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For your post-COVID adventure holiday The one good thing about COVID travel restrictions is that it gives us plenty of time to research the perfect adventure holiday destination!  When restrictions lift, make your first trip outside Australia count. For our money, Canada’s arctic region, the Northwest Territories is the adventure destination that delivers the goods …

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The signature image of the annual Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival represents the best in mountain adventure photography from around the world. Each year the call is put out to photographers and creatives from around the world. Each year the Banff Centre receives a diverse range of mountain and adventure images. After all …

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Ice climbing, in Kentucky?? Pack your bags, let’s go!! This adventure documentary takes you on a bourbon-fuelled ride, deep into the bushy hollers of Appalachia with a crew of harmless misfits as they race to search out and climb new ice routes before they’re gone. In the Banff Mountain Film Festival film, Gone Tomorrow: Kentucky Ice …

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Trailblazer, Pioneer, Adventurer, Mountain Climber, Polar Explorer, Writer & Mother Myrtle Simpson is a name you won’t see in too many history books, despite her long standing history as pioneer in the outdoors. Her adventures were remarkable for many reasons, including the fact that she was doing them during a time in which it was …

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Are you ready for an adventure…with a one-year-old?? You might already be familiar with one of the Jonesy’s… Justin, to be specific. He’s the ‘Jonesy’ half of ‘Cas & Jonesy’ and has been adventuring his whole life. These teen sensations set the pace for NEW adventure and giving things a go, no matter what your …

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A wee bike ride around Scotland with Danny Macaskill If you asked Danny MacAskill to babysit your child, would you expect anything less than a cross country expedition, over mountains, over lakes, popping wheelies and doing flips… Well that’s exactly what happened when Danny babysat Daisy the best way he knew how – by taking …

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Changing up a morning routine in the French Alps Richard Permin is not your average skier. In the Banff Mountain Film Festival film, Good Morning, we see Richard expertly navigate the rooftops of Avoriaz (in the French Alps) to get his morning baguette. At only 4 minutes long, you’d be forgiven for thinking this was …

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Living life large at 82? “no problem!” Jacques Houot (pronouced ‘oooo ohh’) is an age-defying athlete. Some are even convinced that he’s found the fountain of youth! In the Banff Mountain Film Festival film, The Frenchy, we see 82-year-old Jacques live life with no thoughts of slowing down! In fact, I don’t think he knows how! …

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Circumnavigating the globe with Sarah Outen C.S. Lewis once said “no one ever told me that grief felt so much like fear.” For Sarah Outen, years of fear and grief pushed her to an edge she wasn’t sure she’d ever come back from. The fear of slowing down, the fear of bottled up vulnerability, the …

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Catching up with artist, designer, adventurer John Fellows Meet John. Artist, designer, adventurer and mastermind behind this year’s Banff Film Festival merch design. Hailing from Crested Butte, Colorado, John takes us through his tumultuous journey through the world of art and design, and the inspiration behind this year’s BUFF® art. Early beginnings Looking at John’s collection …

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