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Towers of Paine The first ascent of The Central Tower of Paine in Patagonia. In October 1962 a very strong climbing team left Britain sailing from Liverpool for the 10,000 mile journey to distant Patagonia. Little did they realize as they passed through the Caribbean that, not far away, the Cuban Missile Crisis between Kennedy & Khrushchev was reaching its climax. 'There are many great climbers in the world but few are geniuses - Don Whillans was one of them.' Chris Bonington. When a strong Italian team arrived with the same objective, Don Whillans vented his frustration 'It appeared that they'd even promised the Pope that they would climb the Central Tower. It was news to me that the Pope was interested in climbing I thought he was high enough up already...' he renamed Amando Aste - the Italian leader - 'Nasty aste'. The name stuck. More Whillans one liners and lovely reminiscences by Chris throughout. The film shows two reconstructions when both Don & Chris fell down the towers when the hemp ropes snapped. And there is this image of Don hung like a gorilla... This extraordinary film has been re-mastered from the original Kodachrome and was Chris Bonington's favourite film at this years Kendal Film Festival. 'Well he would say that wouldn't he - he was in it!' For more amusement see the article Naked before the Mountain in magazine Dec 2007, go to climbmagazine.com or click here. Extras:- Mac & Leo have fun with the commentary & a few words from Chris Bonington Filmed by Vic Bray Narrated by Ian McNaught Davis Written - Edited & Produced by Leo Dickinson 0 1 2 3 @ GBP 14.95 + p&p Don Whillans Myth & Legend Don Whillans was one of the leading rock climbers of his generation. This film examines Don's gritstone horrors, his hard routes in Wales, then follows him to the Alps and beyond on several of his epic expeditions. But its also focuses on Don's unique humour, his devastating oneliners that pricked pomposity wherever he found it and poked fun at those who deserved it. Don may have died 20 years ago but the myth surrounding Whillans can still be heard whenever climbers reminisce about a time when hard men were hard and legends were being made. Perhaps his partner Joe Brown best sums him up, "Don was unique". The DVD also has 90 minutes of extras. For more amusement see the article Don Whillans - Myth and Legend in magazine Dec 2006, go to climbmagazine.com or click here. Narrated by Ian McNaught Davis Filmed,Written - Edited & Produced by Leo Dickinson 0 1 2 3 @ GBP 20.00 + p&p Cerro Lautaro Patagonia's Ice Volcano At the limit of the world lies the Patagonian Ice Cap - 9000 square miles of giant glaciers and volcanic peaks scoured by storms that rush north from Cape Horn and Antarctica and from the west by the roaring forties. Three British mountaineers - Eric Jones, Mick Coffey and Leo Dickinson along with Argentineam Ernesto O'Reilly set out to cross the barren wildersness of Chile and Argentina - one of the least explored places on earth. The obstacles are formidable and the team planned to start their journey by parachute. Unfortunately a plane crashed just before their arrival and the authorities forbade their flight so the three men are forced to climb onto the ice cap hauling their sledges with food for two months and enough film to record their journey. Undaunted the team take two parachutes with them and casting fate to the wind let nature take its course. 'a hair raising tale wryly told in the long tradition of British understatement which is so effective in putting across the underlying danger'. Walt Unsworth Climber & Ramber winner of 5 international awards 'its not every day you discover you discover a volcano'. The Times Narrated by Ian McNaught Davis Written - Edited & Produced by Leo Dickinson 0 1 2 3 @ GBP 20.00 + p&p Dudh Kosi - Relentless River of Everest The first canoe descent down Everest's river of milk. At the foot of the highest mountain on earth a team of British canoeists put their kayaks into the freezing waters of the Dudh Kosi River that springs from the Khumbu Icefall to canoe the 90 miles of fast-flowing rapids to the Sun Kosi. With the river running unusually high and at over 30 miles an hour in places, the canoeists battle with waterfalls, whirlpools and giant waves where the slightest mistake could be fatal. After three week's paddling, a canoe becomes jammed under a huge stopper and the Mick Hopkinson is swept into the freezing waters. Expedition leader Dr Mike Jones gives chase - Leo watches helplessly through his camera lens as the drama unfolds and Mick is sucked beneath stopper after stopper. As he disappears around a bend Leo worries about the outcome. Regarded by kayakers the world over as the best film ever made about their sport. Winner of 25 International Awards. This film has been remastered from the original film to HD and the result is a new, crisp, clean improved version over the original which attracted 15 million viewers on its Boxing Day premier. Duration of the main film is 45 minutes but bonus tracks include 'Breath of White Water' another of Leo's canoe films as well as the 8mm story of the teams drive through Afghanistan to Nepal with new narration by the surviving team members. To end there are the hilarious 2nd and 3rd International Cardboard Kayak Championships. 'That is the best adventure film I have ever seen.' Doug Scott - First British mountaineer to climb Everest Produced by Leo Dickinson and HTV 0 1 2 3 @ GBP 20.00 + p&p The Falcon That Flew With Man The inspiration behind the memorable peregrine falcon jump in BBC's 'Ultimate Killers', is Lloyd Buck. Lloyd Buck has trained Eagles and Falcons for 20 years and his birds have appeared in a variety of wildlife programs. Like many people over the centuries he has been fascinated by just how fast Peregrine Falcons can fly. Using state of the art micro accelerometers, parachutes, balloons and a backcloth of one of the biggest cliffs in the world, Lloyd decided to find out the answer to that age old question. Is this the fastest creature of all time? Andy Montriou is a serial BASE Jumper and together with Leo Dickinson they train the falcons to chase them whilst they step off a cliff in order to get unique footage of the world's fastest creature. A Wildlife, Science and Adventure Film where Natural History meets Extreme Sports, in an all-out, vertigo-inducing experience that will put your heart in your mouth and have you gripping the sides of your seat. Directed & Filmed by Leo Dickinson with Paul Stas Rob McGregor Mandy Dickinson Andy Montriou Gavin Newman 0 1 2 3 @ GBP 20.00 + p&p Eiger Solo Eric Jones has participated in some of the world's most dangerous sports - with a parachute he has jumped off buildings and bridges and made the first cliff jump off the Eiger North Face and then Angel Falls in Venezuela. He was part of a team who flew a hot air balloon over Mount Everest but his ultimate dream was to climb the notorious North Wall of the Eiger alone. Eric had already soloed the North Faces of the Matterhorn & the Piz Badille as well as the second ever solo of the Bonatti Pillar on the Dru. Filming Eric on the Eiger was almost as great a challenge. Leo Dickinson has to be lowered from a helicopter to Death Bivouac, high on the mountain to film Eric's progress. EIGER SOLO also traces the history of this somber face including the early pre-war attempts that gave the mountain its terrible reputation. The climax of the film recreates John Harlin's five thousand foot fall during the winter ascent of the Eiger Direct in 1966. But the star of Leo's film is Eric Jones, the modest Welsh climber who shuns publicity but is regarded by his peers as Britain's most successful solo climber. Winner of the following film festival awards Canada, Banff - Best Mountaineering film Italy, Trento - Best Mountaineering film Spain, San Sebastian - Best Film Mountain Sports UK, Kendal - Best Film USA, Telluride - Best Mountaineering film USA, Gravity Sports - Grand Prize Directed & Filmed by Leo Dickinson Written by Audrey Salkeld. 0 1 2 3 @ GBP 20.00 + p&p

