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Danny MacAskill from The Ridge<\/p><\/div>Festival organisers are inviting lovers of the outdoors to relive the experiences of Dr Andrew Murray, hot foot from running across the desert in the Namib 550, Rob Jarman on Life After Downhill, Richard Moore on covering a particularly epic Tour de France, global adventurer Alastair Humphreys on creating adventures on your doorstep and Lukasz Warzecha on capturing wild women athletes going to extremes. <\/p>\n
The film line up takes in the Best of Kendal World Film Tour 2014\/15, a variety of often quirky shorts and the feature Wadjda about an 11 year old Saudi girt who dreams of racing her friend Abdullah. <\/p>\n
The festival opens on Friday at 6pm with short films including a bird\u2019s eye view of the Tweed Valley and an introduction to ski mountaineering. <\/p>\n
At 7.30pm downhill mountain bike racer and stunt rider Rob Jarman will talk about his near fatal accident and introduce an excerpt from the gripping and emotional film \u201cAll My Own Stunts\u201d. Rob says \u201cMountain biking is my identity and racing is in my blood\u2026there\u2019s no euphoria like getting down in one piece with a good time. I\u2019m always on the hunt for this feeling, I have tried many different sports. Getting hit by a car, or blown up on a film set is close enough, for now anyway\u201d.<\/p>\n
On Saturday at 2pm Borders Doctor Andrew Murray drops in having just run 50 kilometres a day for ten days across the Namib Desert. Andrew says \u201cregular physical activity is one of the best things you can do for your health. Every step is a step to health and happiness.\u201d At 3.30pm Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue will tell you how to get the best out of the Borders hills, safely. <\/p>\n
Saturday evening is all about bikes. The feature film Wadjda, at 4pm, tells of a young Saudi girl\u2019s dream to race her own bike. At 6pm there are three extraordinary films including The Ridge starring Danny MacAskill and, at 7.30pm, cyclist and award-winning writer Richard Moore will introduce Slaying the Badger, his story of the chaotic 1986 running of the Tour de France. Richard says \u201cI do what I do trying to find out what really went on, what it was like to be Greg LeMond at the 1986 Tour de France, for example, then telling the story from that \u2013 hopefully inside \u2013 perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sunday begins at 2.30pm when global adventurer Alastair Humphreys introduces his ideas for microadventures that you can have on your doorstep. As Alastair says \u201cadventure is only a state of mind\u201d. <\/p>\n
Only weeks after professional climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson made their extraordinary 19-day ascent of El Capitan\u2019s Dawn Wall in Yosemite, the film Valley Uprising (at 4pm) captures the history of climbers\u2019 struggle against the laws of gravity, and the laws of the land. Short films at 6pm tell personal stories by very particular adventurers.<\/p>\n
The festival culminates in a Celebration of Wild Women, at 7.30pm, when film-maker and adventure photographer Lukasz Warzecha introduces a selection of films capturing some of the world\u2019s most daring and committed female athletes. Lukasz says \u201cI love sharing stories and images\u2026 and although my style of photography sometimes can be seen as far from journalistic\/reportage as possible, I\u2019ve always tried to give my work a cause\/purpose. In the Wild Women series we wanted to create genuine films to inspire others, not only female athletes, but also showcase the personalities and abilities of our characters.\u201d<\/p>\n
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