Ice Climbing News June 2008

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WEDNESDAY, 18 JUNE 2008
	Winning Films Set to Enthrall at Film Festival
	Conquering fear, discovering new worlds, nurturing nature, and gaining great heights are some of the elements featured in the winning films of this year’s New Zealand Mountain Film Festival in July. The five-day festival program, to be launched this week, is packed with 45 finalists' films of inspiring, scenic, and entertaining stories offering the armchair explorer unique adventures across t Read Full Story
FRIDAY, 13 JUNE 2008
	HERA Adds Women's Adventure as Partner in Action
	Carbondale, Colorado - Women’s Adventure Magazine has joined the growing roster of the HERA Foundation’s Partners in Action. The magazine will donate $5 to the non-profit organization to help fight ovarian cancer for each subscription received via www.womensadventuremagazine.com/subscribe in the HERA promotion section. Women’s Adventure is a HERA Foundation Seven Summit Leader sponsor as well as H Read Full Story
WEDNESDAY, 11 JUNE 2008
	Explorers to Climb the Indian Himalayas
	Four members of Southbourne Sea Scouts Explorers Unit namely Will Barker, Mark Keightley, Ben Rigby, and Jake Elsbury, are set to go on a climbing expedition in the Indian Himalayas. This is the first time that the group will embark on high altitude climbing. With Pemba Sherpa, the group will climb the Stok Kangri, a 6,137-meter mountain in the Ladakh region of the Indian Himalayas on July 9 Read Full Story
FRIDAY, 6 JUNE 2008
	2009 Ouray Ice Festival to be Held on January 9-11
	The 2009 Ouray Ice Festival will be held on January 9-11. The clinics will start on November 5, 2008 at 9am. The Ouray Ice Festival was first held and organized in 1995. Since then, it became the most awaited event and highlight of the ice climbing season in Colorado, USA. Every year in this festival, ice climbers from around the world gather to compete against one another to summit faces. Mo Read Full Story