Kendal Mountain Festival Tour in Chester, with Matt Pycroft

Fancy a night of adventure? The Kendal Mountain Festival Tour combines adventure films with great speakers to inspire you to get out there – or just appreciate the comforts of home and the bravery of others.

The next date in their tour diary is Chester, on 6th April:

Daring adventure filmmaker to speak in Chester

Thousand-foot vertical drops? Tarantulas and snakes? Hidden crevasses? It’s all in a day’s work for Matt Pycroft, adventure filmmaker and photographer.

Pycroft, who specialises in working in remote and hostile environments, is visiting Chester to talk about his exploits in some of the world’s most challenging locations. Speaking as part of the Kendal Mountain Festival UK Tour, he will share the joys and occasional moments of terror that make up an adventure cameraman’s life.

The Sheffield-based filmmaker has travelled to some of the world’s most remote and inhospitable locations to cover expeditions, often accompanying well-known climber Leo Houlding. From Mount Asgard on Baffin Island in the Arctic, to Mount Roraima in the depths of the Amazon jungle, each expedition has thrown up its own challenges not only to capture top-quality film footage, but also to stay safe and survive. “Things don’t always go according to plan”, as Pycroft wryly says.

Pycroft will be speaking at Storyhouse, Chester on 6 April. The event, part of the Kendal Mountain Festival UK Tour, also features a collection of the world’s best short adventure films for audiences to watch on the big screen. Steve Scott, director of Kendal Mountain Festival, presents the Tour events and says, “‘Kendal’ is all about adventure; stories of extreme human endurance, breathtaking environments and adrenaline-fuelled excitement. Our Tour events are mini-Festivals that distil this spirit of adventure and exploration into one unique evening.”

Tickets are available via the Tour website or by calling the Storyhouse box office on 01244 409 113.

Can’t make Chester? Then check out the other tour dates:

• Manchester: Thursday 21st April
• Caernarfon: Wednesday 4th May
• Aberystwyth: Thursday 5th May
• Glasgow: Thursday 12th May
• Inverness: Friday 13th May
• Banchory: Saturday 14th May
• Coventry: Friday 20th May
• Norwich: Saturday 21st May
• Whitehaven: Sunday 22nd May
• Whitley Bay: Friday 3rd June
• Nottingham: Wednesday 15th June
• Exeter: Thursday 16th June
• Llanelli: Friday 17th June
• Canterbury: Wednesday 22nd June
• Brighton: Thursday 23rd June
• Kings Lynn: 24th June
• Kendal: Wednesday 29th June

Hannah Dobson

Managing Editor

I came to Singletrack having decided there must be more to life than meetings. I like all bikes, but especially unusual ones. More than bikes, I like what bikes do. I think that they link people and places; that cycling creates a connection between us and our environment; bikes create communities; deliver freedom; bring joy; and improve fitness. They're environmentally friendly and create friendly environments. I try to write about all these things in the hope that others might discover the joy of bikes too.

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