TheTrail Running Show is jam packed full of talks and films from around the world that celebrate the simple joy of pounding the trails with your own two feet. With guest speakers Joe Grant and Paul Romero
Date/Time: Feb 12 2017, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
North Vancouver, Centennial Theatre | Event calendarCost: $19.00
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VIMFF is celebrating 20 years so this the biggest festival ever featuring 31 shows and hosting 32 inspiring speakers! See some of the most jaw-dropping mountain adventures and hear incredible stories from around the world at the 20th Annual Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival.
Joe Grant: In the summer of 2016, Joe took on the Tour de Fourteeners, a self-powered link up of all of Colorado’s 14,000ft peaks by bike and on foot.
Paul Romero: Paul is going to share what it means to #livelimitless, through some tales of his outrageous global travels and near death experiences.
Films:
- Trail Dog: Directed by African Attachment, South Africa, 2016, 5 minutes
Trail Dog is an ode to the beauty and happiness that can be found in the simplest of things - friendship.
- The Crown Traverse: Directed by Matthew Irving, USA, 2016, 12 minutes
In September of 2015, ultra runners Mike Wolfe, Mike Foote, along with photographer Steven Gnam, set out on a journey from Missoula,
Montana to Banff, Canada; traversing 600 miles north through the Crown of the Continent.
- A Shepherd's Hand: Directed by Richard Berry, UK, 2016, 5 minutes, NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
Lakeland endurance running, the slow game of energy and emotion, anxiety and anticipation: an unfolding physical landscape that you run
through and an emotional landscape that runs through you…
- The Hard Way: Directed by Jeremy Lurgio, USA, 2016, 20 minutes
The inspirational story of Bob Hayes, an 89-year-old trail runner who does things the hard way to maintain purpose, momentum and vitality.
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