Upcoming Events

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  Wed 23 Sept

  Jonny Huntington - Beyond the Last Degrees: Resilience on the Road to the South Pole / 

  1532 Bristol

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  23 Sept 2026, 19:30 – 21:00

  1532 Bristol, Elton Rd, Bristol BS8 1SJ, UK

  In 2014, British Army officer Jonny Huntington suffered a stroke that left him completely paralysed down one side of his body. A decade later, he became the first person with a disability to ski solo and unsupported to the South Pole.
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  Wed 07 Oct

  Tom Harding - Attempting to be first: A bike-pack-mountaineering expedition to the far west of Mongolia / 

  1532 Bristol

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  07 Oct 2026, 19:30 – 21:00

  1532 Bristol, Elton Rd, Bristol BS8 1SJ, UK

  Tom will talk about his recent bike packing trip through Mongolia to find and climb some little known and unclimbed mountains.
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  Wed 21 Oct

  Adam Lockwood - Skyclimber: Risk, Resilience and the Search for Freedom / 

  1532 Bristol

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  21 Oct 2026, 19:30 – 21:00

  1532 Bristol, Elton Rd, Bristol BS8 1SJ, UK

  At just 25, Adam Lockwood has become one of the world's most daring urban free solo climbers, scaling some of the planet's most iconic skyscrapers without ropes or safety equipment. But behind the headlines and breathtaking images lies a deeply human story of adversity, identity and finding purpose.
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  Wed 09 Dec

  Tim Howell – Exit Point: Leaping from the World’s Highest Peaks / 

  1532 Performing Arts Center

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  09 Dec 2026, 19:30 – 21:00

  1532 Performing Arts Center, 1 Elton Rd, Bristol BS8 1SJ, UK

  What does it really take to stand on the edge of a cliff, commit your life to fabric and physics, and step off into the void? A look into one of the world’s most extreme disciplines.
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  Wed 10 Feb

  Joe Trevorrow - A Mountain, A Makunaimá & A Melu: Expeditions with Guyana's 'Sky People'. / 

  1532 Bristol

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  10 Feb 2027, 19:30 – 21:00

  1532 Bristol, Elton Rd, Bristol BS8 1SJ, UK

  None of us were to know when staring at a series of mysterious pots high up in the cloud forest of Makarapan Mountain in Guyana that this was going to spark an adventure - the idea of which had been kindled decades before.
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  Wed 24 Feb

  Dr. Karolina Pakėnaitė - Beyond Limits: The Deafblind Mountaineer on a Mission to Everest / 

  1532 Bristol

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  24 Feb 2027, 19:30 – 21:00

  1532 Bristol, Elton Rd, Bristol BS8 1SJ, UK

  What does it mean to climb a mountain when you cannot see the route or hear the people around you? In this talk, I share my journey from being diagnosed with progressive sight and hearing loss to becoming a mountaineer and setting my sights on the highest mountain in the world.
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  Wed 10 Mar

  Gilles Pillonel - From China to Antarctica, a circumnavigation by bicycle and sailboat / 

  1532 Performing Arts Center

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  10 Mar 2027, 19:30 – 21:00

  1532 Performing Arts Center, 1 Elton Rd, Bristol BS8 1SJ, UK

  In 2018, for the sake of Adventure, Gilles set off from Shanghai by bicycle, with no idea just how far the journey would take him. What began as a ride home to Switzerland soon became something much bigger.