Banff Mountain Film Festival

Movies

• Dog and hiker
• Flying drummer
• Disabled climber in Tasmania
• Mud climb in jungle
• Grand Canyon kayak past and present 
• Wee Day out biker (then all the falls)
• Paragliding off Mexican volcano
• Skiing in Iran 

Banff Mountain Festival

Radical Reels with the Hiking Gang

I love this annual event at the Seymour Centre and wonderful to share it with my lovely hiking gang.  Adrenaline fuelled extreme sports at its best.  This year featured a wing-suited champion gliding through an archway in China, a very "spunky" 25 year old female rock climber, two climbers doing a "sufferfest" cycling and climbing journey of all the highest peaks in California, para-skiing, crazy Norwegians skiing down a mountain and some amazing mountain biking on some gorgeous trails in New Zealand.  A great night out that started off with grilled salmon at The Rose, a very festive local pub.

The most exciting moment of the evening by far was when they were announcing the prize winners (of some very exciting prizes) and the presenter said "Winner of the car is Graeme ... " and then she paused trying to decipher the surname written on the competition entry form.  "I've won!" I thought, feeling ecstatic, already picturing myself driving the 4x4 beauty that was up for grabs.  After all, "Myburgh" isn't an easy surname and I don't write very neatly.  Anyway, it turned out to be a Graeme "Smith" or something.  Devastating!!!  But then later, I discovered that the prize wasn't a car at all but some hiking socks or something like that and I felt better again!!

Elna, Zante, Liz, Michelle, me, Gavin, Srini