habeler Ski and Mountaineering School in his hometown of Mayrhofen, Austria. In 1999 he was granted the title “Professor” by the Austrian Government.
Peter will talk about the highlights of his long Alpine life, including the hardest routes in the Dolomites, fast ascents of the North faces of the Eiger, Matterhorn and other peaks and, naturally, the ascent of Mt. Everest he made with Reinhold Messner. Peter is still climbing hard, 2 years ago, aged 77, he climbed the Eiger North face in winter again and 3 months ago he ascended the north face of the Cime Grande.
This lecture has been rescheduled. Please download the 'August 10th Update' from the link at the top right of our home page for further information. We may have additional tickets to sell, depending on Covid restrictions so please check this site closer to the event. Please note that we are unable to process refunds for tickets received back after December 8th.