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Everest Widelux Panoramic Print 36 inches x 17 The Story of a picture taken at 36,000ft high above Mt Everest. It is unusual to take one of your best ever pictures then two minutes later very nearly die. But this is exactly what happened. We'd waited almost a month for the jet stream winds to steer us towards Everest. The summit had been 2000ft beneath my feet giving me quite simply the best view on earth. In an endeavor to find a faster wind we climbed to 36,000 where I composed my photograph of Everest and the Himalayan chain. Nine of the world's highest summits were visible. Everest & Lhotse were the closest. Makalu and Manaslu were on my left with Kanchenjunga on the horizon. To my right was Cho Oyu on the Nepal/Tibet boarder and Annapurna and Dhaulagiri again in the distance. Entirely in Tibet was Shishma Pangma. I felt as if I could reach down and touch them with my fingers but it was the hypoxia starving my brain of oxygen at work. Suddenly I felt my pulse rate rise followed immediately by a feeling of asphyxiation. My mask was no longer delivering oxygen. The demand valve on the tank of oxygen was covered in ice. With my legs barely able to support me I frantically tore at the ice and twisted the valve to maximum. The flow of life giving oxygen resumed and my body started to live again. I felt it had been a close thing. At 36,000ft man can not live for more than a couple of minutes without oxygen. This high quality panoramic photograph is reproduced on 200gsm Silk Finish paper and comes in large diameter tube to avoid damage. 0 1 2 3 @ GBP 25.00 + p&p

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Filming the Impossible - signed copies 6 left! 0 1 2 3 @ GBP 14.95 + p&p Anything Is Possible 0 1 2 3 @ GBP 10.00 + p&p Ballooning Over Everest 0 1 2 3 @ GBP 12.00 + p&p

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